‘ The Da Vinci Code‘ premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2006, and according to the Associated Press, the film received negative reactions from critics at the festival.

So a replica of the ‘ Monalisa‘ was used.

The Louvre Paris museum allowed the shooting of relevant scenes on its premises but refused for the original ‘ Monalisa‘ to be used.

Dan brown sold the movie rights for $6 million.

Here are some fun facts about ‘ The Da Vinci Code’ movie:

But notwithstanding, the film grossed $224 million in its worldwide opening weekend and a total of $760 million worldwide, becoming the second highest-grossing film of 2006, as well as Howard’s highest-grossing film to date. The film, like the book, was considered controversial and was met with especially harsh criticism by the Catholic Church for the accusation that it was behind a two-thousand-year-old cover-up concerning the Holy Grail.

The movie adaptations of Dan Brown’s books were huge successes at the box office, owing to the global audience it has attracted and the massive fan-following the Robert Langdon series has received over the years.īased on the second book in the Robert Langdon series, ‘The Da Vinci Code ‘ directed by Ron Howard, is the first in the Robert Langdon film series and stars Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, Audrey Tautou as Sophie Neveu and Sir Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh Teabing. Having live-action movies made about his books is no small feat more so is having an iconic academy award-winning actor like Tom Hanks play his lead protagonist.

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