Criticism of The Da Vinci Code "Smithy Code Jackie Fisher who are you Dreadnought", referring to the British admiral whom Judge Smith admires. As with the book, this secret message made use of Fibonacci numbers for its encoding. Dan Brown has been sued twice in The United States by author Jack Dunn who claims Dan Brown copied his book The Vatican Boys (1997) to create The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and Brown's now famous character Robert Langdon. Jack Dunn calls Dan Brown's actions, "The Largest Literary and Movie Crime in History." At a conference on April 28, 2006 Archbishop Angelo Amato, the secretary of
The Da Vinci Code (film) critics gave mixed to negative reviews of the film, critics praised the performances of McKellen as well as Bettany. On the "Worst Movies of 2006" episode of the television show "Ebert & Roeper" (January 13, 2007), guest critic Michael Phillips (sitting in for the recovering Roger Ebert) listed the film at 2. The film earned a Razzie Award nomination for Ron Howard as Worst Director, but lost to M. Night Shyamalan for "Lady in the Water". The film opened with an estimated $31 million in box office sales on its opening day, averaging $7,764 per screen. During its opening weekend,