Weekend Boxoffice Chart

[Evil Avatar]

After all the mystery and controversy, The Da Vinci Code was finally unlocked for the public. There was nothing cryptic about what was found. It was a hit.

Here is the Weekend Boxoffice Chart for the weekend of May 19th to May 21st.


The Da Vinci Code $77.0/$77.0
Over the Hedge $37.2/$37.2
Mission: Impossible III $11.0/$103.2
Poseidon $9.2/$36.7
RV $5.1/$50.4
See No Evil $4.3/$4.3
Just My Luck $3.3/$10.4
An American Haunting $1.6/$13.6
United 93 $1.4/$28.2
Akeelah and the Bee $1.0/$15.7
Stick It $927k/$23.8
Ice Age: The Meltdown $915k/$189.2
Worldwide boxoffice for The Da Vinci Code was a whopping $224 Million.

[AversionFX]

I went and saw An American Haunting with my friends. It was probably the worst thing I've ever seen. I went in expecting something really scary, and instead I spent most of the time texting my girlfriend.

[Zurik]

I expected Over the Hedge to overtake anything else, was it not very good?

[Atorak]

I saw the Da Vinci Code yesterday. Never read the book, although, watching the movie, I could even feel that something was lost in the translation. A lot of times, I felt like they just revealed some crazy, detailed code......but it took about 4 seconds on screen. Lots of parts of the movie felt rushed.

Frankly, until the last 45 minutes or so in the movie....I had no idea who was plotting what against who and why. It was hard figuring out who was working for what "group" and what their intentions were. That, and although it pains me to say it, I didn't like Tom Hanks in the movie.

I wouldn't see it again.

[Kelegacy]

Zurik, there was no way it could topple Da Vinci. Not with 40 million books sold worldwide.

[Ghost_Saint]

Meh, I'll let Da Vinci have it's 15 minutes, come the 26th it'll get toppled from it's throne and then slashed in the neck by adamantium.

[StoneGut]

Saw Da Vinci... it could of been much better.

The book is about solving codes and riddles, not having them appear on-screen and 2 seconds later the answer is given / found. The film was very rushed. I feel bad for anyone who hasn't read the book and went over the weekend to see the movie.
All 3 of them.

[Roc Ingersol]

FWIW: The movie's about as good as the book.

[grammatoncleric]

I went to see DaVinci over the weekend. I thought it was an okay job converting a decent book. Neither the book nor movie was stellar in my opinion, though I'd be much excited to see an Angels and Demons movie if this one does well.

What really surprised me was the 3 people outside the theatre protesting the movie. I just wanted to go up to them, give them each $8 to go see the movie, and then sit down afterwards explaining the notion of FICTION. I'm sure these are the same people that believe the Bible was written as a documentary of events and who didn't know what the DaVinci code was until a motion picture was made (despite the millions of copies the book sold).

[TheKeck]

I saw The DaVinci Code as well this weekend. My wife and I saw that it got poor reviews but she had been anxious to see it for a long time so we hit a matinee. I thought it was ok. A couple parts bugged me, but for the most part it followed the book (only at a breakneck pace as others have mentioned.)

Anyway, don't know what else to say. In a way, having read the book ruins the movie, as the whole thing is about mystery and surprises, but at the same time, you'd probably just be lost having not read the book.

[11thfinger]

My girlfriend, myself and a friend saw DaVinci over the weekend - she was the only one of the three who had read the book, and we all found the movie quite enjoyable. I really don't understand the amount of negative reviews this movie is getting, there are MUCH worse movies that are panned much less.

The only thing I've really come up with as a reason is that people don't want movies this long or complex in the summer. There might be a religious right-wing conspiracy thing going on, but that's probably going a little too far. ;)

[Sloth]

I went to see Art School Confidential over the weekend, definitely one of the best movies I've seen this year. I highly recommend it.

[Atorak]

The only thing I've really come up with as a reason is that people don't want movies this long or complex in the summer. There might be a religious right-wing conspiracy thing going on, but that's probably going a little too far. ;)

Well I'm an atheist, so there goes THAT theory. :)

The movie just rubbed me the wrong way, methinks. Frankly, except for the part with Magneto, I didn't find any of the puzzles complex at all. That's why I feel like the book probably catered to the puzzles a lot more. At least it gave you time to think about what was going on, as opposed to the answer being thrown in your face.

