Two good reasons why Angels and Demons didn’t have an opening weekend run similar to its predecessor. One, the book on which it’s based was not as controversial as The Da Vince Code. Two, the response of the church was rather cold than its hot-headed approach last time. Thanks to these, Ron Howard’s adaptation of Dan Brown’s book has garnered a rather ordinary $46 million in its first week. In the international markets it fared much better. A $102 million collection in the foreign markets once again confirms the fact that the movie will be performing like The Da Vinci Code.We are speaking about ratios here and not necessarily about numbers. The Da Vinci Code made $217 million in the U.S and $540 million in the international box office. A whopping $758 million in total. A&D will sell in the foreign markets at a higher rate than in the U.S just like the Holy Grail escapade of 2006. It may not be able to match the numbers of the Code.
New releases and the strong ones which are settled and building in the box office are posing a major threat to A&D. Though Wolverine is losing strength, Star Trek is holding strong and that’s a huge threat to A&D. May is getting tighter with more release lined up. Next up are two biggies - Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian and Terminator Salvation. Now the Angels and the Demons will need a lot of faith or divine intervention for a box office sweep.
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