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Kim Hollis: I think this is right in line with what should have been expected, really. No one should have believed that Angels & Demons would perform in the same ballpark with The Da Vinci Code for a number of reasons. The book was nowhere near as popular, and the studio had to walk the fine line of marketing this as being a follow-up to the first film while also distancing it from that movie. Angels & Demons was always going to make the bulk of its revenue from overseas locations, so that number is looking pretty solid.

David Mumpower: While foreign revenues are a trickier matter for the accounting department in that the actual percentage take isn't as good, Angels & Demons is a decided winner. $100 million here and $50 million everywhere else would lead to some serious chest bumps about the performance if it had broken that way. The reverse should be somewhat similar albeit a bit more reserved. Sony is trumpeting the fact that the film is already in the black, and it has a decent chance to wind up with an international total in the $400-$500 million range. Given the quality of the first film, I see this as a triumph, even if it only made a little over half of its predecessor.

The Lost Symbol? Seriously? If this involves Dharmas or smoke monsters, we're out of here.

Kim Hollis: Do you expect the next Dan Brown book, The Lost Symbol, a sequel to The Da Vinci Code, to be made into a film? If so, should Tom Hanks and Ron Howard come back for another go-round and how much would you expect that film to make with/without them?





Josh Spiegel: The watchword here is caution. If The Lost Symbol becomes a massive literary phenomenon in the same way that Da Vinci Code was, Sony should absolutely, without a doubt, make it into a movie (a movie I won't see, but that's besides the point). If, however, the results aren't massive, Sony shouldn't bring the series back. The lack of interest in Robert Langdon as the headlining character of a franchise is apparent with Angels & Demons, which did well, but not nearly as well as Da Vinci Code, at the box office. A lot of the interest in Da Vinci Code came from people who hadn't read the book, and not as many people showed up for this new film. Again...Sony should be cautious, but who knows if they will be?

Reagen Sulewski: I can totally see it ending up as an A&E movie starring Timothy Hutton. He's already got the hair.

Brandon Scott: My knowledge on this front is pretty off-base. I had no idea this book even existed (guess I need to stay out of the Sports section). I don't think Hanks or Howard comes back a third time, whether the book gets turned into a film or not. I would say how well the book does will dictate whether or not it becomes adaptable. A&D's box office haul still shows there is an interest, but how different might it be without Hanks/Howard? Drastically so, I would suspect.

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