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Portrait of a Figure

Filmography of Pontius Pilate

Known as: Political

4 titles in the archive · first depicted 1 BCE

Livedc. 12 BCE – unknown

Roman prefect of Judaea from 26 to 36 CE, who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus. Neither his birth nor his death is recorded.

Shelfmark Vita CCLXXXIX

4
titles
4 films
3.6/5
average rating
across 4 rated titles
10h 54m
on screen
across 4 titles
100%
set in Life of Christ
4 of 4 appearances
4
appearances, all on film
never on television

Compare their 4 titles in the Canons

4 years of their life depicted onscreen

Distinct years the archive depicts. One of their dates is unrecorded, so there is no span to measure against.

Depicted in

1 BCE263033

First and Last on Screen

Earliest portrayalThe Robe1953

51 years of cinema separate them. A series is sorted here by the first year of its release.

A series counts once, regardless of how many of its episodes feature them.

Historical Threads

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The Box Office Ledger

What the films portraying Pontius Pilate cost to make and took at the worldwide box office, as TMDB records them.

$59.4 million
in budgets
over 4 films with both sums
$814.2 million
at the box office
over 4 films with both sums
14×
return on budget
box office ÷ budget
Budget and box office of each film
FilmBudgetBox office
The Passion of the Christ$30,000,000$610,063,468
Ben-Hur$15,000,000$164,000,000
The Robe$4,350,000$36,000,000
The Gospel of John$10,000,000$4,100,000

US dollars as TMDB records them, not adjusted for inflation. 4 films of the 4 portraying them carry either sum.