[Scull]

I saw the Da Vinci Code yesterday. Never read the book, although, watching the movie, I could even feel that something was lost in the translation. A lot of times, I felt like they just revealed some crazy, detailed code......but it took about 4 seconds on screen. Lots of parts of the movie felt rushed.

Frankly, until the last 45 minutes or so in the movie....I had no idea who was plotting what against who and why. It was hard figuring out who was working for what "group" and what their intentions were. That, and although it pains me to say it, I didn't like Tom Hanks in the movie.

I wouldn't see it again.


Yeah, it was pretty much that way in the book. Langdon would find a puzzle, and then after a few pages of talking about it a bright bulb would pop up over his head and he'd know the solution. It got a bit tiresome. Still a fun read, but not great.

I went to Over the Hedge with the family. Fun movie, good kid fare.

[Kelegacy]

I went to see Art School Confidential over the weekend, definitely one of the best movies I've seen this year. I highly recommend it.
Yes, that does look good. I wonder how widespread the release is. Haven't seen it in my area.

[captainspankypants]

I expected Over the Hedge to overtake anything else, was it not very good?
I liked Over the Hedge a lot. My opinions tend to vary WIDELY from those of professional movie critics though. For example, I thought the Shrek movies were trash, critics loved them. The Incredibles was really overrated. Hoodwinked was a little too kiddie, but still surprisingly good (it was funny and well acted, what more can you ask from a movie obviously geared toward kids?). Critics seemed to hate Ice Age 1 and love Ice Age 2, while it was the opposite for me.

Anyway, with Over the Hedge, I thought it was a really good way to transfer a three-panel comic strip into a two-hour movie (i.e. the opposite of Garfield). Steve Correll was FANTASTIC, and some of the sequences in the movie (like the skunk trying to seduce a cat and the squirrel chasing a cookie all over the place) had my sides splitting. It was a little corny in it's "family values" message, but pretty much on par with any American-made animated feature.

In other words, as far as animated films go, it's worth whatever the ticket price is in your area to go see it.

[Dracula-X]

Just saw DaVinci code, was disappointed. Felt rushed and was a mostly flat experience. Positives: Ian McKellen stole the show, and Audrey Tautou is a hottie.

[Koi]

Davinci Code was decent; the movie only picked up once Ian McKellen got into the plot. Incredibly cheesy with the CGI sequences, especially Langdon's lightning speed ability to "highlight" words from letters floating in front of him.

[OSX]

A crappily written airport-fiction novel made into a plodding, dull movie.

Nothing to see here people...

[Drinking_Buddy]

I saw the new trailer for Pixar's Cars when I saw the Da Vinci Code.

I was a little worried about Cars, but the trailer restored my faith in it. Plus it has Paul Newman, so if it turns out bad, Paul Newman will publicly apologize. Out of all the CGI movies this year (how many? 4?) this is the only one I want to see.

[Gorilla800lbs]

I saw Over The Hedge. It was a blast. Very tastefully balanced and restrained, compared to the onslaught of the post-Shrek "hip and smug new century cuddly animals" movies, yet outrageously funny. Without stupid flash-in-the-pan pop culture references, toilet humor, or VH1-style songs. They managed to make it funny without all that.

We all were very pleasantly surprised and delighted. Very recommended!

[Borys]

I saw Over The Hedge. It was a blast. Very tastefully balanced and restrained, compared to the onslaught of the post-Shrek "hip and smug new century cuddly animals" movies, yet outrageously funny. Without stupid flash-in-the-pan pop culture references, toilet humor, or VH1-style songs. They managed to make it funny without all that.

We all were very pleasantly surprised and delighted. Very recommended!

Better than Madagascar?

[KamaItachi]

Just back from The Davinci Code. Better than I expected, but it seemed rushed. Didn't really do anything particularly well with a lot of the mysterious, sinister, conspiratorial elements just sitting there, not meshing together. It was also predictable as all hell. Neither of us had read the book, but at the Louvre part, the wife and I turned to each other and sighed that we had figured out the "twist" at the end.

Not terrible, but it'll be gone and forgotten in a month.

[Gorilla800lbs]

Yes, definitely better than Madagascar.