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	$229,862,021
2	The Birdcage	Comedy	R	$123,939,840	28,040,688	$221,241,028
3	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$104,111,652	23,554,672	$185,846,362
4	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$103,368,736	23,386,592	$184,520,211
5	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$81,926,334	18,535,370	$146,244,069
6	The Cable Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$60,154,431	13,609,600	$107,379,744
7	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$53,185,547	12,032,929	$94,939,810
8	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$41,121,487	9,303,504	$73,404,647
9	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$40,750,991	9,219,681	$72,743,283
10	Happy Gilmore	Comedy	PG-13	$38,602,000	8,733,484	$68,907,189
11	Matilda	Comedy	PG	$33,084,249	7,485,124	$59,057,628
12	Striptease	Comedy	R	$32,758,418	7,411,407	$58,476,001
13	Black Sheep	Comedy	PG-13	$32,258,130	7,298,219	$57,582,948
14	Eddie	Comedy	PG-13	$31,289,479	7,079,068	$55,853,847
15	Sgt. Bilko	Comedy	PG	$30,141,475	6,819,338	$53,804,577
16	Michael	Comedy	PG	$27,629,196	6,250,949	$49,319,988
17	Spy Hard	Comedy	PG-13	$26,906,039	6,087,339	$48,029,105
18	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$26,128,650	5,911,459	$46,641,412
19	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$25,846,508	5,847,626	$46,137,769
20	Down Periscope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,607,849	5,793,631	$45,711,749
21	Kingpin	Comedy	R	$24,879,969	5,628,952	$44,412,431
22	Father of the Bride Part II	Comedy	PG	$24,313,176	5,500,719	$43,400,673
23	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$21,887,865	4,952,006	$39,071,327
24	A Very Brady Sequel	Comedy	PG-13	$21,397,954	4,841,166	$38,196,800
25	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$20,694,213	4,681,949	$36,940,578
26	Multiplicity	Comedy	PG-13	$20,101,861	4,547,932	$35,883,183
27	Flipper	Comedy	PG	$20,047,715	4,535,682	$35,786,531
28	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Comedy	R	$19,674,813	4,451,315	$35,120,875
29	Kazaam	Comedy	PG	$18,843,825	4,263,309	$33,637,508
30	Flirting with Disaster	Comedy	R	$14,702,438	3,326,343	$26,244,846
31	Bio-Dome	Comedy	PG-13	$13,270,797	3,002,443	$23,689,275
32	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$12,384,525	2,801,929	$22,107,220
33	Beautiful Girls	Comedy	R	$10,439,854	2,361,958	$18,635,849
34	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$10,170,986	2,301,128	$18,155,900
35	Dunston Checks In	Comedy	PG	$9,395,724	2,125,729	$16,772,002
36	Celtic Pride	Comedy	PG-13	$9,169,981	2,074,656	$16,369,036
37	Larger Than Life	Comedy	PG	$8,289,972	1,875,559	$14,798,161
38	The Great White Hype	Comedy	R	$7,751,497	1,753,732	$13,836,945
39	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$6,899,612	1,560,998	$12,316,274
40	House Arrest	Comedy	PG	$6,895,790	1,560,133	$12,309,449
41	Cold Comfort Farm	Comedy	PG	$5,433,717	1,229,348	$9,699,556
42	Girl 6	Comedy	R	$4,855,000	1,098,416	$8,666,502
43	Joe's Apartment	Comedy	PG-13	$4,566,826	1,033,219	$8,152,098
44	Bogus	Comedy	PG	$4,340,826	982,087	$7,748,666
45	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Comedy	R	$4,198,137	949,805	$7,493,961
46	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Comedy	PG-13	$3,988,567	902,391	$7,119,865
47	Ed	Comedy	PG	$3,956,785	895,200	$7,063,128
48	Swingers	Comedy	R	$3,861,814	873,714	$6,893,603
49	Carpool	Comedy	PG	$3,308,758	748,588	$5,906,359
50	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$2,954,057	668,339	$5,273,195
51	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Comedy	R	$2,621,887	593,187	$4,680,245
52	The Stupids	Comedy	PG	$2,415,593	546,514	$4,311,995
53	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Comedy	PG-13	$2,357,406	533,350	$4,208,132
54	Big Bully	Comedy	PG	$2,010,557	454,877	$3,588,980
55	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$2,006,420	453,941	$3,581,594
56	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$1,697,156	383,972	$3,029,539
57	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	373,862	$2,949,771
58	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$1,363,753	308,541	$2,434,388
59	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$1,349,253	305,261	$2,408,509
60	Phat Beach	Comedy	R	$1,263,945	285,960	$2,256,224
61	Mystery Science Theatre 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$949,745	214,874	$1,695,356
62	Gazon maudit	Comedy	R	$888,044	200,915	$1,585,219
63	Un indien dans la ville	Comedy	PG	$682,028	154,305	$1,217,466
64	Il Mostro	Comedy	R	$569,901	128,937	$1,017,313
65	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$510,271	115,446	$910,869
66	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Comedy	PG	$472,946	107,001	$844,238
67	Der Bewegte Mann	Comedy		$330,760	74,833	$590,432
68	Freeway	Comedy	R	$295,493	66,854	$527,478
69	A Midwinter's Tale	Comedy	R	$288,122	65,186	$514,318
70	The Last Supper	Comedy	R	$259,930	58,808	$463,995
71	M�caniques c�lestes	Comedy		$257,241	58,199	$459,190
72	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$228,040	51,593	$407,069
73	Dellamorte Dellamore	Comedy	R	$199,913	45,229	$356,857
74	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$179,374	40,582	$320,192
75	Someone Else's America	Comedy	R	$154,873	35,039	$276,458
76	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$245,032
77	Getting Away with Murder	Comedy	R	$127,691	28,889	$227,934
78	Mad Dog Time	Comedy	R	$80,026	18,105	$142,848
79	Les Visiteurs	Comedy	R	$67,953	15,374	$121,301
80	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$56,747	12,839	$101,300
81	For Better or Worse	Comedy		$41,628	9,418	$74,308
82	Blue Juice	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
83	Glory Daze	Comedy		$5,000	1,131	$8,924
84	The Search for One-eye Jimmy	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,435,788,844
Total Tickets Sold					324,839,101
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,562,980,507

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.