“Da Vinci Code” Bigger Than “The Passion Of The Christ” Worldwide...

Deadline Hollywood Daily Nikki Finke June 11, 2006 at 02:31 PM

I'm told that Da Vinci Code is still red hot overseas and set another benchmark: passing The Passion of the Christ globally with $642 million compared to $623 million, making Sony's religious thriller the 26th biggest all-time hit.

As far as foreign box office, all the Hollywood studios expected deep slides because of the ongoing World Cup action. But Da Vinci added another $22 mil internationally, making it the #1 movie for the fourth week in a row and putting its foreign take at over $453 million.

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