'Fockers' Gets Early Start at Christmas Box Office
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With the arrival of Christmas weekend, it's Hollywood's last chance to open a box office bonanza or two before the calendar year ends.
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Hollywood's studios are expected to  rake in a possibly record $9.4 billion at domestic box offices  this year, but the lack of a Christmas season smash like last  year's final "Lord of the Rings" film will crimp overall ticket  sales.
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LOS ANGELES - Millions of Americans went shopping for comedy this weekend, giving the star-studded Meet the Fockers the record for the best Christmas weekend opening ever.
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Tom Hanks' holiday movie "The Polar Express" has set an opening weekend record for a Hollywood film released in Imax Corp.'s giant-screen format, the company's co-chief executive said on Monday.
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Comedy Meet The Fockers remains top of the North American box office chart after taking another Â£23.7m.
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As consumers start spending on Christmas, two brokerage houses raised their estimates on Apple Computer (AAPL) stock Monday to more than US$77, predicting
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Samuel L. Jackson scored the first  hit movie of the year at the North American box office on  Sunday with the basketball drama "Coach Carter," which ended  the three-week reign of "Meet the Fockers."
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In the last decade, the movie ÂA Christmas Story,Â has become a cult classic that has made it a holiday gleam in the eyes of advertisers.
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&quot;Lemony Snicket&#39;s A Series of Unfortunate Events&quot; debuted with a sweet $30.1 million to take first place at the box office on the weekend before Christmas.
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Audiences anted up for the Warner Bros. caper "Ocean's Thirteen," the third of George Clooney and Brad Pitt's casino-heist romps, which debuted as the top flick with $37.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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The demon thriller "Exorcist: The Beginning" opened as the No. 1 weekend movie with $18.2 million, displacing "Alien vs. Predator," which tumbled to No. 4 with $12.5 million, studio estimates showed.
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LOS ANGELES &quot;Meet the Fockers&quot; met the record books with the best Christmas weekend debut at the box office. Ben Stiller&#39;s comedy of opposite inlaws raked in almost 45 (m) million dollars, beating the record
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The Tim Allen movie  "Christmas With the Kranks" served as a late Christmas present  for Fox, lifting the network to a primetime win among adults  18-49 on Wednesday.
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"Meet the Fockers" dominated the box office last weekend, but the end-of-year period was a disappointing one in general for Hollywood.
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Moviegoers embraced the dysfunctional family comedy "Meet the Fockers" for a second straight week as the star-studded sequel earned &#36;42.8 million to retain its No. 1 slot at the weekend box office.
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Hollywood is taking advantage of the first holiday frame of 2005, offering four new wide releases to duke it out over what should be a competitive extended weekend.
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Just in time for the annual rite of difficult family moments, the comedy sequel &quot;Meet the Fockers&quot; topped the Christmas weekend box office in North America with a record