CANNES -- Call it The Da Vinci Queue. With the film based on Dan Brown's best-selling novel meeting with lukewarm reviews but overwhelmingly enthusiastic boxoffice numbers, there is no shortage of would-be companion films standing in line to cash in on the notoriety and success of The Da Vinci Code. The film made boxoffice history by raking in a near-record $224 million in worldwide receipts on its opening weekend. Some of the related films are documentaries that explore and expand on some of the issues brought up in the original (such as Secrets of the Code), and some flat-out refute the entire premise of the film (The Charade of the Mona Lisa, for example, or The Dark Side of the Da Vinci Code). Even the Vatican has played a role, producing a documentary called The Da Vinci Code -- A Masterful Deception that documents what it says are errors in the film and the book.
- 5/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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