'Da Vinci Code' Finds Box-Office Treasure

Despite lukewarm reviews and controversial content, the Tom Hanks religious thriller "The Da Vinci Code" reaped treasure at the box office this weekend, selling $232 million worth of tickets worldwide, including $77 million domestically.

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'Da Vinci Code' Debut Is Best of Year

Moviegoers gave their blessing to the "The Da Vinci Code" over the weekend, spending an estimated $77 million to see the Tom Hanks religious thriller.

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'Da Vinci' Stars Take Train to Cannes

Tom Hanks and other stars of "The Da Vinci Code" have set off for the Cannes Film Festival — where the movie will premiere Wednesday — on a high-speed train.

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Academy DVD Offers Acceptance-Speech Tips

Tom Hanks ought to know.

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The Da Vinci Code

I went to see the movie today, in the one theatre that had enough guts to show it. My favourite theatre, INOX isn't showing it and its Goa branch pulled it the day after it released, due to a bomb threat by, what seem to be Christian fundamentalists.

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Pakistan bans Da Vinci Code film

Pakistan has banned The Da Vinci Code, which has been the subject of protests from members of Pakistan's small Christian community. This is ... just plain ... (insert expression here)

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India extends Da Vinci Code ban

How cool. A Hindu nation banning a film, possibly offensive to Christianity. We truly are the pioneers of ... madness. If it's running in dominantly Christian nations, what in the world is the Indian government trying to prove? We lovvvve you Amrika.

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Why I Was (and Was Not) Disappointed in The DaVinci Code

When I finally saw The DaVinci Code, I was somewhat disappointed to discover that I wouldn't have to be escorted into the theater by police through lines of picketers - I was looking forward to that, but it turns out there were no protesters in my area (which is heavily Catholic …

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Smart Gains Ground in Canada, Loses Everywhere Else

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you’ve probably heard of a book and/or movie called “The Da Vinci Code.” Dealing equally with the works of Leonardo himself (Da Vinci means of the town of Vinci, after all) as well as most Christian religions …

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MotionDefined.com : The DaVinci Code

The DaVinci Code was… long. Not entirely without merit, just… long.

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"Da Vinci Code" Prequel, "Angels and Demons" Underway

In one of the most no-brainer moves in recent cinema, Sony Pictures has announced it is developing author Dan Brown's "Angels & Demons" into a movie after this past weekend's film version of his "The Da Vinci Code" achieved huge international success at the box-office despite a …

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Sequel Fever: Sony Has Da Vinci II and III

I'm told it's absolutely true that Sony bought the rights to the Robert Langdon character.

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'Millions' flock to Da Vinci Code

Could be the initial curiosity of the people on such a controversial issue.. Those who have watched it, said, they just could not get into the feel of the movie, some giggling through evident climax scenes.

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The Da Vinci Code - New York Magazine Movie Review

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Albino Causing A Whine-o

The fact that yet another albino character comes off as the bad guy has Michael McGowan, the albino president of the National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation (NOAH), turning red with anger. Sort of.

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Why I and all of you should not see The Da Vinci Code

The big blockbuster and highly controversial film The Da Vinci Code opens this weekend, and the big question is, should we go see it?

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Why I Will Be First in Line to See The Da Vinci Code

Just plain good, sensible commentary...

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`Da Vinci Code' Draws Boos and Yawns

As the 'Da Vinci Code' opens at Cannes the reviews are not looking good. These are not just bad reviews but expressions of disgust for the entire movie. Let's all remember this is fiction and not all novels work as movies.

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Hey, at Least Jesus Wasn't Gay -- McKellen on "The Da Vinci Code"

"I'm very happy to believe that Jesus was married," [openly gay actor Ian McKellen, who plays Leigh Teabing in the film,] said. "I know the Catholic Church has problems with gay people and I thought this would be absolute proof that Jesus was not gay."

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Da Vinci Code secret is out: most critics hate it

The sin of slip-shod storytelling: It's not only widely contested by religious groups all over the world and by the media who are ever happy to debunk the seriously flawed conspiracy theory of the Priory of Sion, an elaborate hoax conducted by two French pranksters in the 1960s a

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"Da Vinci Code" secret is out: most critics hate it

A rating of 6% so far on "Da vinci Code". It must be really terrible or just way overhyped.

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The Da Vinci Code - Reviews - Movies - New York Times

Thudding review about thudding movie based on thudding book.

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Tom Hanks: $100 Million Man

Neat! Life is like a box of chocolates...with $100 million dollars in there.

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Guinness World Records Announces Tom Hanks is King of the Movies

Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking achievements, has announced Tom Hanks' entry into the record books for: "Actor With Most Consecutive $100 Million Grossing Movies."

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"Boycott Da Vinci Code film": top Vatican official

Archbishop Angelo Amato is urging Catholics around the world to boycott the upcoming film featuring Tom Hanks, The Da Vinci Code. He says it is "full of anti-Christian lies".

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New 'The Da Vinci Code' Trailer Released on Yahoo! Movies

The newest trailer for Ron Howard's silver screen adaption of Dan Brown's immensely popular The Da Vinci Code has just been released.

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The real "Da Vinci Challenge"

«We don't need to see this film [says Barbara Nicolosi see “Article"]. We all know what is in it. (Especially me, as I have read the screenplay.) It is a movie which begins from the point that Jesus was a fraud. He was not only not Divine, he was less than a man. ...

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Stars accept pay cuts as Hollywood profits dip

THE Da Vinci Code is one of the most eagerly anticipated films of the year but its significance to Hollywood may go deeper than mere box office success: Tom Hanks has delighted his studio bosses by accepting a pay cut for his role as the book’s art sleuth hero.

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Da Vinci Code Trailer Packs a Punch

I honestly didn't have high hopes for this film translation of the extremely popular novel. However the trailer looks pretty fantastic - stellar cast and a look that captures my visual expectation from the novel.

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