Russell Crowe’s The Pope’s Exorcist grossed $77 million and is headed for a sequel

Movieweb reports that The Pope's Exorcist, directed by Julius Avery and starring Russell Crowe as Father Gabriel Amorth, grossed $77 million worldwide and is now available to stream on Hulu.

Released by Sony Pictures in April 2023, the film follows the Vatican's chief exorcist as he is called to Spain in 1987 to help a possessed boy, Henry Vasquez (Peter DeSouza-Feighoney). The piece highlights Crowe's surprisingly playful, humorous turn as a joke-telling priest and notes a chilling sequence in which Amorth uncovers a caged corpse buried beneath an abbey, revealing the demon Asmodeus and driving an unnerving final act.

The movie earned a modest budget-to-gross return — reportedly made for $18 million and took in $20 million in North America and $57 million overseas — and received middling reviews (45 Metascore, 51% on Rotten Tomatoes). A sequel was announced in 2023 and greenlit in 2024, and while details have been scant since the May 2024 announcement, Crowe is expected to reprise the role; until more information appears, the original is available to watch on Hulu.

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