Faasino i le vaega o loo i lalo ma tali le fesili mulimuli ane i le gagana lava lea e tasi e pei o le vaega:  I le maea ai o taumafaiga tau maketi e $14.7 miliona, na faia ai le faaaliga muamua o le Ben-Hur i le Loew's State Theatre i Niu Ioka i le aso 18 o Novema, 1959. O le ata sili ona vave maua, faapea foi ma le ata sili ona maualuga o le 1959, i le faagasologa o le avea ma ata lona lua sili ona maualuga i le talafaasolopito i le taimi ina ua mavae Gone with the Wind. Na manumalo i le 11 Academy Awards, e aofia ai le Best Picture, Best Director (Wyler), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Heston), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Griffith), ma le Best Cinematography <unk> Color (Surtees). Ben-Hur na manumalo foi i le tolu Golden Globe Awards, e aofia ai le Best Motion Picture <unk> Drama, Best Director ma le Best Supporting Actor <unk> Motion Picture mo Stephen Boyd. I aso nei, ua taʻua o le Ben-Hur o se tasi o ata tifaga sili ona lelei i taimi uma, ma i le 1998 na tuu ai e le American Film Institute le 72nd sili ona lelei Amerika ata tifaga ma le 2nd sili ona lelei Amerika epic ata tifaga i le AFI's 10 Top 10. I le 2004, na filifilia ai e le National Film Preservation Board le Ben-Hur mo le faasaoina e le National Film Registry o le Library of Congress ona o se ata tifaga "faʻaleaganuʻu, faʻasolopito, poʻo le matagofie".  Fesili: O fea na faia ai le ata muamua o le Ben-Hur?
Le Fale Mataaga a le Setete o Loew i Niu Ioka