'Da Vinci' Has Largest '06 Weekend Debut
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Moviegoers gave their blessing to the &quot;The Da Vinci Code&quot; over the weekend, spending an estimated &#36;77 million to see the Tom Hanks religious thriller.
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Arts & entertainment: New York monster movie from Lost's JJ Abrams opens in top spot with record-breaking haul
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The ancient battle of Thermopylae was the stuff of 2007's first certified blockbuster as the bloody action tale "300" debuted with ticket sales of $70 million over its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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The effects-laden dragon  tale "Eragon" flew high on the back of openings in 76  territories over the weekend, taking in $30.1 million and  ending the four-week reign of "Casino Royale" as the No. 1  choice of the overseas audience.
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The action tale "Jumper" led the box office with a $32.1 million debut over the four-day President's Day weekend.
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" hauled in $142.1 million to commandeer the record for best Memorial Day weekend debut, capping a huge month that puts Hollywood on track for record summer business.
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Hollywood is attempting to turn the biggest-selling adult fiction book of all time, The Da Vinci Code, into a screen blockbuster, with Tom Hanks as the globe-trotting Harvard professor in pursuit of the Holy Grail.
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LOS ANGELES  - The effects-laden dragon tale "Eragon" flew high on the back of openings in 76 territories over the weekend, taking in $30.1 million and ending the four-week reign of "Casino Royale" as the No. 1 choice of the overseas audience.
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Studio estimates show Cage&#39;s &quot;National Treasure&quot; debuted as the top weekend movie with 35-point-three (m) million dollars.
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A new documentary examines the wild claims about the life of Jesus Christ and Leonardo da Vinci that have helped make Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code a best-selling page-turner.
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Will Smith, Renee Zellweger, and Robert DeNiiro lent their voices and their clout to help set a box office record. The animated movie &quot;Shark Tale&quot; had the biggest October opening ever, earning $49 million, reports
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Los Angeles -- Hero, director Zhang Yimou&#39;s acclaimed martial-arts epic starring Jet Li, vanquished giant snakes, serial killers and superbabies to debut as the top weekend film, earning $17.
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The superhero epic &quot;X-Men: The Last Stand&quot; proved magnetic over the Memorial Day weekend, taking in &#36;120.1 million, the biggest opening ever for the holiday weekend.
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National Treasure was the big winner in the Thanksgiving weekend race for the highest grossing movie. The film, which stars Nicolas Cage as a wily treasure hunter in search of a centuries-old bounty of treasure
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&quot;The Da Vinci Code&quot; will be released in movie theaters across India on Friday &amp;#151; one week late &amp;#151; after the censor board and its distributor reached an agreement to display statements saying the film is fiction.
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Seafaring sequel   Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man&#039;s Chest is in position to   potentially surpass Spider-Man&#039;s record for the best weekend   opening ever, according to industry predictions.
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Sony Pictures'  "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" was tops at the  North American boxoffice for the second week in a row, though  newcomer "Step Up" from Buena Vista Pictures opened to a  stronger-than-expected number while Paramount Pictures' "World  Trade Center" debuted solidly.