Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 1995
| Rank | Movie | Genre | MPAA | 1995 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$104,355,781 |
23,989,835 |
$165,050,065 |
| 2 |
Casper
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$100,328,194 |
23,063,953 |
$158,679,997 |
| 3 |
Nine Months
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$69,660,733 |
16,013,962 |
$110,176,059 |
| 4 |
Get Shorty
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$68,798,612 |
15,815,773 |
$108,812,518 |
| 5 |
Dumb & Dumber
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$60,706,035 |
13,955,410 |
$96,013,221 |
| 6 |
Clueless
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$56,461,210 |
12,979,589 |
$89,299,572 |
| 7 |
Father of the Bride Part II
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$52,265,735 |
12,015,111 |
$82,663,964 |
| 8 |
Something to Talk About
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$50,865,589 |
11,693,239 |
$80,449,484 |
| 9 |
The Brady Bunch Movie
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$46,546,167 |
10,700,268 |
$73,617,844 |
| 10 |
Man of the House
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$40,029,009 |
9,202,071 |
$63,310,248 |
| 11 |
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$36,466,570 |
8,383,120 |
$57,675,866 |
| 12 |
A Goofy Movie
|
Comedy
|
G
|
$35,336,439 |
8,123,319 |
$55,888,435 |
| 13 |
Tommy Boy
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$32,648,673 |
7,505,442 |
$51,637,441 |
| 14 |
Grumpier Old Men
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$30,748,841 |
7,068,699 |
$48,632,649 |
| 15 |
Major Payne
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$29,412,050 |
6,761,391 |
$46,518,370 |
| 16 |
Friday
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$27,467,564 |
6,314,383 |
$43,442,955 |
| 17 |
Houseguest
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$26,325,256 |
6,051,783 |
$41,636,267 |
| 18 |
Billy Madison
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$25,460,475 |
5,852,983 |
$40,268,523 |
| 19 |
The Big Green
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$17,736,619 |
4,077,384 |
$28,052,402 |
| 20 |
Heavy Weights
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$17,671,310 |
4,062,370 |
$27,949,106 |
| 21 |
It Takes Two
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$17,468,169 |
4,015,671 |
$27,627,816 |
| 22 |
Home for the Holidays
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$17,244,975 |
3,964,362 |
$27,274,811 |
| 23 |
Jury Duty
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$16,941,552 |
3,894,610 |
$26,794,917 |
| 24 |
Muriel's Wedding
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$15,185,000 |
3,490,805 |
$24,016,738 |
| 25 |
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$14,737,371 |
3,387,901 |
$23,308,759 |
| 26 |
Roommates
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$12,076,989 |
2,776,319 |
$19,101,075 |
| 27 |
Bye Bye Love
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$12,073,560 |
2,775,531 |
$19,095,653 |
| 28 |
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$10,904,930 |
2,506,880 |
$17,247,334 |
| 29 |
The Baby-Sitters Club
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$9,574,155 |
2,200,955 |
$15,142,570 |
| 30 |
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$8,244,193 |
1,895,217 |
$13,039,093 |
| 31 |
The Jerky Boys
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$7,555,256 |
1,736,840 |
$11,949,459 |
| 32 |
Bushwhacked
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$7,377,107 |
1,695,887 |
$11,667,703 |
| 33 |
The Santa Clause
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$7,007,259 |
1,610,864 |
$11,082,744 |
| 34 |
Junior
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$5,955,145 |
1,368,999 |
$9,418,713 |
| 35 |
Mighty Aphrodite
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$5,037,971 |
1,158,154 |
$7,968,100 |
| 36 |
Angus
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$4,812,891 |
1,106,412 |
$7,612,115 |
| 37 |
Bullets Over Broadway
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$4,778,133 |
1,098,421 |
$7,557,136 |
| 38 |
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$4,686,937 |
1,077,457 |
$7,412,904 |
| 39 |
Ready to Wear
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$4,593,006 |
1,055,863 |
$7,264,337 |
| 40 |
Gordy
|
Comedy
|
G
|
$3,941,146 |
906,011 |
$6,233,356 |
| 41 |
Steal Big, Steal Little
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$3,150,170 |
724,177 |
$4,982,338 |
| 42 |
The Perez Family
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$2,794,056 |
642,312 |
$4,419,107 |
| 43 |
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$2,739,002 |
629,656 |
$4,332,033 |
| 44 |
Four Rooms
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$2,521,975 |
579,764 |
$3,988,776 |
| 45 |
Mallrats
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$2,108,367 |
484,682 |
$3,334,612 |
| 46 |
Strawberry and Chocolate
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$1,918,424 |
441,017 |
$3,034,197 |
| 47 |
Destiny Turns on the Radio
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$1,173,149 |
269,689 |
$1,855,460 |
| 48 |
Living in Oblivion
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$1,111,790 |
255,584 |
$1,758,418 |
| 49 |
The Mask
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$1,099,945 |
252,861 |
$1,739,684 |
| 50 |
Stuart Saves His Family
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$911,310 |
209,497 |
$1,441,339 |
| 51 |
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$781,085 |
179,560 |
$1,235,373 |
| 52 |
Mixed Nuts
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$727,577 |
167,259 |
$1,150,742 |
| 53 |
Clerks
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$702,485 |
161,491 |
$1,111,058 |
| 54 |
Double Happiness
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$560,491 |
128,849 |
$886,481 |
| 55 |
Love & Human Remains
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$542,985 |
124,824 |
$858,789 |
| 56 |
Funny Bones
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$529,135 |
121,640 |
$836,883 |
| 57 |
Swimming with Sharks
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$376,928 |
86,650 |
$596,152 |
| 58 |
Empire Records
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$303,841 |
69,849 |
$480,561 |
| 59 |
Lie Down with Dogs
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$240,280 |
55,237 |
$380,031 |
| 60 |
Canadian Bacon
|
Comedy
|
|
$178,104 |
40,943 |
$281,688 |
| 61 |
Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$144,961 |
33,324 |
$229,269 |
| 62 |
Last Summer in the Hamptons
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$138,528 |
31,846 |
$219,100 |
| 63 |
Coldblooded
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$8,423 |
1,936 |
$13,320 |
| 64 |
Augustin
|
Comedy
|
|
$5,490 |
1,262 |
$8,683 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $1,144,255,108 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 263,047,153 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $1,809,764,413 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1995.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1995.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1994 will most likely earn money in 1994 and 1995.
Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.
Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year.
The next year starts the following day (Monday).
For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to
rounding errors.
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