"On Wednesday, /www.dreamworksfansite.com/meetthefockers/"">Meet the Fockers became the 20th release of 2004 to break the $100M barrier doing the deed in a mere eight days. The Robert De Niro-Ben Stiller smash has been a box office juggernaut during the week posting daily grosses that other films would kill to have during a weekend.

On Monday, the hit sequel grossed a stunning $13.9M and followed that up on Tuesday with an additional $12.6M putting its first-week cume at a robust $97.1M. The last time Universal rang in the New Year at the top of the charts was in 1999 with Patch Adams which sparked a vital comeback for the studio at the time. Ranked sixth in market share for the year, Universal is hoping /www.dreamworksfansite.com/meetthefockers/"">Meet the Fockers will lead to another comeback year in 2005. Like most sequels, /www.dreamworksfansite.com/meetthefockers/"">Fockers is likely to see the bulk of its audience come out upfront so a modest 15% decline this weekend would give the blockbuster about $39M for the frame which would shoot the cume up to a sensational $156M after only 12 days.

Kidpics Fat Albert and /www.dreamworksfansite.com/unfortunateevents/"">Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events will once again fight it out for the number two spots appealing to a nation of kids on the weekend before going back to school. Jim Carrey has held the advantage during the week with impressive $5.3M takes on both Monday and Tuesday outperforming week-ago numbers. Christmas weekend took a hit but the commercially-friendly New Year's frame could see a slight boost to about $14M for a 17-day tally of $93M.

Source: /www.boxofficeguru.com/weekend.htm"">Box Office Guru."