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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 1995

RankMovieGenreMPAA1995 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
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 Sold263,047,153
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.