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Back when The Passion of the Christ<\/a><\/i> came out a couple of years ago, there was talk in some quarters about the film\u2019s supposedly global appeal \u2014 and some of that talk was a bit exaggerated, considering the film earned only 39.4% of its revenues overseas, definitely at the low end for modern blockbusters. Of 2004\u2019s top 25 movies<\/a>, only The Bourne Supremacy<\/a><\/i> was even marginally less reliant for its ranking on overseas revenues, at 38.9%.<\/span><\/p>\n

Catholic blogger and screenwriter Barbara Nicolosi<\/a> put The Passion<\/i> at the top of her top ten list for that year because she said she was \u201cgoing to go with the global audience\u201d \u2014 which was a little odd, considering the film ranked #3 for the year in North America<\/a> (behind Shrek 2<\/i> and Spider-Man 2<\/i>), #5 for the year worldwide<\/a> (behind Harry Potter 3<\/a><\/i> and The Incredibles<\/i>), and #7 for the year overseas (behind Troy<\/i> and The Day after Tomorrow<\/a><\/i>).<\/p>\n

Nicolosi also actively protested the movie version of The Da Vinci Code<\/a><\/i> \u2014 so I cannot help but note that The Da Vinci Code<\/i> has now outgrossed The Passion of the Christ<\/i> on the global charts.<\/p>\n

The information has not been posted here<\/a> or here<\/a> yet, but Studio Briefing reports via e-mail that The Da Vinci Code<\/i> \u201chas now earned $453.2 million overseas and $642 million worldwide\u201d \u2014 which means it has made almost twice as much overseas as The Passion<\/i> did, and it has surpassed the $611.9 million that The Passion<\/i> earned worldwide two years ago. (It has also surpassed Ice Age: The Meltdown<\/a><\/i> to become the top film of the year worldwide.)<\/p>\n

Methinks this indicates the \u201cglobal audience\u201d is a little more complicated than some people made it out to be.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"