Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Bruce Almighty	Comedy	PG-13	$242,701,167	40,248,950	$317,564,216
2	Elf	Comedy	PG	$170,837,644	28,331,284	$223,533,831
3	Anger Management	Comedy	PG-13	$135,560,942	22,481,085	$177,375,761
4	Bringing Down the House	Comedy	PG-13	$132,675,402	22,002,554	$173,600,151
5	Freaky Friday	Comedy	PG	$110,180,505	18,272,057	$144,166,530
6	Scary Movie 3	Comedy	PG-13	$109,563,395	18,169,717	$143,359,067
7	American Wedding	Comedy	R	$104,354,205	17,305,838	$136,543,062
8	Daddy Day Care	Comedy	PG	$104,148,781	17,271,771	$136,274,273
9	The Cat in the Hat	Comedy	PG	$99,383,495	16,481,508	$130,039,098
10	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Comedy	PG	$90,168,825	14,953,371	$117,982,097
11	Cheaper by the Dozen	Comedy	PG	$85,620,095	14,199,021	$112,030,276
12	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$80,232,030	13,305,478	$104,980,221
13	Old School	Comedy	R	$75,155,000	12,463,516	$98,337,141
14	The Haunted Mansion	Comedy	PG	$70,422,751	11,678,732	$92,145,195
15	Kangaroo Jack	Comedy	PG	$66,723,216	11,065,210	$87,304,507
16	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$56,909,596	9,437,744	$74,463,800
17	Agent Cody Banks	Comedy	PG	$47,545,060	7,884,753	$62,210,701
18	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$43,323,006	7,184,578	$56,686,320
19	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	Comedy	PG	$42,672,630	7,076,721	$55,835,329
20	Head of State	Comedy	PG-13	$37,788,228	6,266,704	$49,444,295
21	Good Boy!	Comedy	PG	$37,653,301	6,244,329	$49,267,756
22	Uptown Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$37,095,657	6,151,850	$48,538,097
23	Matchstick Men	Comedy	PG-13	$36,873,198	6,114,958	$48,247,019
24	What a Girl Wants	Comedy	PG	$35,990,505	5,968,575	$47,092,057
25	Malibu's Most Wanted	Comedy	PG-13	$34,308,901	5,689,702	$44,891,749
26	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$30,721,406	5,094,761	$40,197,664
27	The Fighting Temptations	Comedy	PG-13	$30,238,577	5,014,689	$39,565,896
28	Johnny English	Comedy	PG	$28,013,509	4,645,690	$36,654,494
29	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Comedy	PG-13	$26,214,846	4,347,404	$34,301,018
30	Piglet's Big Movie	Comedy	G	$23,073,611	3,826,469	$30,190,840
31	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Comedy	PG-13	$22,734,486	3,770,230	$29,747,115
32	The Medallion	Comedy	PG-13	$22,108,977	3,666,497	$28,928,661
33	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Comedy	PG	$20,678,510	3,429,272	$27,056,956
34	The In-Laws	Comedy	PG-13	$20,440,627	3,389,822	$26,745,696
35	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$18,423,536	3,055,313	$24,106,420
36	A Mighty Wind	Comedy	PG-13	$17,583,468	2,915,998	$23,007,224
37	View from the Top	Comedy	PG-13	$15,614,000	2,589,386	$20,430,256
38	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$15,268,162	2,532,033	$19,977,740
39	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$9,766,550	1,619,660	$12,779,117
40	Duplex	Comedy	PG-13	$9,652,000	1,600,663	$12,629,231
41	Le Divorce	Comedy	PG-13	$9,074,550	1,504,900	$11,873,661
42	Boat Trip	Comedy	R	$8,586,376	1,423,943	$11,234,910
43	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,009,736	1,328,314	$10,480,397
44	It Runs in the Family	Comedy	PG-13	$7,365,324	1,221,447	$9,637,217
45	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$6,953,194	1,153,100	$9,097,959
46	Mambo Italiano (US Release)	Comedy	R	$6,250,949	1,036,642	$8,179,105
47	Chasing Papi	Comedy	PG	$6,126,237	1,015,960	$8,015,924
48	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$4,259,895	706,450	$5,573,891
49	L'auberge espagnole	Comedy	R	$3,895,664	646,047	$5,097,311
50	The Santa Clause 2	Comedy	G	$3,766,083	624,558	$4,927,763
51	The Guru	Comedy	R	$3,051,221	506,007	$3,992,395
52	Mambo Italiano	Comedy	R	$3,031,801	502,786	$3,966,982
53	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$2,376,152	394,055	$3,109,094
54	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$1,798,776	298,304	$2,353,619
55	Marci X	Comedy	R	$1,646,664	273,079	$2,154,593
56	Camp	Comedy	PG-13	$1,628,154	270,009	$2,130,371
57	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$1,154,791	191,508	$1,510,998
58	The R.M.	Comedy	PG	$1,111,615	184,347	$1,454,498
59	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$1,032,919	171,297	$1,351,533
60	The Man Without a Past	Comedy	PG-13	$921,547	152,827	$1,205,805
61	Real Women Have Curves	Comedy	PG-13	$739,964	122,714	$968,213
62	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$731,387	121,291	$956,986
63	Pere et Fils	Comedy	Not Rated	$633,016	104,978	$828,276
64	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$552,651	91,650	$723,119
65	Manna From Heaven	Comedy	PG	$392,097	65,024	$513,039
66	Buffalo Soldiers	Comedy	R	$353,743	58,664	$462,859
67	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$327,314	54,281	$428,277
68	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins	Comedy	Not Rated	$291,844	48,399	$381,868
69	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Comedy	PG-13	$279,282	46,315	$365,425
70	Chaos	Comedy	Not Rated	$204,274	33,876	$267,282
71	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$186,709	30,963	$244,298
72	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$163,553	27,123	$214,000
73	Pride and Prejudice	Comedy	PG	$157,616	26,139	$206,237
74	Ek Aur Ek Gyarah	Comedy	Not Rated	$132,498	21,973	$173,367
75	Almost Salinas	Comedy	PG	$120,011	19,902	$157,027
76	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$95,962	15,914	$125,561
77	Bab� l�to	Comedy	PG-13	$90,303	14,976	$118,161
78	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$86,291	14,310	$112,906
79	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$71,169	11,802	$93,118
80	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$69,103	11,460	$90,419
81	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$28,839	4,783	$37,738
82	18 ans apr�s	Comedy	Not Rated	$25,611	4,247	$33,509
83	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$23,330	3,869	$30,526
84	The Anarchist Cookbook	Comedy	R	$14,369	2,383	$18,802
85	Martin and Orloff	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,409	2,224	$17,547
86	The Work and the Story	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,211	1,362	$10,746
87	The Producers	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,433	403	$3,180
88	Da wan	Comedy	PG	$529	88	$694
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,486,256,966
Total Tickets Sold					412,314,586
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,253,162,084

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2003. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2003. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2002 will most likely earn money in 2002 and 2003. 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.