Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Meet the Fockers	Comedy	PG-13	$162,461,370	26,161,251	$187,837,782
2	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Comedy	PG-13	$114,324,072	18,409,673	$132,181,452
3	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Comedy	PG	$94,616,745	15,236,191	$109,395,851
4	Starsky & Hutch	Comedy	PG-13	$88,200,225	14,202,935	$101,977,073
5	Mean Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$86,047,227	13,856,236	$99,487,774
6	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	Comedy	PG	$84,185,387	13,556,423	$97,335,117
7	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Comedy	PG-13	$84,136,909	13,548,617	$97,279,070
8	Garfield	Comedy	PG	$75,367,693	12,136,505	$87,140,106
9	Christmas with the Kranks	Comedy	PG	$73,077,009	11,767,634	$84,491,612
10	White Chicks	Comedy	PG-13	$69,148,997	11,135,104	$79,950,047
11	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	Comedy	PG-13	$65,070,412	10,478,327	$75,234,388
12	The Stepford Wives	Comedy	PG-13	$59,475,623	9,577,395	$68,765,696
13	Without a Paddle	Comedy	PG-13	$58,107,982	9,357,163	$67,184,430
14	13 Going On 30	Comedy	PG-13	$57,139,723	9,201,244	$66,064,932
15	Cheaper by the Dozen	Comedy	PG	$52,994,449	8,533,728	$61,272,167
16	Home on the Range	Comedy	PG	$50,026,353	8,055,773	$57,840,450
17	Napoleon Dynamite	Comedy	PG	$44,411,050	7,151,538	$51,348,043
18	The Ladykillers	Comedy	R	$39,692,139	6,391,649	$45,892,040
19	Raising Helen	Comedy	PG-13	$37,485,528	6,036,317	$43,340,756
20	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Comedy	R	$34,366,518	5,534,061	$39,734,558
21	Fat Albert	Comedy	PG	$33,325,622	5,366,445	$38,531,075
22	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$32,749,828	5,273,724	$37,865,338
23	Johnson Family Vacation	Comedy	PG-13	$31,200,725	5,024,271	$36,074,266
24	Spanglish	Comedy	PG-13	$31,001,588	4,992,204	$35,844,025
25	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Comedy	PG	$29,302,097	4,718,534	$33,879,074
26	Jersey Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$25,266,129	4,068,620	$29,212,692
27	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$24,058,422	3,874,142	$27,816,340
28	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	Comedy	PG	$23,514,247	3,786,513	$27,187,163
29	Ella Enchanted	Comedy	PG	$22,913,677	3,689,803	$26,492,786
30	Mr. 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$21,800,302	3,510,516	$25,205,505
31	The Life of Brian	Comedy	Not Rated	$19,868,659	3,199,462	$22,972,137
32	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Comedy	R	$18,225,165	2,934,809	$21,071,929
33	Eurotrip	Comedy	R	$17,718,223	2,853,176	$20,485,804
34	My Baby's Daddy	Comedy	PG-13	$17,321,573	2,789,303	$20,027,196
35	The Whole Ten Yards	Comedy	PG-13	$16,323,969	2,628,658	$18,873,764
36	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$14,794,828	2,382,420	$17,105,776
37	Welcome to Mooseport	Comedy	PG-13	$14,469,428	2,330,021	$16,729,551
38	New York Minute	Comedy	PG	$14,018,364	2,257,386	$16,208,031
39	Soul Plane	Comedy	R	$13,922,211	2,241,902	$16,096,856
40	Envy	Comedy	PG-13	$13,548,322	2,181,694	$15,664,563
41	Shaun of the Dead	Comedy	R	$13,464,388	2,168,178	$15,567,518
42	Alfie	Comedy	R	$13,386,312	2,155,606	$15,477,251
43	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$12,596,975	2,028,498	$14,564,616
44	The Cookout	Comedy	PG-13	$11,540,112	1,858,311	$13,342,673
45	Surviving Christmas	Comedy	PG-13	$11,198,345	1,803,276	$12,947,522
46	The Perfect Score	Comedy	PG-13	$10,387,706	1,672,738	$12,010,259
47	Sleepover	Comedy	PG	$9,408,183	1,515,005	$10,877,736
48	Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2	Comedy	PG	$9,109,322	1,466,880	$10,532,198
49	Saved!	Comedy	PG-13	$8,886,160	1,430,944	$10,274,178
50	Connie & Carla	Comedy	PG-13	$8,047,525	1,295,898	$9,304,548
51	Teacher's Pet: The Movie	Comedy	PG	$6,491,350	1,045,306	$7,505,297
52	The Big Bounce	Comedy	PG-13	$6,471,394	1,042,092	$7,482,221
53	The Haunted Mansion	Comedy	PG	$5,395,243	868,799	$6,237,977
54	Club Dread	Comedy	R	$5,001,655	805,419	$5,782,908
55	A Day Without a Mexican	Comedy	R	$4,180,870	673,248	$4,833,921
56	Goodbye, Lenin!	Comedy	R	$4,063,859	654,406	$4,698,635
57	Camping Sauvage	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,479,302	560,274	$4,022,767
58	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$3,148,043	506,931	$3,639,765
59	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$3,106,912	500,308	$3,592,211
60	Elf	Comedy	PG	$2,543,761	409,623	$2,941,093
61	Bon Voyage	Comedy	PG-13	$2,353,728	379,022	$2,721,378
62	Dans une galaxie pr�s de chez vous - Le film	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,164,047	348,478	$2,502,072
63	Coffee and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$1,971,135	317,413	$2,279,025
