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When Is The Resurrection of the Christ Part Two?Premiere date
Scroll to release dateWhen does Resurrection Part Two open? May 25, 2028 Ascension/Memorial Day — was May 6 2027 (40-day plan); catalog wrongly had May 5. ≠ Part One.
Current target date: Thursday, May 25, 2028 (Theatrical premiere). We update this page when studios or publishers move the window.
Resurrection of the Christ: Part Two — May 25 2028 Ascension + Memorial Day. Was May 6 2027. Same Ohtonen cast; filmed with Part One. ≠ May 5 stubs; ≠ Part One May 6 2027.
Theatrical premiere
Thursday, May 25, 2028
May 25, 2028 — Part Two lands on Ascension and Memorial Day, not six weeks after Part One
The Resurrection of the Christ: Part Two opens May 25, 2028 — Ascension Day and the start of Memorial Day weekend. Gibson and Wallace close the two-film Lionsgate event with the same recast company (Ohtonen, Garriga, and the Cinecittà ensemble) filmed back-to-back with Part One.
If a countdown still says May 6, 2027, that was the old “40 days later” slot. If it says May 5, 2028, it dropped a digit. Buy May 25, 2028.
Confirmed: May 25 2028 Ascension/Memorial Day Part Two — not May 6 2027, not May 5
Confirmed: May 25, 2028 theatrical; Ascension + Memorial Day weekend; same Ohtonen-led cast as Part One; Gibson/Wallace; Lionsgate. Not confirmed as still May 6, 2027, as a same-weekend double feature with Part One, or as Caviezel returning only for Part Two. Fake “Resurrection Part 2 — Easter 2028” calendars invent a Holy Week corridor.
Why Part Two’s Friday is a year away — and why scrapers keep the old 40-day math
- Current: May 25, 2028 (Ascension + Memorial Day weekend).
- Abandoned: May 6, 2027 (~40 days after old Good Friday Part One).
- Wrong scraper day: May 5, 2028 — drop the typo.
- Production: shot with Part One; wrap April 30, 2026; ~$100M reported.
- Neighbor chatter: Lilo & Stitch 2 also eyed for Memorial Day 2028 frame.
How a 40-day biblical gap became a year-long theatrical gap
- Aug 2025 — Lionsgate announces a two-part Resurrection event.
- First slate — Part One Good Friday Mar 26 2027; Part Two Ascension May 6 2027.
- Oct 2025–Apr 2026 — both parts filmed together; full recast locked.
- May 2026 — slate reset: Part One → May 6 2027; Part Two → May 25 2028.
- May 25, 2028 — current Part Two theatrical target.
The gospel timeline wanted ~40 days between parts — Lionsgate gave them a full year and a Memorial Day Ascension
The first marketing joke wrote itself: Part One on Good Friday, Part Two on Ascension ~40 days later, mirroring the biblical span. Then the studio broke the joke on purpose — Part Two slid to May 25, 2028 so both films could own Ascension Day in different years, and Part Two could also ride Memorial Day weekend.
That is the page-specific fact: May 25, 2028 is not “Part One plus six weeks.” Scrapers still selling May 6, 2027 for Part Two are arguing with Lionsgate’s year-gap card.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When does The Resurrection of the Christ: Part Two open?
May 25, 2028 in theaters from Lionsgate — Ascension Day and the U.S. Memorial Day weekend. Ignore May 5, 2028 stubs (wrong day) and May 6, 2027 stubs (the abandoned 40-day plan).
2Wasn’t Part Two only six weeks after Part One?
That was the first slate: Part One on Good Friday March 26, 2027 and Part Two on Ascension May 6, 2027 (~40 days). Lionsgate later split them across years — Part One May 6, 2027; Part Two May 25, 2028.
3Is it a different cast from Part One?
No. Both parts share the new ensemble led by Jaakko Ohtonen (Jesus) and Mariela Garriga (Mary Magdalene). Mel Gibson directed both; they were shot together at Cinecittà and wrapped April 30, 2026.
4Is May 5, 2028 correct?
No. The locked Friday is May 25, 2028. May 5 appears on some scrapers that dropped a digit from the Memorial Day date.
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