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	$263,323,305
2	Scooby-Doo	Comedy	PG	$153,288,182	26,383,508	$189,433,587
3	The Santa Clause 2	Comedy	G	$135,459,771	23,314,935	$167,401,233
4	Mr. Deeds	Comedy	PG-13	$126,203,320	21,721,742	$155,962,108
5	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$125,415,296	21,586,109	$154,988,263
6	Snow Dogs	Comedy	PG	$81,150,692	13,967,417	$100,286,054
7	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$75,228,991	12,948,191	$92,968,011
8	The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Comedy	PG-13	$69,586,544	11,977,030	$85,995,075
9	Stuart Little 2	Comedy	PG	$64,736,114	11,142,188	$80,000,910
10	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$64,081,188	11,029,464	$79,191,552
11	Like Mike	Comedy	PG	$51,432,423	8,852,396	$63,560,203
12	Big Fat Liar	Comedy	PG	$47,811,275	8,229,135	$59,085,189
13	Ocean's Eleven	Comedy	PG-13	$46,409,597	7,987,882	$57,352,993
14	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$41,130,000	7,079,174	$50,828,469
15	Orange County	Comedy	PG-13	$41,032,915	7,062,464	$50,708,492
16	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$40,775,720	7,018,196	$50,390,647
17	The Master of Disguise	Comedy	PG	$40,363,530	6,947,251	$49,881,262
18	Undercover Brother	Comedy	PG-13	$38,230,435	6,580,109	$47,245,183
19	Showtime	Comedy	PG-13	$37,948,765	6,531,629	$46,897,096
20	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$32,220,690	5,545,730	$39,818,341
21	The Banger Sisters	Comedy	R	$30,306,281	5,216,227	$37,452,510
22	The New Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$28,972,187	4,986,607	$35,803,838
23	Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	Comedy	PG	$28,436,931	4,894,480	$35,142,366
24	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$27,862,354	4,795,586	$34,432,307
25	All About the Benjamins	Comedy	R	$25,482,931	4,386,047	$31,491,817
26	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,315,000	4,357,143	$31,284,287
27	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Comedy	R	$21,005,329	3,615,375	$25,958,393
28	Super Troopers	Comedy	R	$18,488,314	3,182,154	$22,847,866
29	Punch-Drunk Love	Comedy	R	$17,791,031	3,062,140	$21,986,165
30	Eight Legged Freaks	Comedy	PG-13	$17,266,505	2,971,860	$21,337,955
31	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,894,711	2,907,868	$20,878,492
32	Kung Pow: Enter the Fist	Comedy	PG-13	$16,033,556	2,759,648	$19,814,273
33	The Good Girl	Comedy	R	$14,015,786	2,412,356	$17,320,716
34	Stealing Harvard	Comedy	PG-13	$13,973,532	2,405,083	$17,268,496
35	Monsoon Wedding	Comedy	R	$13,876,974	2,388,464	$17,149,172
36	Juwanna Man	Comedy	PG-13	$13,571,817	2,335,941	$16,772,056
37	How High	Comedy	R	$11,478,990	1,975,730	$14,185,741
38	Sorority Boys	Comedy	R	$10,198,766	1,755,381	$12,603,636
39	Simone	Comedy	PG-13	$9,680,913	1,666,250	$11,963,675
40	The Importance of Being Earnest	Comedy	PG	$8,378,141	1,442,021	$10,353,711
41	Big Trouble	Comedy	PG-13	$7,262,288	1,249,964	$8,974,742
42	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$6,785,003	1,167,815	$8,384,912
43	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$5,865,039	1,009,473	$7,248,016
44	Real Women Have Curves	Comedy	PG-13	$5,113,230	880,074	$6,318,931
45	Slackers	Comedy	R	$4,814,244	828,613	$5,949,441
46	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$4,681,503	805,766	$5,785,400
47	Italian for Beginners	Comedy	R	$4,447,186	765,436	$5,495,830
48	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Comedy	PG-13	$4,411,102	759,226	$5,451,243
49	Men with Brooms	Comedy	R	$4,239,767	729,736	$5,239,504
50	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$4,131,636	711,125	$5,105,878
51	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$4,074,984	701,374	$5,035,865
52	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$2,810,893	483,803	$3,473,706
53	Full Frontal	Comedy	R	$2,506,446	431,402	$3,097,466
54	Black Knight	Comedy	PG-13	$1,834,034	315,669	$2,266,503
55	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$1,362,522	234,513	$1,683,803
56	The Singles Ward	Comedy	PG	$1,250,798	215,284	$1,545,739
57	My Wife is an Actress	Comedy	R	$1,054,763	181,543	$1,303,479
58	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$815,887	140,428	$1,008,273
59	Human Nature	Comedy	R	$695,876	119,772	$859,963
60	The Debut	Comedy	R	$672,645	115,774	$831,257
61	Son of the Bride	Comedy	R	$624,153	107,427	$771,326
62	Bread and Tulips	Comedy	PG-13	$532,788	91,702	$658,420
63	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$325,786	56,073	$402,604
64	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$319,442	54,981	$394,764
65	The Ch�teau	Comedy	R	$301,175	51,837	$372,190
66	Max Keeble's Big Move	Comedy	PG	$246,272	42,388	$304,346
67	Cherish	Comedy	R	$160,268	27,585	$198,060
68	Bartleby	Comedy	PG-13	$141,367	24,332	$174,704
69	American Chai	Comedy	R	$125,996	21,686	$155,705
70	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$120,948	20,817	$149,466
71	The Wash	Comedy	R	$108,155	18,615	$133,656
72	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$98,763	16,999	$122,053
73	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$80,053	13,778	$98,926
74	Spooky House	Comedy	PG	$64,530	11,107	$79,748
75	Manna From Heaven	Comedy	PG	$64,406	11,085	$79,590
76	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$60,720	10,451	$75,038
77	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$51,265	8,824	$63,356
78	The Swamp	Comedy	Not Rated	$36,404	6,266	$44,990
79	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$34,612	5,957	$42,771
80	All the Queen's Men	Comedy	PG-13	$22,723	3,911	$28,081
81	Season's Beatings	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,711	3,737	$26,832
82	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$12,732	2,191	$15,731
83	The Adventures of Felix	Comedy		$5,364	923	$6,627
84	Wetonkawa Flash	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,030	866	$6,218
85	The 4th Tenor	Comedy	PG-13	$2,152	370	$2,657
86	Besotted	Comedy	Not Rated	$656	113	$811
87	Hit & Runway	Comedy	Not Rated	$473	81	$582
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,967,012,450
Total Tickets Sold					338,556,358
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,430,834,650

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.