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	$288,987,461
2	Elf	Comedy	PG	$170,837,644	28,331,284	$203,418,619
3	Anger Management	Comedy	PG-13	$135,560,942	22,481,085	$161,414,190
4	Bringing Down the House	Comedy	PG-13	$132,675,402	22,002,554	$157,978,338
5	Freaky Friday	Comedy	PG	$110,180,505	18,272,057	$131,193,369
6	Scary Movie 3	Comedy	PG-13	$109,563,395	18,169,717	$130,458,568
7	American Wedding	Comedy	R	$104,354,205	17,305,838	$124,255,917
8	Daddy Day Care	Comedy	PG	$104,148,781	17,271,771	$124,011,316
9	The Cat in the Hat	Comedy	PG	$99,383,495	16,481,508	$118,337,227
10	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Comedy	PG	$90,168,825	14,953,371	$107,365,204
11	Cheaper by the Dozen	Comedy	PG	$85,620,095	14,199,021	$101,948,971
12	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$80,232,030	13,305,478	$95,533,332
13	Old School	Comedy	R	$75,155,000	12,463,516	$89,488,045
14	The Haunted Mansion	Comedy	PG	$70,422,751	11,678,732	$83,853,296
15	Kangaroo Jack	Comedy	PG	$66,723,216	11,065,210	$79,448,208
16	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$56,909,596	9,437,744	$67,763,002
17	Agent Cody Banks	Comedy	PG	$47,545,060	7,884,753	$56,612,527
18	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$43,323,006	7,184,578	$51,585,270
19	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	Comedy	PG	$42,672,630	7,076,721	$50,810,857
20	Head of State	Comedy	PG-13	$37,788,228	6,266,704	$44,994,935
21	Good Boy!	Comedy	PG	$37,653,301	6,244,329	$44,834,282
22	Uptown Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$37,095,657	6,151,850	$44,170,283
23	Matchstick Men	Comedy	PG-13	$36,873,198	6,114,958	$43,905,398
24	What a Girl Wants	Comedy	PG	$35,990,505	5,968,575	$42,854,369
25	Malibu's Most Wanted	Comedy	PG-13	$34,308,901	5,689,702	$40,852,060
26	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$30,721,406	5,094,761	$36,580,384
27	The Fighting Temptations	Comedy	PG-13	$30,238,577	5,014,689	$36,005,467
28	Johnny English	Comedy	PG	$28,013,509	4,645,690	$33,356,054
29	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Comedy	PG-13	$26,214,846	4,347,404	$31,214,361
30	Piglet's Big Movie	Comedy	G	$23,073,611	3,826,469	$27,474,047
31	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Comedy	PG-13	$22,734,486	3,770,230	$27,070,251
32	The Medallion	Comedy	PG-13	$22,108,977	3,666,497	$26,325,448
33	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Comedy	PG	$20,678,510	3,429,272	$24,622,173
34	The In-Laws	Comedy	PG-13	$20,440,627	3,389,822	$24,338,922
35	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$18,423,536	3,055,313	$21,937,147
36	A Mighty Wind	Comedy	PG-13	$17,583,468	2,915,998	$20,936,866
37	View from the Top	Comedy	PG-13	$15,614,000	2,589,386	$18,591,791
38	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$15,268,162	2,532,033	$18,179,997
39	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$9,766,550	1,619,660	$11,629,159
40	Duplex	Comedy	PG-13	$9,652,000	1,600,663	$11,492,760
41	Le Divorce	Comedy	PG-13	$9,074,550	1,504,900	$10,805,182
42	Boat Trip	Comedy	R	$8,586,376	1,423,943	$10,223,911
43	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,009,736	1,328,314	$9,537,295
44	It Runs in the Family	Comedy	PG-13	$7,365,324	1,221,447	$8,769,989
45	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$6,953,194	1,153,100	$8,279,258
46	Mambo Italiano (US Release)	Comedy	R	$6,250,949	1,036,642	$7,443,090
47	Chasing Papi	Comedy	PG	$6,126,237	1,015,960	$7,294,593
48	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$4,259,895	706,450	$5,072,311
49	L'auberge espagnole	Comedy	R	$3,895,664	646,047	$4,638,617
50	The Santa Clause 2	Comedy	G	$3,766,083	624,558	$4,484,326
51	The Guru	Comedy	R	$3,051,221	506,007	$3,633,130
52	Mambo Italiano	Comedy	R	$3,031,801	502,786	$3,610,003
53	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$2,376,152	394,055	$2,829,315
54	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$1,798,776	298,304	$2,141,823
55	Marci X	Comedy	R	$1,646,664	273,079	$1,960,707
56	Camp	Comedy	PG-13	$1,628,154	270,009	$1,938,665
57	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$1,154,791	191,508	$1,375,027
58	The R.M.	Comedy	PG	$1,111,615	184,347	$1,323,611
59	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$1,032,919	171,297	$1,229,912
60	The Man Without a Past	Comedy	PG-13	$921,547	152,827	$1,097,298
61	Real Women Have Curves	Comedy	PG-13	$739,964	122,714	$881,087
62	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$731,387	121,291	$870,869
63	Pere et Fils	Comedy	Not Rated	$633,016	104,978	$753,742
64	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$552,651	91,650	$658,047
65	Manna From Heaven	Comedy	PG	$392,097	65,024	$466,872
66	Buffalo Soldiers	Comedy	R	$353,743	58,664	$421,208
67	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$327,314	54,281	$389,738
68	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins	Comedy	Not Rated	$291,844	48,399	$347,505
69	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Comedy	PG-13	$279,282	46,315	$332,542
70	Chaos	Comedy	Not Rated	$204,274	33,876	$243,230
71	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$186,709	30,963	$222,314
72	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$163,553	27,123	$194,743
73	Pride and Prejudice	Comedy	PG	$157,616	26,139	$187,678
74	1 + 1 = 11	Comedy	Not Rated	$132,498	21,973	$157,766
75	Almost Salinas	Comedy	PG	$120,011	19,902	$142,896
76	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$95,962	15,914	$114,263
77	Autumn Spring	Comedy	PG-13	$90,303	14,976	$107,528
78	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$86,291	14,310	$102,746
79	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$71,169	11,802	$84,738
80	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$69,103	11,460	$82,283
81	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$28,839	4,783	$34,342
82	18 ans apr�s	Comedy	Not Rated	$25,611	4,247	$30,493
83	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$23,330	3,869	$27,779
84	The Anarchist Cookbook	Comedy	R	$14,369	2,383	$17,110
85	Martin and Orloff	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,409	2,224	$15,968
86	The Work and the Story	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,211	1,362	$9,779
87	Big Shot's Funeral	Comedy	PG	$529	88	$632
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,486,254,533
Total Tickets Sold					412,314,183
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,960,415,834

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.