'Fockers,' Thriller Make 'Noise' at Box Office
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"Meet the Fockers" ruled the North American box office for a third consecutive weekend, speeding past the &#36;200 million mark, while the first wide release of 2005 opened strongly at No. 2.
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Overseas boxoffice tends to slacken at this time of the year, but two newcomers -- "Shark Tale" and "Wimbledon" -- showed early promise in kickoff dates over the weekend, while M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village" topped &#36;100 million in international gross and "Garfield" neared membership in the &#36;100 million club.
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Ocean&#39;s Twelve scored another major heist this weekend, taking No. 1 at the box office with a strong $40.9 million opening. (Related chart: See the weekend&#39;s top 10 films).
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LOS ANGELES  - Ever since it debuted  Wednesday, there was never any doubt that "Meet the Fockers"  would lead the pack at the Christmas weekend box office.
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LOS ANGELES  - The paranormal thriller  "White Noise," which bows in theaters Friday, marks the first  wide release to hit the marketplace in two weeks.
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Between new releases "Jackass Number Two," the sure winner at the weekend box office, and "Jet Li's
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This weekend is all  about gambles at the box office. Will Universal Pictures'  costly gamble on director Michael Mann and "Miami Vice" pay  off? Will Warner Bros. Pictures' second partnership with Tom  Hanks on an animated movie, "The Ant Bully," be as successful  as its first? And just how many teenage girls will show up to  see John Tucker, a fictional high school Romeo, die?
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After having been released for only 12 days, "Meet the Fockers" has made its place on the list of the highest-grossing films of 2004. It has beat the top New Year's Eve box office gross (previously held by "Castaway") and the top New Year's Day box off...
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LOS ANGELES  - Hollywood offers  moviegoers a choice this weekend: two new thrillers and a  handful of films laden with Academy Award nominations.
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Comedy Meet The Fockers tops the festive box office in North America, setting a new record for Christmas Day.
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A box-office surprise, the movie jabs hard at Americans' biases.
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There just might be  blood. The domestic boxoffice will feature a kind of midwinter  mayhem this weekend, as strong holdover films are joined in a  competitive fray by four wide-release debutants and  Oscar-rejuvenated titles.
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Universal Pictures&#39; ``Meet the Fockers,&#39;&#39; a sequel to the 2000 comedy ``Meet the Parents,&#39;&#39; opened at No. 1 movie in US and Canadian theaters with $44.7 million in ticket sales, the biggest Christmas weekend opener ever.
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Here is a chance to check out where your favourite movies stand in the box-office.
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Most moviegoers opted for comedy  and dance after a week dominated by news of thwarted terror  plots and Middle East bloodshed but "World Trade Center,"  Oliver Stone's new film about the September 11 attacks, managed  a No. 3 finish at the box office.
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Comedies mining the unlikely topics of terminal cancer and a church robbery led the North American box office on Sunday, sending ticket sales higher for a fifth consecutive weekend.
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The sci-fi thriller "Jumper" leaped  to the No. 1 spot at the North American box office on Sunday as  moviegoers ignored critics' dire warnings for a second weekend.