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	$202,263,945
2	Ocean's Eleven	Comedy	PG-13	$136,996,174	24,204,271	$190,971,698
3	Doctor Dolittle 2	Comedy	PG	$112,950,721	19,955,958	$157,452,509
4	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$108,184,054	19,113,790	$150,807,803
5	Legally Blonde	Comedy	PG-13	$96,493,426	17,048,308	$134,511,150
6	Cats & Dogs	Comedy	PG	$93,375,151	16,497,377	$130,164,305
7	Scary Movie 2	Comedy	R	$71,277,420	12,593,184	$99,360,222
8	Down to Earth	Comedy	PG-13	$64,172,251	11,337,854	$89,455,668
9	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$61,414,996	10,850,706	$85,612,070
10	Rat Race	Comedy	PG-13	$56,607,223	10,001,276	$78,910,068
11	The Animal	Comedy	PG-13	$55,762,229	9,851,984	$77,732,154
12	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$45,128,129	7,973,168	$62,908,296
13	O Brother, Where Art Thou	Comedy	PG-13	$43,569,988	7,697,878	$60,736,257
14	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$41,402,323	7,314,898	$57,714,545
15	Heartbreakers	Comedy	PG-13	$40,334,024	7,126,153	$56,225,347
16	Evolution	Comedy	PG-13	$38,311,134	6,768,752	$53,405,453
17	Recess: School's Out	Comedy	G	$36,696,761	6,483,527	$51,155,028
18	See Spot Run	Comedy	PG	$33,357,476	5,893,547	$46,500,086
19	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$32,619,715	5,763,201	$45,471,656
20	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Comedy	PG-13	$32,267,774	5,701,020	$44,981,048
21	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$32,017,512	5,656,804	$44,632,184
22	Black Knight	Comedy	PG-13	$31,588,772	5,581,055	$44,034,524
23	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Comedy	R	$30,059,386	5,310,846	$41,902,575
24	The Brothers	Comedy	R	$27,457,409	4,851,132	$38,275,431
25	Joe Dirt	Comedy	PG-13	$27,087,695	4,785,812	$37,760,057
26	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$23,658,960	4,180,028	$32,980,421
27	Kingdom Come	Comedy	PG	$23,247,539	4,107,339	$32,406,905
28	Summer Catch	Comedy	PG-13	$19,693,891	3,479,486	$27,453,145
29	How High	Comedy	R	$19,676,445	3,476,404	$27,428,828
30	Saving Silverman	Comedy	R	$19,351,569	3,419,005	$26,975,949
31	Max Keeble's Big Move	Comedy	PG	$17,046,109	3,011,680	$23,762,155
32	Le Fabuleux destin d'Am�lie Poulain	Comedy	R	$16,306,950	2,881,087	$22,731,776
33	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$15,985,861	2,824,357	$22,284,177
34	Josie and the Pussycats	Comedy	PG-13	$14,252,830	2,518,168	$19,868,346
35	Freddy Got Fingered	Comedy	R	$14,249,005	2,517,492	$19,863,012
36	Osmosis Jones	Comedy	PG	$13,596,911	2,402,281	$18,953,997
37	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,577,476	2,398,847	$18,926,903
38	Tomcats	Comedy	R	$13,558,739	2,395,537	$18,900,787
39	Sugar and Spice	Comedy	PG-13	$13,276,953	2,345,751	$18,507,975
40	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$11,097,464	1,960,683	$15,469,789
41	The Wash	Comedy	R	$9,988,941	1,764,831	$13,924,517
42	102 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$8,605,600	1,520,424	$11,996,145
43	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Comedy	PG-13	$7,496,522	1,324,474	$10,450,100
44	The Closet	Comedy	R	$6,671,454	1,178,702	$9,299,959
45	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Comedy	PG	$6,663,580	1,177,311	$9,288,984
46	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$6,101,993	1,078,091	$8,506,138
47	Say It Isn't So	Comedy	R	$5,516,708	974,683	$7,690,249
48	Monkeybone	Comedy	PG-13	$5,409,517	955,745	$7,540,828
49	State and Main	Comedy	R	$5,378,327	950,234	$7,497,346
50	Made	Comedy	R	$5,308,707	937,934	$7,400,299
51	Bubble Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$5,002,310	883,800	$6,973,182
52	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$4,899,550	865,645	$6,829,939
53	Pane e tulipani	Comedy	PG-13	$4,778,389	844,238	$6,661,038
54	Just Visiting	Comedy	PG-13	$4,777,007	843,994	$6,659,113
55	Tortilla Soup	Comedy	PG-13	$4,447,014	785,692	$6,199,110
56	Pootie Tang	Comedy	PG-13	$3,293,258	581,848	$4,590,781
57	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$2,322,406	410,319	$3,237,417
58	Escanaba in Da Moonlight	Comedy	PG-13	$2,276,406	402,192	$3,173,295
59	The Dish	Comedy	PG-13	$2,252,970	398,051	$3,140,622
60	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$1,973,973	348,758	$2,751,701
61	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$1,441,606	254,701	$2,009,591
62	Greenfingers	Comedy	R	$1,439,287	254,291	$2,006,356
63	Nuit de Noces	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,238,180	218,760	$1,726,016
64	The Debut	Comedy	R	$1,070,925	189,209	$1,492,859
65	Les Boys III	Comedy		$995,000	175,795	$1,387,023
66	The Closet	Comedy	R	$879,496	155,388	$1,226,011
67	Blow Dry	Comedy	R	$637,769	112,680	$889,045
68	Little Nicky	Comedy	PG-13	$594,247	104,991	$828,379
69	Almost Famous	Comedy	R	$589,553	104,161	$821,830
70	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$524,385	92,648	$730,993
71	Bedazzled	Comedy	PG-13	$360,705	63,729	$502,822
72	Dr�le de F�lix	Comedy		$357,208	63,111	$497,946
73	Me You Them	Comedy	PG-13	$323,403	57,138	$450,819
74	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$207,990	36,747	$289,934
75	Company Man	Comedy	PG-13	$146,028	25,800	$203,562
76	About Adam	Comedy	R	$142,699	25,212	$198,923
77	La B�che	Comedy	Not Rated	$136,502	24,117	$190,283
78	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$121,679	21,498	$169,619
79	Lisa Picard is Famous	Comedy	PG-13	$112,521	19,880	$156,853
80	101 Reykjav�k	Comedy	Not Rated	$109,277	19,307	$152,332
81	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$104,502	18,463	$145,673
82	Hit & Runway	Comedy	Not Rated	$81,097	14,328	$113,048
83	La Ci�naga	Comedy	Not Rated	$66,811	11,804	$93,134
84	Beautiful Creatures	Comedy	R	$55,381	9,785	$77,204
85	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$25,400	4,488	$35,410
86	Born Romantic	Comedy	R	$14,597	2,579	$20,348
87	Amy	Comedy	PG-13	$7,880	1,392	$10,983
88	Blue Moon	Comedy	PG-13	$5,968	1,054	$8,316
89	Psycho Beach Party	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,865	506	$3,992
90	The Rat	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,501	442	$3,487
91	Geboren in Absurdistan	Comedy	Not Rated	$976	172	$1,357
92	Luminarias	Comedy	R	$288	51	$402
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,857,766,623
Total Tickets Sold					328,227,320
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,589,713,555

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.