The Hollywood Blacklist: Da Vinci Code Opens to Over $30 Million!

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Saturday, May 20, 2006

Da Vinci Code Opens to Over $30 Million!

Source: Comingsoon.net

Despite the less than spectacular reception by critics and Catholics, the movie version of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou, has grossed an estimated $30.17 million its opening day in 3,735 theatres according to ShowBIZ Data. If that number sticks, it will enter the Top 10 for opening day grosses just ahead of Star Wars: Episode II, which opened on a Thursday roughly four years ago. Depending on how well it sticks up to that opening day number, The Da Vinci Code could end up grossing between $84 and 88 million over the weekend.

Opening in almost 300 more theatres, DreamWorks Animation's latest comedy Over the Hedge grossed an estimated $11 million in its first day, and should bring in enough business over the weekend to end up somewhere between $41 and 45 million for the weekend.

The potential for the top 2 movies to gross over $120 million means that the box office could exceed the same weekend last year when Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith opened to over $108 million. Check back tomorrow for an update on how Da Vinci fared in international markets, as well as the estimated grosses for the other movies in theatres.