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'Da Vinci Code' Misses the Mark for Critics

CANNES, France - "The Da Vinci Code" drew lukewarm praise, shrugs of indifference, some jeering laughter and a few derisive jabs Tuesday from arguably the world's toughest movie crowd: critics at the Cannes Film Festival.

The year's most anticipated movie, "The Da Vinci Code" was a generally faithful adaptation of Dan Brown's monster best seller, spinning a murder thriller that stems from a cover-up of secrets about Christianity's roots.

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Da Vinci box office defies critics and protesters...........

All the protests and all the bad reviews could not prevent The Da Vinci Code from recording a $224 million worldwide opening, the second-biggest debut ever at the global box office, its distributor said on Sunday.

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/da-vinci-b...8150156929.html

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Box office smash is a mystery in itself......

TEPID critics' responses, church groups calling for boycotts and a lukewarm reception at the Cannes film festival did not deter audiences from the religious blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, which blitzed local and international box offices in its opening weekend.

The $167 million film, produced by Sony Pictures and directed by Ron Howard, took almost $8.62 million at the Australian box office on 561 screens, making it the year's biggest local opening so far, albeit with six months to go. Across the world the film has already earned $299 million, which Sony says makes it the second-biggest worldwide opening in history after Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. At local box offices the religious conspiracy thriller pushed Mission Impossible 3 to second position. Over the past three weeks Paramount's disappointing action adventure starring Tom Cruise only took a little over $600,000 more than Da Vinci took during its opening days.

The baseball comedy The Benchwarmers was also forced down a place from last week, to third position. Fox's animated children's film Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown came in fourth.

source:smh.com.au

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