It it weren't for the immediate competition of X3 and MI3, I'd say Da Vinci Code would have had a crack at 500 million. Its crazy around here. It has everything going for it except for a few weekends to itself.

You, my lady, are much worse at predicting box office than I could ever aspire to be!

Besides, you know half the country can't even read, so there goes have of your 500m...

3 THE DA VINCI CODE, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $24.95.) A murder at the Louvre leads to a trail of clues found in the work of Leonardo and to the discovery of a secret society.

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Published: April 23, 2006
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1 TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) A small girl communicates telepathically with her kidnapped twin. 1

2 GONE, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $26.95.) Two acting students stage their own disappearance — but then one of them is murdered. The psychologist-detective Alex Delaware investigates. 1 2

3 THE DA VINCI CODE, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $24.95.) A murder at the Louvre leads to a trail of clues found in the work of Leonardo and to the discovery of a secret society. 2 159

4 SHIVER, by Lisa Jackson. (Kensington, $19.95.) A New Orleans detective tracks a serial killer. 1

5 THE 5TH HORSEMAN, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.95.) Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club investigate unexplained deaths at a San Francisco hospital. 3 8

6 THE TEMPLAR LEGACY, by Steve Berry. (Ballantine, $24.95.) A former Justice Department operative becomes involved in a desperate search for the long-lost treasure and secrets of the medieval Knights Templar. 8 7

7 PRIOR BAD ACTS, by Tami Hoag. (Bantam, $26.) Two Minneapolis detectives search for a kidnapped judge who has been trying a murder case. 9 3

8 THE SECRET SUPPER, by Javier Sierra. (Atria, $25.95.) Clues in "The Last Supper" reveal Da Vinci's heretical beliefs. 6 3

9 THE TENTH CIRCLE, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria, $26.) When his teenage daughter is date-raped, a comicbook artist is overwhelmed by rage he thought he had buried with his past. 5 5

10 THE HOUSE, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $27.) A workaholic lawyer's life changes when she buys a crumbling mansion. 4 6

11 A DIRTY JOB, by Christopher Moore. (Morrow, $24.95.) A San Francisco store owner becomes a Death Merchant, assigned to collect the souls of the recently dead to protect them from the dark forces. First Chapter 11 3

12 HEY, GOOD LOOKING, by Fern Michaels. (Pocket, $25.) Family feuds and forgiveness in Baton Rouge. 1

13 DIRTY BLONDE, by Lisa Scottoline. (HarperCollins, $25.95.) When the plaintiff murders the defendant in a case she has just tried, a judge's secret life becomes public. 10 4

14 *TOMB OF THE GOLDEN BIRD, by Elizabeth Peters. (Morrow, $25.95.) Intrigue and murder surround the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamen in 1922; an Amelia Peabody historical mystery. 7 2

15 THE LAST TEMPLAR, by Raymond Khoury. (Dutton, $24.95.) A coding device stolen from an exhibit of Vatican artifacts may hold clues to the medieval Knights Templar's long-lost treasure — and their secrets. 12 12

16 *WE ARE ALL WELCOME HERE, by Elizabeth Berg. (Random House, $22.95.) In Mississippi in 1964, a paralyzed woman struggles to raise her teenage daughter with the help of an African-American aide. 1

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Published: April 23, 2006
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1 THE DA VINCI CODE, by Dan Brown. (Anchor, $14.95 and $7.99; Broadway special illustrated edition, $22.95.) A murder at the Louvre leads to a trail of clues found in the work of Leonardo and to the discovery of a secret society. 2

2 NO PLACE LIKE HOME, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Pocket, $9.99.) A woman who is trying to conceal her past becomes the target of a killer. 3

3 FULL SCOOP, by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes. (St. Martin's, $7.99.) In this installment of the series set in Beaumont, S.C., a local pediatrician is stalked by an ex-boyfriend. 1

4 ANGELS & DEMONS, by Dan Brown. (Pocket Star, $7.99.) A Harvard scholar tries to save the Vatican from the machinations of an underground society. 133

5 COUNTDOWN, by Iris Johansen. (Bantam, $7.99.) A murderer stalks a young woman — the adopted daughter of the forensic sculptor Eve Duncan. 2

6 TIME AND AGAIN, by Nora Roberts. (Silhouette, $7.99.) Two previously published tales of a time traveler who falls in love. 2

7 THE MERMAID CHAIR, by Sue Monk Kidd. (Penguin, $14.) On Egret Island, off the coast of South Carolina, a married woman is strongly attracted to a monk. 5

8 DECEPTION POINT, by Dan Brown. (Pocket, $9.99 and $7.99.) An intelligence analyst is sent to the Arctic on a special assignment by the White House. 6

9 RAGE, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $7.99.) The psychologist-detective Alex Delaware tries to figure out who murdered a young man who had spent time behind bars for killing a child when he was a teenager. 6

10 DARK DEMON, by Christine Feehan. (Jove, $9.99.) A vampire slayer faces a mysterious woman whose talents rival his own. 2

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--a lot of good points--

Yeah yeah but come on, Hanks has an awful, greasy looking haircut. That knocks it down to 40/190.....

I suspect you read the article in Newsweek about that?

Since this is trash, it will almost certainly be huge. There's no denying it. *Shrug*

But I never said it wasn't

Yeah yeah but come on, Hanks has an awful, greasy looking haircut. That knocks it down to 40/190.....

Btw, how do you see "Snakes" doing?

Its that time of year again Dolce,are you up for another bet?

I say DVC will not make 300 million,if you win i will put anything you want in my avatar and sig,if you lose then anything i want in your avatar and sig.

I need to wait and see what the buzz around MI3 and X3 is over the next few weeks.

Remember that time we totally won that bet on whether or not Narnia would make over 200 million?