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.
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