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Kim Hollis: What are your thoughts and expectations for the box office performance of Angels & Demons?

Josh Spiegel: I would expect that, in the coming month, Angels & Demons will not be the true box-office victor. Of the major releases, it seems most appropriate for the over-30 audience, although the previous week will have a property that first began in the mid-1960s; the younger and rebooted Star Trek may indeed siphon a few paying customers away from this latest film. I'm also not sure how much of a clamor there is for this film; Da Vinci Code was based on an incredibly successful book, whereas Angels & Demons is based on a slightly less successful book. I'd be surprised if it doesn't hit #1 during its first weekend, but would be shocked if Angels & Demons passes $200 million domestic before its run is out.

Brandon Scott: Yeah, I don't see this being as big as Da Vinci. I am certainly not clamoring for this film after Da Vinci failed to excite me. I am sure mid-$100 millions are in order, beyond that, hard to say.

Joel Corcoran: The Da Vinci Code was one of the most atrocious pieces of warmed-over pablum to hit the box office in the past ten years. I'm not sure if people are going to remember that, but if they do, they'll have second thoughts about seeing Angels & Demons. And, as Josh pointed out, the novel for Angels & Demons wasn't nearly as popular as the one underlying Da Vinci Code. So, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Star Trek will retain its #1 position in its second week with Angels & Demons coming in second on its opening weekend.





Tim Briody: Yeah, by most accounts The Da Vinci Code sucked but it still made $217 million. I don't think Angels and Demons does that and there's a chance enough people disliked Da Vinci Code that it flat out bombs but there's a high probability it wins the weekend and then vanishes quickly.

Jason Dean: On the minority side of things, I went into the series of books well after Da Vinci Code had made all of the news and read the books in order (Angels & Demons first). I think that that Angels & Demons is a far more cinematic book and have been looking forward to this movie more than I was looking forward to the second book. Of course, Hollywood logic has A&D as a sequel...

Sean Collier: I don't remember anyone actually saying they, you know, liked Da Vinci. Which makes me wonder just how Angels & Demons is going to succeed, especially after the craze over the books has solidly subsided. I think curiosity will certainly lead to a big opening weekend, but that'll be more or less it.

Max Braden: The first movie opened to $77 million, a number probably inflated by the phenomenal success of the book. I expect the sequel to drop down into more realistic territory and at least open along the lines of the National Treasure franchise - about $45 million. From there it will have to be a better movie than The Da Vinci Code was to have decent legs.

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