'Borat' the surprise box office champ
Borat stunned observers by opening at No. 1 at the North American box office on Sunday with ticket sales of $26.4 million.
The North American release took place in just 837 theaters after polling indicated that huge enthusiasm among critics and the MySpace crowd had not spread to mainstream moviegoers. In the end, it appeared that naked wrestling, toilet jokes and anti-Semitic satire hold universal appeal.























