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Various exteriors cinema2. Animal rights campaigner dressed as Jesus with sign saying \"Thou Shalt Not Kill\"3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop, animal rights campaigner:\"Mel Gibson says this movie is about...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eNew York City, New York\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various exteriors cinema\u003cbr/\u003e2. Animal rights campaigner dressed as Jesus with sign saying \"Thou Shalt Not Kill\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop, animal rights campaigner:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Mel Gibson says this movie is about compassion, about love. Well, slaughter houses and factory farms aren''''''''t compassionate and aren''''''''t loving. So we''''''''re telling people, especially people of faith, to reject all violence and to respect all of God''''''''s creatures which include cows, pigs and chickens.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Various Black Panther (black rights campaigners) protesters holding signs saying ''''''''Jesus was a black man'''''''' outside movie theatre\u003cbr/\u003e5. Police fencing off protest\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various Black Panther protester yelling at police\u003cbr/\u003e7. Various people dressed in prison uniforms saying film promotes violence and hatred\u003cbr/\u003e8. Sign saying \"Mel Gibson''''''''s ''''''''passion'''''''' for mistruth\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabbi Avi Weiss, President The Coalition for Jewish Concerns:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Vatican proclaimed that the Jews were not responsible for the murder of Jesus.  Gibson is setting the clock back. It''''''''s not about acting. It''''''''s about Mel Gibson at his anti-semitic worst.  This lie inspired the murder of my people in their millions over the centuries and this lie inspired the holocaust itself.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE:  Abraham Foxman, National Director, The Anti-Defamation League:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So now that we''''''''ve seen it, the bad news is that the film continues to be shown with its unambiguous message blaming the Jews, blaming the Jews, the Jews being bloodthirsty, angry, vengeful, and the Romans being understanding, the Romans being forced into it, as if the Jews controlled Judea and Samaria, as if the Jews ruled over the Romans.\"\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, California \u003cbr/\u003e11. Close shot of man carrying wooden cross in front of movie theater\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close shot of sign on cross \"It''''''''s about a relationship not a religion\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various man carrying cross\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide shot of theatre sign at entrance      \u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide shot of people leaving theatre after the movie\u003cbr/\u003e16. Moviegoers exiting theatre\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox Pop, moviegoer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I didn''''''''t necessarily find it anti-semitic. I''''''''m Jewish. I did find it more anti-Roman than anti-Jewish for sure. The thing that was a problem with it for me was just they spent so much time showing him being beaten and all this of so much blood, so much gore.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. People leaving cinema theatre\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox Pop, moviegoer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I used to be very religious, also, and then kind of became cynical about the whole thing. So it''''''''s great to see this perspective and see that he was a human and he suffered for a lot of people. He had a lot of passion.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide shot of people in line to buy tickets in front of electronic billboard\u003cbr/\u003e21. Various people at ticket counter\u003cbr/\u003eProtesters staged a noisy demonstration in New York on Wednesday as Mel Gibson''''''''s new film,  \"The Passion of the Christ\" opened across the United States.\u003cbr/\u003eGroups ranging from the Black Panthers to animal rights campaigners brought signs to make their views known as the film opened in more than 3,000 theaters nationwide.\u003cbr/\u003eDirected, produced and co-written by Oscar-winning filmmaker Mel Gibson, the film has received mixed reviews from critics. Some have praised Gibson''''''''s commitment to his subject. \u003cbr/\u003eOthers see it as excessively bloody, obsessed with cruelty and unfair in its portrayal of Jews.\u003cbr/\u003eGibson is defending his work, saying he wanted his portrayal of the last 12 hours of Jesus'''''''' life to make audiences think about Christ''''''''s sacrifice and message of hope.\u003cbr/\u003eThere was mixed reaction after the screenings.  While some viewers welcomed the movie''''''''s message, many claimed it promotes racial hatred.  \u003cbr/\u003eRabbi Avi Weiss, President The Coalition for Jewish Concerns, said the film was \"Mel Gibson at his anti-semitic worst.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIn California, Christians carried crosses to the movie theatre, proclaiming \"It''''''''s about a relationship, not a religion.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBut the gore - and in some cases, church rules - kept even the most devout Christians away.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Salt Lake City, curiosity about the film among many Mormons was outweighed by church teachings that discourage viewing R-rated movies, which are not recommended for people under 17 years old.\u003cbr/\u003eEven People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sounded off in the Big Apple - but this time, it was in support of the film, which they said underscored the brutality of violence.\u003cbr/\u003eAlready merchandise, including \"Passion\" necklaces featuring nails like the ones used in the crucifixion, are being sold in the US.  \u003cbr/\u003eChristian businessman Dwight Robinson said they serve as a conversation point, giving believers the chance to talk about their faith. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The Passion of the Christ\" took in an estimated 15 million (m) to 20 million (m) US dollars after just one day of release.\u003cbr/\u003eWith an estimated 3 million (m) US dollars from private screenings for church groups on Monday and Tuesday in advance of Wednesday''''''''s official opening, grosses for \"The Passion\" were expected to climb as high as (m) 20 million once evening screenings are counted.\u003cbr/\u003eThat falls far short of the single-day record of (m) 43.6 million held by \"Spider-Man\". \u003cbr/\u003eBut \"The Passion\" has already passed the receipts that other modern religious films took in during their entire runs, among them \"The Last Temptation of Christ\" (8.4 million US dollars) and \"The Omega Code\" (12.5 million US 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