At $77 Million, It's Code Green For 'Da Vinci' Code

Special to The Washington Post
Monday, May 22, 2006


At the box office, Audrey Tautou, Tom Hanks and "The Da Vinci Code" overcame bad reviews.


Surviving critical brickbats, threats of boycott from religious groups, and a kept-under-wraps promotional campaign, the screen adaptation of Dan Brown's hugely popular novel about dastardly shenanigans in the Roman Catholic Church debuted with an estimated $77 million in domestic ticket sales.


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Michael McCafferty comments:

This is one hell of a remarkable and extra ordinary story. No wonder the book is a blockbuster around the world -- and I predict the movie will be a smashing hit.