By Dean Goodman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The $160 million disaster film "Poseidon" capsized on its maiden voyage in North America, allowing Tom Cruise's struggling sequel "Mission: Impossible III" to retain the weekend box office crown.

By Gary Thompson, Philadelphia Daily News May 12--The problem with "Poseidon" is that it's not bad enough. "The Poseidon Adventure," now that was a bad movie.

By Arthur Spiegelman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hit an iceberg and sink. Get battered by a perfect storm and sink. Get sideswiped by a white whale and sink. Sometimes there's nothing like a big ship going down to grab an audience's attention. Or so a nervous Hollywood hopes.

By Martin A. Grove LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - German director Wolfgang Petersen likes to get his feet wet.

As he did with "The Perfect Storm," Petersen shot most of "Poseidon" on a soundstage on the Warner Bros. lot, where an enormous tank had been built.