The Nativity Story

2006 | Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, History, Romance, Christian Theme, Christmas Theme, Past, Pregnancy, Religious Theme, The Middle East

Synopsis

A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.

Scores

Overall Score
70.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
66.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
82.5%
Review Aggregate
58.4

Critic Consensus

38.4% Fresh • 125 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 38% of 125 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, christmas, emotional. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotchristmasemotionalcoming of agerealisticvisually strikingupliftingcharacter-drivenpacing issuesfamily-friendly

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Keisha Castle-Hughes2006$2,106,000$3,277,000(est)
Oscar Isaac2006$1,297,000$2,017,000(est)
Hiam Abbass2006$976,000$1,519,000(est)
Shaun Toub2006$798,000$1,242,000(est)
Alexander Siddig2006$683,000$1,062,000(est)
Ciarán Hinds2006$601,000$935,000(est)
Shohreh Aghdashloo2006$539,000$839,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score37.0
RT critic review count131
Rotten Tomatoes audience score76.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating6.8
IMDb votes12,754

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2006$37,629,831$58,553,958
International2006$8,802,433$13,697,040
Worldwide2006$46,432,264$72,250,998

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2006$22,335,889$34,755,795
Digital Rentals ?2006$453,000$704,891
Digital Purchases ?2006$139,000$216,291
Physical Rentals ?2006$14,328,000$22,295,107
Physical Purchases ?2006$33,797,000$52,589,875
TV & Streaming Revenue2006$9,407,458$14,638,490
Total Revenues2006$80,460,346$125,200,450
Expenses
Budget ?2006$35,000,000$54,461,806
Print & Advertising (P&A) ? source2006$30,000,000$46,681,548
Participations2006$3,218,000$5,007,374
Residuals ?2006$4,028,000$6,267,776
Interest & Overhead2006$5,950,000$9,258,507
Total Expenses2006$78,196,000$121,677,010
Movie Net Profit or Loss2006$2,264,346$3,523,440

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