The Fockers are Number 1!

The Fockers are Number 1!

LONDON, January 31/PRNewswire/ -- The public went out in their millions to Meet the Fockers. DreamWorks
Pictures' MEET THE FOCKERS starring Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller, Dustin
Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo shot to the top of the
UK box office this weekend, grossing a staggering GBP7,917,661 including
previews across 457 cinemas throughout the UK & Ireland.



Four years ago, audiences were invited to come along with male nurse Greg
(a.k.a. Gaylord) Focker (BEN STILLER) on a weekend as he lost his luggage,
set the backyard on fire, went a little over-the-top in a game of water
volleyball, spray painted the cat and was administered a lie-detector test by
Jack Byrnes (ROBERT DE NIRO), his girlfriend's father (who turned out to be
not a horticulturalist, but an ex-CIA operative reluctant to allow Greg into
The Byrnes Family Circle of Trust) in the blockbuster comedy Meet the
Parents. The film became the runaway hit of the fall of 2000, tallying more
than $300 million worldwide.



Now, Greg has managed to earn his way inside the Circle of Trust and
things are going great. He and his fiancée Pam (TERI POLO) are excitedly
planning their wedding and there's only one tiny, itsy-bitsy little thing
left to smooth the way to the altar: the future in-laws need to spend a
weekend together.



So, Greg and Pam climb aboard Jack's new state-of-the-art RV (with the
Kevlar-reinforced hull and the two-inch Plexiglas windows) for a trip to
Focker Isle, the Cocoanut Grove domicile of Bernie and Roz Focker (DUSTIN
HOFFMAN and BARBRA STREISAND). The next 48 hours will provide the parents of
the intended bride and groom a little time to get to know each other, but
more importantly, give Jack the opportunity to study Greg's parents.



MEET THE FOCKERS is directed by Jay Roach and produced by Jane Rosenthal,
Robert DeNiro and Roach. The Screenplay is written by Jim Herzfeld and John
Hamburg and Vince Di Meglio & Tim Rasmussen. It is executive-produced by
Nancy Tenenbaum and Amy Sayres.



MEET THE FOCKERS is distributed in the UK and Ireland through United
International Pictures.



For images from the film: Please take a look on www.image.net



Source: United International Pictures (UK)

For further information please contact: Angharad Thomas - UIP Press Office, T: +44(0)20-7534-5207/ e-mail: angharad_thomas@uip.co.uk


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