Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Nutty Professor	Comedy	PG-13	$128,769,345	29,133,336	$209,177,352
2	The Birdcage	Comedy	R	$123,939,840	28,040,688	$201,332,140
3	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$104,111,652	23,554,672	$169,122,545
4	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$103,368,736	23,386,592	$167,915,731
5	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$81,926,334	18,535,370	$133,083,957
6	The Cable Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$60,154,431	13,609,600	$97,716,928
7	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$53,185,547	12,032,929	$86,396,430
8	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$41,121,487	9,303,504	$66,799,159
9	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$40,750,991	9,219,681	$66,197,310
10	Happy Gilmore	Comedy	PG-13	$38,602,000	8,733,484	$62,706,415
11	Matilda	Comedy	PG	$33,084,249	7,485,124	$53,743,190
12	Striptease	Comedy	R	$32,651,443	7,387,204	$53,040,125
13	Black Sheep	Comedy	PG-13	$32,258,130	7,298,219	$52,401,212
14	Eddie	Comedy	PG-13	$31,289,479	7,079,068	$50,827,708
15	Sgt. Bilko	Comedy	PG	$30,141,475	6,819,338	$48,962,847
16	Michael	Comedy	PG	$27,629,196	6,250,949	$44,881,814
17	Spy Hard	Comedy	PG-13	$26,906,039	6,087,339	$43,707,094
18	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$26,128,650	5,911,459	$42,444,276
19	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$25,846,508	5,847,626	$41,985,955
20	Down Periscope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,607,849	5,793,631	$41,598,271
21	Kingpin	Comedy	R	$24,879,969	5,628,952	$40,415,875
22	Father of the Bride Part II	Comedy	PG	$24,313,176	5,500,719	$39,495,162
23	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$21,887,865	4,952,006	$35,555,403
24	A Very Brady Sequel	Comedy	PG-13	$21,397,954	4,841,166	$34,759,572
25	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$20,694,213	4,681,949	$33,616,394
26	Multiplicity	Comedy	PG-13	$20,101,861	4,547,932	$32,654,152
27	Flipper	Comedy	PG	$20,047,715	4,535,682	$32,566,197
28	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Comedy	R	$19,674,813	4,451,315	$31,960,442
29	Kazaam	Comedy	PG	$18,843,825	4,263,309	$30,610,559
30	Flirting with Disaster	Comedy	R	$14,702,438	3,326,343	$23,883,143
31	Bio-Dome	Comedy	PG-13	$13,270,797	3,002,443	$21,557,541
32	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$12,384,525	2,801,929	$20,117,850
33	Beautiful Girls	Comedy	R	$10,439,854	2,361,958	$16,958,858
34	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$10,170,986	2,301,128	$16,522,099
35	Dunston Checks In	Comedy	PG	$9,395,724	2,125,729	$15,262,734
36	Celtic Pride	Comedy	PG-13	$9,169,981	2,074,656	$14,896,030
37	Larger Than Life	Comedy	PG	$8,289,972	1,875,559	$13,466,514
38	The Great White Hype	Comedy	R	$7,751,497	1,753,732	$12,591,796
39	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$6,899,612	1,560,998	$11,207,966
40	House Arrest	Comedy	PG	$6,895,790	1,560,133	$11,201,755
41	Cold Comfort Farm	Comedy	PG	$5,433,717	1,229,348	$8,826,719
42	Girl 6	Comedy	R	$4,855,000	1,098,416	$7,886,627
43	Joe's Apartment	Comedy	PG-13	$4,566,826	1,033,219	$7,418,512
44	Bogus	Comedy	PG	$4,340,826	982,087	$7,051,385
45	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Comedy	R	$4,198,137	949,805	$6,819,600
46	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Comedy	PG-13	$3,988,567	902,391	$6,479,167
47	Ed	Comedy	PG	$3,956,785	895,200	$6,427,536
48	Swingers	Comedy	R	$3,861,814	873,714	$6,273,267
49	Carpool	Comedy	PG	$3,308,758	748,588	$5,374,862
50	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$2,954,057	668,339	$4,798,674
51	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Comedy	R	$2,621,887	593,187	$4,259,083
52	The Stupids	Comedy	PG	$2,415,593	546,514	$3,923,971
53	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Comedy	PG-13	$2,357,406	533,350	$3,829,453
54	Big Bully	Comedy	PG	$2,010,557	454,877	$3,266,017
55	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$2,006,420	453,941	$3,259,296
56	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$1,697,156	383,972	$2,756,919
57	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	373,862	$2,684,329
58	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$1,363,753	308,541	$2,215,324
59	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$1,349,253	305,261	$2,191,774
60	Phat Beach	Comedy	R	$1,263,945	285,960	$2,053,193
61	Mystery Science Theatre 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$949,745	214,874	$1,542,795
62	French Twist	Comedy	R	$888,044	200,915	$1,442,570
63	Little Indian, Big City	Comedy	PG	$682,028	154,305	$1,107,910
64	The Monster	Comedy	R	$569,901	128,937	$925,768
65	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$510,271	115,446	$828,902
66	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Comedy	PG	$472,946	107,001	$768,267
67	Maybe, Maybe Not	Comedy		$330,760	74,833	$537,301
68	A Midwinter's Tale	Comedy	R	$288,122	65,186	$468,035
69	The Last Supper	Comedy	R	$259,930	58,808	$422,241
70	Celestial Clockwork	Comedy		$257,241	58,199	$417,869
71	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$228,040	51,593	$370,438
72	The Cemetery Man	Comedy	R	$199,913	45,229	$324,744
73	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$179,374	40,582	$291,379
74	Someone Else's America	Comedy	R	$154,873	35,039	$251,580
75	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$222,982
76	Getting Away with Murder	Comedy	R	$127,691	28,889	$207,423
77	Mad Dog Time	Comedy	R	$80,026	18,105	$129,994
78	The Visitors	Comedy	R	$67,953	15,374	$110,385
79	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$56,747	12,839	$92,184
80	For Better or Worse	Comedy		$41,628	9,418	$67,621
81	The Search for One-eye Jimmy	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
82	Freeway	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
83	Glory Daze	Comedy		$5,000	1,131	$8,121
84	Blue Juice	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,435,391,376
Total Tickets Sold					324,749,175
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,331,699,077

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1996. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1996. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1995 will most likely earn money in 1995 and 1996. 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.