[sully777]

What an interesting spin. You'd think that DC was akin to Police Academy V in total revenue.

The more people tell me this movie is bad, the more I want to see it.

[JSteff]

Will Hollywood ever get the message? America is for all intents, Christian, conservative, and loves family movies.

I wonder when the code will end up in the $5.50 bin at Walmart? Any bets?

[shuckmaster]

So, where does that leave X-Men?

[YaYa123]

I don't know when I've seen the cheerleading MSM so ga-ga over the release of a movie. This article is the first I've seen that doesn't tout the movie as a huge blockbuster.

[opinionator]

"Wa wa wa. I'm offended. Someone has mocked my religion."

You all sound like a bunch of liberals.

[starfish923]

Mel Gibson's Passion passed the $1 billion mark quite a while ago. There IS no other movie to which it can be compared.

The Passion makes the rest of Sleazywoodians look EXACTLY like what they are: pimps and prostitutes.

[durasell]

So, movies are now like voting?

[dangus]

WAIT A SECOND???

$125 MILLION marketing the film?!

Can I get a source, so I can get rid of all the nincompoops on my threads saying, "But it has to be good, it made so much money!"

If this is true, than there is no way this film ends up in the black!

[capitalist229]

It is amazing to me that liberals would promote a film that asserts that Jesus Christ existed.

In their zeal to prove a Catholic Church conspiracy they have admitted what they have denied for years. To the point of turning Christmas into a Happy Holiday.

This movie has hurt the liberal cause, no matter what angle that you look at it.

BUMP

[truemiester]

Opie gone dopie!

[Military family member]

Can we let this rest now...this is comparing apples to kumquats

These are two different films seeking two different audiences.

I get the idea that people are upset with "Da Vinci Code." I get the idea that many find it herasey. I also get that many people feel that "Passion" deserved more attention...maybe so.

If you want the "Da Vinci Code" to go away, stop reprinting every single comment or posted article on this or any other site. All you do is keep the busy going. MORE people will see this movie because of the continued buzz, not less.

Take the "Last Temptation of Christ"...a mediocre film at best, and a film that would have died at the box office, had thousands of people kept circulating petitions to stop it from showing. Those petitions and that campaign probably added 15% or more to gross box office.

[LS]

Actually, X-3, the new X-men movie, trumped the "Code." I wouldn't read too much into that. I, for one, wouldn't put my trust in Wolverine or Cyclops over Jesus. :)

[Rodney King]

much of the buzz generated under the radar screen among Christian communities across America,

And also by that a**hole Abe Foxman.

[Aquinasfan]

For even now, this Memorial Day, The Da Vinci Code, IMDb reports, has now fallen to No. 2, behind X Men: The Last Stand and has grossed, as of Day 8, $145.5 million in U.S. sales, which falls well behind the compared films when, at the same point, sales all exceeded $150 million—most hovering around $200 million.

Thanks for brightening my day. Hopefully it will drop like a rock.

[Guenevere]

Thank-you....very encouraging!

[Valin]

My friends, do yourself a HUGE favor
HEAVEN CAN WAIT
“The Da Vinci Code.”
by ANTHONY LANE
Issue of 2006-05-29
Posted 2006-05-22
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:blJ-5rzW69kJ:www.newyorker.com/critics/cinema/+%22Anthony+Lane%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2&ie=UTF-8
(Example)
Our hero, needing somebody to trust, does the same dumb thing that every fleeing innocent has done since Robert Donat in “The Thirty-nine Steps.” He and Sophie visit a cheery old duffer in the countryside and spill every possible bean. In this case, the duffer is Sir Leigh Teabing (Ian McKellen), who lectures them on the Emperor Constantine and the Council of Nicaea, in 325 A.D. We get a flashback to the council in question, and I must say that, though I have recited the Nicene Creed throughout my adult life, I never realized that it was originally formulated in the middle of a Beastie Boys concert.

The task of the Bishop and his hit man is to thwart the unveiling of what Teabing modestly calls “the greatest secret in modern history,” so powerful that, “if revealed, it would devastate the very foundations of Christianity.” Later, realizing that this sounds a little meek and mild, he stretches it to “the greatest coverup in human history.” As a rule, you should beware of any movie in which characters utter lines of dialogue whose proper place is on the advertising poster. (Just imagine Sigourney Weaver, halfway through “Alien,” turning to John Hurt and explaining, “In space, no one can hear you scream.”)

Stumbling out from the final credits, tugging nervously at my goatee, I was none the wiser. The film is directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman, the master wordsmith who brought us “Batman & Robin.” I assumed that such an achievement would result in Goldsman’s being legally banned from any of the verbal professions, but, no, here he is yet again. As far as I am qualified to judge, the film remains unswervingly loyal to the book, displaying an obedience that Silas could not hope to match.

[dov12348]

I heard the Code was doing enormous box office in Catholic countries, e.g., Spain and Italy.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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MEL's -PASSION- sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1085111/posts


...just for the LOVE of it..!!

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[longtermmemmory]

look for x men to drop like arock too.

(it was REALLY tortured writing. You don't have to be a fan to hate the x men turkey.)


I bet the suits are totally confused why two movies whith christ as the theme did not make it.

[kabar]

As of May 29, 2006---Domestic: $145,481,000 (31.3%);+ Foreign: $319,500,000 (68.7%) = Worldwide: $464,981,000

If you wonder why Hollywood feels free to bash the US, it is simply a matter of good business. More than two-thirds of the revenues so far for this picture came from abroad.