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Passion works miracles at box office { March 30 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=485630§ion=news http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=485630§ion=news Gibson's Passion works miracles at box office Tue 30 March, 2004 14:42 LONDON (Reuters) - Mel Gibson's "The Passion of The Christ" has stormed to No 1 at the UK box office, taking in just over two million pounds in three days over the weekend, according to Screen International. The film's takings marked the highest opening for a subtitled film in Britain, defeating incumbent "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon". Depicting the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus in graphic detail, the film has drawn sharply divergent reviews. Some critics argue it is racist and historically inaccurate because of its focus on Jews as the principal agents of Christ's death, while it has fans among Christians for its traditionalist Catholic spirituality. Starring James Caviezel as Jesus and Monica Belluci as Mary Magdalene, the Passion has already been a runaway success in the United States, where it passed the $300 million (164 million pound) mark last week. It topped the U.S. box office for three weeks, before being seen off by "Dawn of the Dead", a remake of George Romero's 1978 cult zombie horror that made its entry to the UK charts at No 2 last weekend with takings of 1.9 million pounds. Three other newcomers entered the UK top 10. "Welcome to the Jungle", an action comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Christopher Walken, came in at four. "Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London", with Frankie Muniz as a hapless secret agent fighting his way through covert cover-ups and international intrigue, made its debut at seven. Another newcomer was "Under the Tuscan Sun" at nine. The heavily fictionalized and romanticised rendering of writer Frances Mayes' 1996 memoir of her Tuscany travels stars Diane Lane as a woman who rebuilds her life in Italy after her husband's extra-marital affair. "Starsky and Hutch", the big screen satire of the 1970s TV show slipped into third position from the top slot, while "Mona Lisa Smile", starring Julia Roberts as a maverick teacher at a female college in 1950s New England, dropped to fifth. "Honey" at six and "Along Came Polly" in eighth place made up the Top 10.

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