'Fockers' Helps U.S. Box Office Reach Record
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North American box office champ "Meet the Fockers" helped push overall movie sales to a new record in 2004, and the sequel film earned almost as much after two weekends as the original, "Meet the Parents," drew in its entire run, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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Moviegoers are not following the  script written for them by the Hollywood studios. In a sign  that big-budget sequels may be losing their allure, North  American ticket sales for the first three big films of the  lucrative summer season have not kept pace with their  respective predecessors.
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National Treasure beats animated hits at the US box-office.
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" set the record for the highest opening in box office history on Sunday, selling an estimated $132 million worth of tickets in its first three days of release across North America and beating the four-year-ol...
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North American box office champ  "Meet the Fockers" helped push overall movie sales to a new  record in 2004, and the sequel film earned almost as much after  two weekends as the original, "Meet the Parents," drew in its  entire run, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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The final curtain came down on the summer movie season with box office watchers on Tuesday reporting a near &#36;4 billion record haul led by sequels "Shrek 2" and "Spider-Man 2," even as admissions slipped 1.5 percent.
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Those zany Fockers began 2005 just as they left 2004--on top--as   Meet the Fockers rung in the new year by ringing up a whopping   &#36;41.7 million from Friday to Sunday, according to studio figures   Monday.
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&quot;Meet the Fockers&quot; claimed the top North Amerian box office spot over the lucrative Christmas holiday weekend, grossing $44.7m.
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Moviegoers are not following the script written for them by the Hollywood studios. In a sign that big-budget sequels may be losing their allure, North American ticket sales for the first three big films of the lucrative summer season have not kept pace with their respective predecessors.
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The drawing power of Meet the Fockers was no joke at theatres this weekend, where the comedic sequel was tops in box office receipts.
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The drawing power of &quot;Meet the Fockers&quot; was no joke at theaters this weekend, where the comedic sequel was tops in box office receipts.
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&quot;Harry Potter and the  Order of the Phoenix&quot; opened a powerful No. 1 on the  international circuit during the weekend, setting a record for  the franchise by grossing an estimated $190.3 million from more  than 12,000 screens in 44 territories.
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The blood-soaked ancient epic "300" slaughtered its foes at the weekend box office in North America, setting a new record for a March release by selling about $70 million worth of tickets, distributor Warner Bros. Pictures said on Sunday.
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LOS ANGELES  - Sony Pictures Entertainment said Thursday that it has reached $3 billion in worldwide box office sales this year, a marker hit by only two other studios in movie history.
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LOS ANGELES - Millions of Americans went shopping for comedy last weekend, giving the star-studded &quot;Meet the Fockers&quot; the record for the best single Christmas Day box office take.
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"Meet the Fockers" was the most popular movie in North America for a second weekend, and has now earned almost as much as its 2000 predecessor, "Meet the Parents," did in its entire run, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.
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Moviegoers got their motors running and drove the all-star comedy "Wild Hogs" to the top spot at the weekend box office in North America.