Happy New Year Fockers

January 2, 2005 by Liam
Filed under: Movie News

Happy New Year Fockers “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.

The broad family comedy, starring Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman, sold $42.8 million worth of tickets in the three days beginning Friday. Its total after 12 days rose to $163.4 million. “Meet the Parents”, by contrast, ended its run with $166 million.

“Fockers” set two records over the weekend. Its Friday haul of $12.2 million was the best for New Year’s Eve, beating “Castaway’s” four-year-old record of $8.5 million. It continued its winning ways the next day with sales of $18 million, surpassing the New Year’s Day record of $12.8 million set last year by “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”.

As is the case for this time of the year, there were no new releases in the top 10, and the rankings were little changed. The children’s comedy “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” held steady at a distant No. 2 with $14.7 million, followed by the Howard Hughes biopic “The Aviator”, which rose one place to No. 3 with $11.2 million.

The TV cartoon adaptation “Fat Albert” fell one to No. 4 with $10.7 million, and the all-star crime caper “Ocean’s Twelve” was stable at No. 5 with $9.2 million.

For more information, check out the Box Office Results.