64	The Cat in the Hat	Comedy	PG	$1,634,788	263,251	$1,890,142
65	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,341,671	216,050	$1,551,239
66	A Dirty Shame	Comedy	NC-17	$1,339,668	215,728	$1,548,927
67	The Best Two Years	Comedy	PG	$1,163,450	187,351	$1,345,180
68	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$1,025,815	165,188	$1,186,050
69	Bright Young Things	Comedy	R	$931,755	150,041	$1,077,294
70	Intermission	Comedy	R	$889,857	143,294	$1,028,851
71	Shaolin Soccer	Comedy	PG-13	$488,872	78,723	$565,231
72	Seducing Doctor Lewis	Comedy	Not Rated	$469,551	75,612	$542,894
73	The Last Shot	Comedy	R	$463,730	74,675	$536,167
74	Scary Movie 3	Comedy	PG-13	$436,687	70,320	$504,898
75	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers	Comedy	PG-13	$392,000	63,124	$453,230
76	How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass	Comedy	R	$365,248	58,816	$422,299
77	She Hate Me	Comedy	R	$365,134	58,798	$422,170
78	Kitchen Stories	Comedy	PG	$349,315	56,250	$403,875
79	Hair Show	Comedy	PG-13	$302,990	48,791	$350,319
80	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$278,502	44,847	$322,001
81	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Comedy	PG	$272,310	43,850	$314,843
82	The Bulgarian Lovers	Comedy	Not Rated	$249,530	40,182	$288,507
83	Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself	Comedy	R	$233,053	37,529	$269,458
84	In Good Company	Comedy	PG-13	$225,031	36,237	$260,182
85	Remember Me, My Love	Comedy	Not Rated	$223,878	36,051	$258,846
86	Pride and Prejudice	Comedy	PG	$216,326	34,835	$250,115
87	The Home Teachers	Comedy	PG	$202,268	32,571	$233,860
88	Danny Deckchair	Comedy	PG-13	$159,279	25,649	$184,160
89	Two Men Went to War	Comedy	PG	$148,038	23,839	$171,164
90	Baptists At Our Barbecue	Comedy	PG	$133,128	21,438	$153,925
91	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$121,992	19,644	$141,044
92	Hulchul	Comedy	Not Rated	$108,952	17,545	$125,973
93	Bonjour Mounsieur Shlomi	Comedy	Not Rated	$107,063	17,240	$123,783
94	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins	Comedy	Not Rated	$82,516	13,288	$95,408
95	My Mother Likes Women	Comedy	Not Rated	$81,883	13,186	$94,675
96	The Seagull's Laughter	Comedy	Not Rated	$72,527	11,679	$83,855
97	Eulogy	Comedy	R	$70,527	11,357	$81,543
98	Hollywood Buddha	Comedy	Not Rated	$67,862	10,928	$78,463
99	Bear Cub	Comedy	R	$66,096	10,643	$76,417
100	An Amazing Couple	Comedy	Not Rated	$47,602	7,665	$55,035
101	Freaky Friday	Comedy	PG	$41,933	6,752	$48,479
102	Justice	Comedy	Not Rated	$39,895	6,424	$46,124
103	Sex is Comedy	Comedy	Not Rated	$37,212	5,992	$43,023
104	Showboy	Comedy	Not Rated	$34,646	5,579	$40,057
105	Cowboys and Angels	Comedy	PG	$33,700	5,427	$38,966
106	Last Life in the Universe	Comedy	R	$31,747	5,112	$36,704
107	Vodka Lemon	Comedy	Not Rated	$31,173	5,020	$36,044
108	Chooch	Comedy	R	$30,792	4,958	$35,598
109	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$29,865	4,809	$34,529
110	The Raspberry Reich	Comedy	Not Rated	$28,883	4,651	$33,394
111	A Foreign Affair	Comedy	PG-13	$27,516	4,431	$31,815
112	A Fish Without a Bicycle	Comedy	R	$26,642	4,290	$30,802
113	Fear and Trembling	Comedy	Not Rated	$23,965	3,859	$27,708
114	Frankie & Johnny Are Married	Comedy		$22,900	3,688	$26,480
115	After Midnight	Comedy	Not Rated	$20,881	3,362	$24,139
116	Martin and Orloff	Comedy	Not Rated	$20,813	3,352	$24,067
117	Merci Docteur Rey	Comedy	Not Rated	$19,590	3,155	$22,653
118	Straight-Jacket	Comedy	Not Rated	$16,511	2,659	$19,092
119	You, I Love (Ya lyublu tebya)	Comedy	Not Rated	$16,456	2,650	$19,027
120	Off the Lip	Comedy	R	$14,773	2,379	$17,081
121	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$11,410	1,837	$13,190
122	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$9,142	1,472	$10,569
123	Wasabi Tuna	Comedy	R	$7,950	1,280	$9,190
124	The Work and the Story	Comedy	Not Rated	$7,926	1,276	$9,162
125	My Wife Maurice	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,657	589	$4,229
126	Stella Street	Comedy	R	$2,574	414	$2,973
127	The Green Butchers	Comedy	R	$2,483	400	$2,872
128	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$2,358	380	$2,728
129	Manna From Heaven	Comedy	PG	$2,350	378	$2,714
130	Autumn Spring	Comedy	PG-13	$2,187	352	$2,527
131	Good Boy!	Comedy	PG	$1,480	238	$1,709
132	800 Bullets	Comedy	R	$866	139	$998
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,039,808,287
Total Tickets Sold					328,471,539
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,358,425,650

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2004. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2004. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2003 will most likely earn money in 2003 and 2004. 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.