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'Da Vinci' shines, box office doesn't Sales still down from 2005 despite strong showing LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- A record-setting showing at the box office for "The Da Vinci Code" over the weekend still wasn't enough to propel receipts past last year's numbers, preliminary figures showed Monday. It looked as if overall box office would be flat to down, as the top 12 films were off 2.8% at $153.2 million from $157.6 million last year for the Friday-to-Sunday time frame. Final figures for the entire weekend were due later Monday. While "Da Vinci Code" made an estimated $77 million in...