Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Comedy	PG-13	$213,079,163	36,674,555	$289,362,239
2	Scooby-Doo	Comedy	PG	$153,288,182	26,383,508	$208,165,878
3	The Santa Clause 2	Comedy	G	$135,459,771	23,314,935	$183,954,837
4	Mr. Deeds	Comedy	PG-13	$126,203,320	21,721,742	$171,384,544
5	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$125,415,296	21,586,109	$170,314,400
6	Snow Dogs	Comedy	PG	$81,150,692	13,967,417	$110,202,920
7	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$75,228,991	12,948,191	$102,161,227
8	The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Comedy	PG-13	$69,586,544	11,977,030	$94,498,767
9	Stuart Little 2	Comedy	PG	$64,736,114	11,142,188	$87,911,863
10	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$64,081,188	11,029,464	$87,022,471
11	Like Mike	Comedy	PG	$51,432,423	8,852,396	$69,845,404
12	Big Fat Liar	Comedy	PG	$47,811,275	8,229,135	$64,927,875
13	Ocean's Eleven	Comedy	PG-13	$46,409,597	7,987,882	$63,024,389
14	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$41,130,000	7,079,174	$55,854,683
15	Orange County	Comedy	PG-13	$41,032,915	7,062,464	$55,722,841
16	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$40,775,720	7,018,196	$55,373,566
17	The Master of Disguise	Comedy	PG	$40,363,530	6,947,251	$54,813,810
18	Undercover Brother	Comedy	PG-13	$38,230,435	6,580,109	$51,917,060
19	Showtime	Comedy	PG-13	$37,948,765	6,531,629	$51,534,553
20	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$32,220,690	5,545,730	$43,755,810
21	The Banger Sisters	Comedy	R	$30,306,281	5,216,227	$41,156,031
22	The New Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$28,972,187	4,986,607	$39,344,329
23	Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	Comedy	PG	$28,436,931	4,894,480	$38,617,447
24	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$27,862,354	4,795,586	$37,837,174
25	All About the Benjamins	Comedy	R	$25,482,931	4,386,047	$34,605,911
26	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,315,000	4,357,143	$34,377,858
27	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Comedy	R	$21,005,329	3,615,375	$28,525,309
28	Super Troopers	Comedy	R	$18,488,314	3,182,154	$25,107,195
29	Punch-Drunk Love	Comedy	R	$17,791,031	3,062,140	$24,160,285
30	Eight Legged Freaks	Comedy	PG-13	$17,266,505	2,971,860	$23,447,975
31	Le Fabuleux destin d'Am�lie Poulain	Comedy	R	$16,894,711	2,907,868	$22,943,079
32	Kung Pow: Enter the Fist	Comedy	PG-13	$16,033,556	2,759,648	$21,773,623
33	The Good Girl	Comedy	R	$14,015,786	2,412,356	$19,033,489
34	Stealing Harvard	Comedy	PG-13	$13,973,532	2,405,083	$18,976,105
35	Monsoon Wedding	Comedy	R	$13,876,974	2,388,464	$18,844,981
36	Juwanna Man	Comedy	PG-13	$13,571,817	2,335,941	$18,430,574
37	How High	Comedy	R	$11,478,990	1,975,730	$15,588,510
38	Sorority Boys	Comedy	R	$10,198,766	1,755,381	$13,849,956
39	Simone	Comedy	PG-13	$9,680,913	1,666,250	$13,146,713
40	The Importance of Being Earnest	Comedy	PG	$8,378,141	1,442,021	$11,377,546
41	Big Trouble	Comedy	PG-13	$7,262,288	1,249,964	$9,862,216
42	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$6,785,003	1,167,815	$9,214,060
43	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$5,865,039	1,009,473	$7,964,742
44	Real Women Have Curves	Comedy	PG-13	$5,113,230	880,074	$6,943,784
45	Slackers	Comedy	R	$4,814,244	828,613	$6,537,757
46	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$4,681,503	805,766	$6,357,494
47	Italian for Beginners	Comedy	R	$4,447,186	765,436	$6,039,290
48	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Comedy	PG-13	$4,411,102	759,226	$5,990,293
49	Men with Brooms	Comedy	R	$4,239,767	729,736	$5,757,617
50	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$4,131,636	711,125	$5,610,776
51	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$4,074,984	701,374	$5,533,841
52	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$2,810,893	483,803	$3,817,206
53	Full Frontal	Comedy	R	$2,506,446	431,402	$3,403,762
54	Black Knight	Comedy	PG-13	$1,834,034	315,669	$2,490,628
55	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$1,362,522	234,513	$1,850,308
56	The Singles Ward	Comedy	PG	$1,250,798	215,284	$1,698,591
57	My Wife is an Actress (Ma Femme est une Actrice)	Comedy	R	$1,054,763	181,543	$1,432,374
58	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$815,887	140,428	$1,107,977
59	Human Nature	Comedy	R	$695,876	119,772	$945,001
60	The Debut	Comedy	R	$672,645	115,774	$913,457
61	Son of the Bride	Comedy	R	$624,153	107,427	$847,599
62	Pane e tulipani	Comedy	PG-13	$532,788	91,702	$723,529
63	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$325,786	56,073	$442,416
64	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$319,442	54,981	$433,800
65	The Ch�teau	Comedy	R	$301,175	51,837	$408,994
66	Max Keeble's Big Move	Comedy	PG	$246,272	42,388	$334,441
67	Cherish	Comedy	R	$160,268	27,585	$217,646
68	Bartleby	Comedy	PG-13	$141,367	24,332	$191,979
69	American Chai	Comedy	R	$125,996	21,686	$171,103
70	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$120,948	20,817	$164,246
71	The Producers	Comedy	Not Rated	$109,433	18,835	$148,608
72	The Wash	Comedy	R	$108,155	18,615	$146,872
73	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$98,763	16,999	$134,122
74	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$80,053	13,778	$108,708
75	Spooky House	Comedy	PG	$64,530	11,107	$87,634
76	Manna From Heaven	Comedy	PG	$64,406	11,085	$87,461
77	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$60,720	10,451	$82,458
78	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$51,265	8,824	$69,621
79	La Ci�naga	Comedy	Not Rated	$36,404	6,266	$49,439
80	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$34,612	5,957	$47,001
81	All the Queen's Men	Comedy	PG-13	$22,723	3,911	$30,858
82	La B�che	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,711	3,737	$29,485
83	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$12,732	2,191	$17,287
84	Dr�le de F�lix	Comedy		$5,364	923	$7,282
85	Wetonkawa Flash	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,030	866	$6,833
86	The 4th Tenor	Comedy	PG-13	$2,152	370	$2,919
87	Besotted	Comedy	Not Rated	$656	113	$892
88	Hit & Runway	Comedy	Not Rated	$473	81	$639
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,967,121,883
Total Tickets Sold					338,575,193
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,671,358,273

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2002. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2002. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2001 will most likely earn money in 2001 and 2002. 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.