Tom Hanks in the Da Vinci Code

media - Da Vinci Code bound to fail

To the excitement of the official propaganda-media in China Beijing saw the premiere of the movie based on the famous book "Da Vinci Code" one hour ahead of the official one in Cannes.
Showing a movie based on the Christian history in a country with very few catholics seems a receipt for failure. In China most people who want to see the movie, have already seen it on illegal DVD's.
The few catholics also organized a boycot, reducing the potential audience even more:

Unlike many places around the world, China has seen little of the controversy that "The Da Vinci Code" - with its suggestion that Jesus married and fathered children - has elicited elsewhere. Debates have been limited and Catholics are a small minority, though some are upset about the movie.
A Catholic newspaper in the northern Chinese city of Shijiazhuang will run an editorial this week calling on Catholics to boycott the film.