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Exodus: Gods and Kings has been banned in Egypt because of what censors described as “historical inaccuracies”.

The head of the censorship board said these included the film’s depiction of Jews as having built the Pyramids, and that an earthquake, not a miracle by Moses, caused the Red Sea to part.

Exodus: Gods and Kings stars Christian Bale as Moses.

There have also been reports that the film is banned in Morocco.Exodus banned in Egypt

Although the state-run Moroccan Cinema Centre (CCM) had given the film the green light, Moroccan business website Medias24.com said that officials had decided to ban the movie from being screened the day before its premiere.

According to the book of Exodus, Jewish slaves were led to freedom by Moses after God inflicted a series of plagues on Egypt.

The Pyramids are believed to have been built about 1,000 years before the story of the Exodus.

The Biblical story tells how the Red Sea was parted by a miracle performed by God through Moses, allowing the Jewish people to escape from the pursuing Egyptian army.

Exodus: Gods and Kings, which cost a reported $140 million to make, took $24.5 million on its debut weekend.

The Biblical epic overtook the third installment of The Hunger Games, following three weeks at number one. However, it has had mixed reviews.

The film’s opening fell well short of other modern Biblical films, including Darren Aronofsky’s Noah which took $43.7 million on its opening weekend in March and 2004’s The Passion of the Christ, which took $83.3 million.

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Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings has topped the US box office with takings of $24.5 million on its debut weekend.

Biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings cost a reported $140 million.

The movie, which stars Christian Bale as Moses, overtook the third installment of The Hunger Games, following three weeks at number one.

However, the film, also starring Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver and Sir Ben Kingsley, has had mixed reviews.Exosus Gods and Kings

The film’s opening fell well short of other modern biblical epics, including Darren Aronofsky’s Noah which took $43.7 million on its opening weekend in March and 2004’s The Passion of the Christ, which took $83.3 million.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part One remains at No 2 in the box office charts, although ticket sales were down 40% on the previous week, at $13.2 million.

The latest chapter in the franchise, which stars Jennifer Lawrence, has so far has earned a total of $277.4 million over its four-week run in US cinemas.

Spin-off animation, The Penguins of Madagascar, is number three at the box office, with takings of $7.3 million – just ahead of the weekend’s other major new entry, Chris Rock comedy Top Five, which took an estimated $7.2 million.

Awards contenders Wild, starring Reece Witherspoon, and The Theory of Everything, about physicist Stephen Hawking, both took spots in the top 10.

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