Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2001

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2001 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	American Pie 2	Comedy	R	$145,096,820	25,635,481	$184,062,754
2	Ocean's Eleven	Comedy	PG-13	$136,996,174	24,204,271	$173,786,666
3	Doctor Dolittle 2	Comedy	PG	$112,950,721	19,955,958	$143,283,778
4	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$108,184,054	19,113,790	$137,237,012
5	Legally Blonde	Comedy	PG-13	$96,493,426	17,048,308	$122,406,851
6	Cats & Dogs	Comedy	PG	$93,375,151	16,497,377	$118,451,167
7	Scary Movie 2	Comedy	R	$71,277,420	12,593,184	$90,419,061
8	Down to Earth	Comedy	PG-13	$64,172,251	11,337,854	$81,405,792
9	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$61,414,996	10,850,706	$77,908,069
10	Rat Race	Comedy	PG-13	$56,607,223	10,001,276	$71,809,162
11	The Animal	Comedy	PG-13	$55,762,229	9,851,984	$70,737,245
12	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$45,128,129	7,973,168	$57,247,346
13	O Brother, Where Art Thou	Comedy	PG-13	$43,569,988	7,697,878	$55,270,764
14	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$41,402,323	7,314,898	$52,520,968
15	Heartbreakers	Comedy	PG-13	$40,334,024	7,126,153	$51,165,779
16	Evolution	Comedy	PG-13	$38,311,134	6,768,752	$48,599,639
17	Recess: School's Out	Comedy	G	$36,696,761	6,483,527	$46,551,724
18	See Spot Run	Comedy	PG	$33,357,476	5,893,547	$42,315,667
19	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$32,619,715	5,763,201	$41,379,783
20	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Comedy	PG-13	$32,267,774	5,701,020	$40,933,324
21	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$32,017,512	5,656,804	$40,615,853
22	Black Knight	Comedy	PG-13	$31,588,772	5,581,055	$40,071,975
23	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Comedy	R	$30,059,386	5,310,846	$38,131,874
24	The Brothers	Comedy	R	$27,457,409	4,851,132	$34,831,128
25	Joe Dirt	Comedy	PG-13	$27,087,695	4,785,812	$34,362,130
26	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$23,658,960	4,180,028	$30,012,601
27	Kingdom Come	Comedy	PG	$23,247,539	4,107,339	$29,490,694
28	Summer Catch	Comedy	PG-13	$19,693,891	3,479,486	$24,982,709
29	How High	Comedy	R	$19,676,445	3,476,404	$24,960,581
30	Saving Silverman	Comedy	R	$19,351,569	3,419,005	$24,548,456
31	Max Keeble's Big Move	Comedy	PG	$17,046,109	3,011,680	$21,623,862
32	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,306,950	2,881,087	$20,686,205
33	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$15,985,861	2,824,357	$20,278,883
34	Josie and the Pussycats	Comedy	PG-13	$14,252,830	2,518,168	$18,080,446
35	Freddy Got Fingered	Comedy	R	$14,249,005	2,517,492	$18,075,593
36	Osmosis Jones	Comedy	PG	$13,596,911	2,402,281	$17,248,378
37	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,577,476	2,398,847	$17,223,721
38	Tomcats	Comedy	R	$13,558,739	2,395,537	$17,199,956
39	Sugar and Spice	Comedy	PG-13	$13,276,953	2,345,751	$16,842,492
40	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$11,097,464	1,960,683	$14,077,704
41	The Wash	Comedy	R	$9,988,941	1,764,831	$12,671,487
42	102 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$8,605,600	1,520,424	$10,916,644
43	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Comedy	PG-13	$7,496,522	1,324,474	$9,509,723
44	The Closet	Comedy	R	$6,671,454	1,178,702	$8,463,080
45	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Comedy	PG	$6,663,580	1,177,311	$8,453,093
46	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$6,101,993	1,078,091	$7,740,693
47	Say It Isn't So	Comedy	R	$5,516,708	974,683	$6,998,224
48	Monkeybone	Comedy	PG-13	$5,409,517	955,745	$6,862,249
49	State and Main	Comedy	R	$5,378,327	950,234	$6,822,680
50	Made	Comedy	R	$5,308,707	937,934	$6,734,366
51	Bubble Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$5,002,310	883,800	$6,345,684
52	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$4,899,550	865,645	$6,215,331
53	Bread and Tulips	Comedy	PG-13	$4,778,389	844,238	$6,061,629
54	Just Visiting	Comedy	PG-13	$4,777,007	843,994	$6,059,877
55	Tortilla Soup	Comedy	PG-13	$4,447,014	785,692	$5,641,269
56	Pootie Tang	Comedy	PG-13	$3,293,258	581,848	$4,177,669
57	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$2,322,406	410,319	$2,946,090
58	Escanaba in Da Moonlight	Comedy	PG-13	$2,276,406	402,192	$2,887,739
59	The Dish	Comedy	PG-13	$2,252,970	398,051	$2,858,006
60	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$1,973,973	348,758	$2,504,082
61	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$1,441,606	254,701	$1,828,753
62	Greenfingers	Comedy	R	$1,439,287	254,291	$1,825,809
63	Nuit de Noces	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,238,180	218,760	$1,570,697
64	The Debut	Comedy	R	$1,070,925	189,209	$1,358,521
65	Les Boys III	Comedy		$995,000	175,795	$1,262,208
66	The Closet	Comedy	R	$879,496	155,388	$1,115,686
67	Blow Dry	Comedy	R	$637,769	112,680	$809,042
68	Little Nicky	Comedy	PG-13	$594,247	104,991	$753,835
69	Almost Famous	Comedy	R	$589,553	104,161	$747,876
70	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$524,385	92,648	$665,213
71	Bedazzled	Comedy	PG-13	$360,705	63,729	$457,574
72	The Adventures of Felix	Comedy		$357,208	63,111	$453,137
73	Me You Them	Comedy	PG-13	$323,403	57,138	$410,251
74	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$207,990	36,747	$263,843
75	About Adam	Comedy	R	$142,699	25,212	$181,022
76	Season's Beatings	Comedy	Not Rated	$136,502	24,117	$173,160
77	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$121,679	21,498	$154,356
78	Lisa Picard is Famous	Comedy	PG-13	$112,521	19,880	$142,738
79	101 Reykjav�k	Comedy	Not Rated	$109,277	19,307	$138,624
80	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$104,502	18,463	$132,564
81	Hit & Runway	Comedy	Not Rated	$81,097	14,328	$102,875
82	The Swamp	Comedy	Not Rated	$66,811	11,804	$84,753
83	Beautiful Creatures	Comedy	R	$55,381	9,785	$70,256
84	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$25,400	4,488	$32,224
85	Born Romantic	Comedy	R	$14,597	2,579	$18,517
86	Amy	Comedy	PG-13	$7,880	1,392	$9,995
87	Blue Moon	Comedy	PG-13	$5,968	1,054	$7,568
88	Psycho Beach Party	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,865	506	$3,633
89	Born in Absurdistan	Comedy	Not Rated	$976	172	$1,235
90	Luminarias	Comedy	R	$288	51	$366
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,857,618,094
Total Tickets Sold					328,201,078
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,356,483,740

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2001. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2001. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2000 will most likely earn money in 2000 and 2001. 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.