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While on one level we take some degree of comfort in knowing that the world's taste in cinema can be every bit as bad as our own, on another, much more visceral level, this press release has plunged us into the blackest depths of despair—we had no idea that Bruce Almighty was the previous record holder:

'MEET THE FOCKERS' SMASHES PREVIOUS RECORD, BECOMING HIGHEST GROSSING LIVE-ACTION COMEDY IN HISTORY
Universal Pictures' / DreamWorks Pictures' Ensemble Comedy-Sequel to 2000's Runaway Comedy Hit 'Meet the Parents' - Crosses $500 Million Global Mark
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., April 4 /PRNewswire/ — Continuing its dominance at the worldwide box office, Universal Pictures'/DreamWorks Pictures' "Meet the Fockers" has become the record holder for top live-action comedy ever, besting the previous benchmark held by "Bruce Almighty" ($484.5 million worldwide); "Fockers" also recently crossed the $500 million threshold in global receipts.

Unfortunately, studios all over town have now have had this Hollywood maxim reinforced: You don't need subtitles for a cat flushing a dog down a toilet.* God help us all.


[*Although there is almost certainly a single, nearly-unpronounceable German word that describes precisely this act, like Katzehundeerröten.]