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	$311,810,362
2	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$217,908,821
3	George Of The Jungle	Comedy	PG	$105,224,566	22,924,742	$180,876,214
4	Flubber	Comedy	PG	$83,110,113	18,106,778	$142,862,478
5	Michael	Comedy	PG	$67,715,874	14,752,914	$116,400,491
6	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$109,011,648
7	Jungle 2 Jungle	Comedy	PG	$59,925,026	13,055,561	$103,008,376
8	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,868,030	11,735,954	$92,596,677
9	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$45,069,803	9,819,129	$77,472,928
10	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,477,235	9,690,029	$76,454,329
11	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$74,256,751
12	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$70,817,729
13	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$40,021,527	8,719,287	$68,795,174
14	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,429,528	7,936,716	$62,620,689
15	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$60,745,647
16	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$32,070,509	6,987,039	$55,127,738
17	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,235,710	6,805,166	$53,692,760
18	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy	R	$29,230,449	6,368,290	$50,245,808
19	Father's Day	Comedy	PG-13	$28,659,604	6,243,922	$49,264,545
20	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$27,974,168	6,094,590	$48,086,315
21	Air Bud	Comedy	PG	$24,629,916	5,365,995	$42,337,701
22	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$42,035,159
23	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$24,000,000	5,228,758	$41,254,901
24	Good Burger	Comedy	PG	$23,700,919	5,163,599	$40,740,796
25	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$21,949,646	4,782,058	$37,730,438
26	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,060,051	4,370,381	$34,482,306
27	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,736,932	4,299,985	$33,926,882
28	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,891,125	4,115,714	$32,472,983
29	That Darn Cat	Comedy	PG	$18,239,932	3,973,841	$31,353,605
30	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$15,616,635	3,402,317	$26,844,281
31	Rocket Man	Comedy	PG	$15,448,043	3,365,587	$26,554,481
32	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,765,099	3,216,797	$25,380,528
33	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,327,206	3,121,396	$24,627,814
34	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,008,431	3,051,946	$24,079,854
35	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$23,512,587
36	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,587,762	2,960,297	$23,356,743
37	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$12,123,355	2,641,254	$20,839,494
38	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$11,907,700	2,594,270	$20,468,790
39	Leave It To Beaver	Comedy	PG	$11,307,615	2,463,533	$19,437,275
40	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,005,081	2,179,756	$17,198,275
41	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,202,671	2,004,939	$15,818,969
42	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$8,517,269	1,855,614	$14,640,794
43	A Simple Wish	Comedy	PG	$8,119,205	1,768,890	$13,956,542
44	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$7,388,094	1,609,607	$12,699,799
45	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,240,837	1,577,524	$12,446,664
46	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$12,347,329
47	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,730,711	1,248,521	$9,850,831
48	McHale's Navy	Comedy	PG	$4,368,453	951,733	$7,509,173
49	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,266,243	929,465	$7,333,479
50	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$3,999,612	871,375	$6,875,149
51	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,506,206	763,879	$6,027,005
52	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$5,024,486
53	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,560,471	557,837	$4,401,334
54	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$4,307,766
55	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$2,075,683	452,219	$3,568,008
56	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$3,295,061
57	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,851,655	403,411	$3,182,913
58	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$1,048,408	228,411	$1,802,163
59	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$830,608	180,960	$1,427,774
60	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$751,478	163,721	$1,291,759
61	Box of Moonlight	Comedy	R	$720,717	157,019	$1,238,880
62	Swingers	Comedy	R	$644,108	140,329	$1,107,196
63	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$1,067,627
64	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$1,061,284
65	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$1,018,607
66	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$995,852
67	Commandments	Comedy	R	$488,419	106,409	$839,567
68	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$482,665	105,156	$829,681
69	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$667,178
70	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$331,031	72,120	$569,027
71	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$300,810	65,536	$517,079
72	Indian Summer	Comedy	R	$294,467	64,154	$506,175
73	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$368,676
74	Love and Other Catastrophes	Comedy	R	$212,285	46,249	$364,905
75	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$142,349	31,013	$244,693
76	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$96,544	21,034	$165,958
77	Mouth to Mouth	Comedy		$53,070	11,562	$91,224
78	Bandwagon	Comedy		$22,189	4,834	$38,140
79	Best Men	Comedy		$5,000	1,089	$8,592
80	Trojan War	Comedy		$217	47	$371
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,611,560,108
Total Tickets Sold					351,102,419
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,770,198,086

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.