Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Liar Liar	Comedy	PG-13	$181,395,380	39,519,691	$283,751,381
2	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$198,299,789
3	George Of The Jungle	Comedy	PG	$105,224,566	22,924,742	$164,599,648
4	Flubber	Comedy	PG	$83,110,113	18,106,778	$130,006,666
5	Michael	Comedy	PG	$67,715,874	14,752,914	$105,925,923
6	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$99,201,982
7	Jungle 2 Jungle	Comedy	PG	$59,925,026	13,055,561	$93,738,928
8	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,868,030	11,735,954	$84,264,150
9	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$45,069,803	9,819,129	$70,501,346
10	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,477,235	9,690,029	$69,574,408
11	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$67,574,584
12	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$64,445,031
13	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$40,021,527	8,719,287	$62,604,481
14	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,429,528	7,936,716	$56,985,621
15	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$55,279,308
16	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$32,070,509	6,987,039	$50,166,940
17	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,235,710	6,805,166	$48,861,092
18	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy	R	$29,205,077	6,362,762	$45,684,631
19	Father's Day	Comedy	PG-13	$28,659,604	6,243,922	$44,831,360
20	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$27,974,168	6,094,590	$43,759,156
21	Air Bud	Comedy	PG	$24,629,916	5,365,995	$38,527,844
22	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$38,252,527
23	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$24,000,000	5,228,758	$37,542,482
24	Good Burger	Comedy	PG	$23,700,919	5,163,599	$37,074,641
25	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$21,949,646	4,782,058	$34,335,176
26	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,060,051	4,370,381	$31,379,336
27	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,736,932	4,299,985	$30,873,892
28	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,891,125	4,115,714	$29,550,827
29	That Darn Cat	Comedy	PG	$18,239,932	3,973,841	$28,532,178
30	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$15,616,635	3,402,317	$24,428,636
31	Rocket Man	Comedy	PG	$15,448,043	3,365,587	$24,164,915
32	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,708,874	3,204,548	$23,008,655
33	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,327,206	3,121,396	$22,411,623
34	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,008,431	3,051,946	$21,912,972
35	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$21,396,752
36	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,587,762	2,960,297	$21,254,932
37	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$12,123,355	2,641,254	$18,964,204
38	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$11,907,700	2,594,270	$18,626,859
39	Leave It To Beaver	Comedy	PG	$11,307,615	2,463,533	$17,688,167
40	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,005,081	2,179,756	$15,650,648
41	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,202,671	2,004,939	$14,395,462
42	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$8,517,269	1,855,614	$13,323,309
43	A Simple Wish	Comedy	PG	$8,119,205	1,768,890	$12,700,630
44	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$7,388,094	1,609,607	$11,556,978
45	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,240,837	1,577,524	$11,326,622
46	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$11,236,226
47	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,730,711	1,248,521	$8,964,381
48	McHale's Navy	Comedy	PG	$4,368,453	951,733	$6,833,443
49	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,266,243	929,465	$6,673,559
50	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$3,999,612	871,375	$6,256,473
51	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,506,206	763,879	$5,484,651
52	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$4,572,346
53	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,560,471	557,837	$4,005,270
54	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$3,920,122
55	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$2,075,683	452,219	$3,246,932
56	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$2,998,548
57	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,851,655	403,411	$2,896,491
58	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$1,048,408	228,411	$1,639,991
59	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$830,608	180,960	$1,299,293
60	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$751,478	163,721	$1,175,517
61	Box of Moon Light	Comedy	R	$720,717	157,019	$1,127,396
62	Swingers	Comedy	R	$644,108	140,329	$1,007,562
63	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$971,555
64	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$965,782
65	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$926,945
66	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$906,238
67	Commandments	Comedy	R	$488,419	106,409	$764,017
68	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$482,665	105,156	$755,020
69	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$607,141
70	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$331,031	72,120	$517,822
71	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$300,810	65,536	$470,548
72	Indian Summer	Comedy	R	$294,467	64,154	$460,626
73	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$335,500
74	Love and Other Catastrophes	Comedy	R	$212,285	46,249	$332,068
75	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$142,349	31,013	$222,673
76	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$96,544	21,034	$151,024
77	Bandwagon	Comedy		$22,189	4,834	$34,708
78	Best Men	Comedy		$5,000	1,089	$7,819
79	Trojan War	Comedy		$217	47	$337
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,611,425,441
Total Tickets Sold					351,073,080
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,520,704,714

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1997. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1997. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1996 will most likely earn money in 1996 and 1997. 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.