Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	WALL-E	Comedy	G	$223,806,889	31,170,876	$223,806,890
2	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Comedy	PG	$177,016,810	24,654,152	$177,016,811
3	Sex and the City	Comedy	R	$152,647,258	21,260,064	$152,647,260
4	Juno	Comedy	PG-13	$143,495,265	19,985,413	$143,495,265
5	Get Smart	Comedy	PG-13	$130,319,208	18,150,308	$130,319,211
6	Four Christmases	Comedy	PG-13	$118,189,834	16,460,980	$118,189,836
7	Tropic Thunder	Comedy	R	$110,515,313	15,392,105	$110,515,314
8	Bolt	Comedy	PG	$109,917,145	15,308,795	$109,917,148
9	Marley & Me	Comedy	PG	$106,664,046	14,855,717	$106,664,048
10	Step Brothers	Comedy	R	$100,468,793	13,992,868	$100,468,792
11	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	Comedy	PG-13	$100,018,837	13,930,200	$100,018,836
12	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Comedy	PG	$93,778,953	13,061,136	$93,778,956
13	The Bucket List	Comedy	PG-13	$92,588,080	12,895,276	$92,588,082
14	The Pineapple Express	Comedy	R	$87,341,380	12,164,538	$87,341,383
15	Bedtime Stories	Comedy	PG	$85,539,168	11,913,533	$85,539,167
16	Yes Man	Comedy	PG-13	$79,507,388	11,073,452	$79,507,385
17	Role Models	Comedy	R	$66,703,740	9,290,214	$66,703,737
18	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Comedy	PG	$63,694,531	8,871,105	$63,694,534
19	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Comedy	R	$63,172,463	8,798,393	$63,172,462
20	Baby Mama	Comedy	PG-13	$60,494,212	8,425,378	$60,494,214
21	The House Bunny	Comedy	PG-13	$48,237,389	6,718,299	$48,237,387
22	College Road Trip	Comedy	G	$45,610,425	6,352,427	$45,610,426
23	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Comedy	PG-13	$42,436,517	5,910,378	$42,436,514
24	Meet the Browns	Comedy	PG-13	$41,975,388	5,846,154	$41,975,386
25	Meet the Spartans	Comedy	PG-13	$38,233,676	5,325,025	$38,233,680
26	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Comedy	R	$38,108,728	5,307,622	$38,108,726
27	First Sunday	Comedy	PG-13	$37,931,869	5,282,990	$37,931,868
28	The Family That Preys	Comedy	PG-13	$37,105,289	5,167,868	$37,105,292
29	Semi-Pro	Comedy	R	$33,479,698	4,662,911	$33,479,701
30	Drillbit Taylor	Comedy	PG-13	$32,862,104	4,576,895	$32,862,106
31	The Love Guru	Comedy	PG-13	$32,235,793	4,489,665	$32,235,795
32	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Comedy	R	$31,300,810	4,359,444	$31,300,808
33	The Women	Comedy	PG-13	$26,902,075	3,746,807	$26,902,074
34	Superhero Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$25,874,034	3,603,626	$25,874,035
35	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Comedy	PG-13	$22,830,692	3,179,762	$22,830,691
36	Mad Money	Comedy	PG-13	$20,668,843	2,878,669	$20,668,843
37	Igor	Comedy	PG	$19,486,744	2,714,031	$19,486,743
38	My Best Friend's Girl	Comedy	R	$19,219,250	2,676,776	$19,219,252
39	Swing Vote	Comedy	PG-13	$16,289,867	2,268,784	$16,289,869
40	Disaster Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$14,190,901	1,976,449	$14,190,904
41	The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie	Comedy	G	$12,981,269	1,807,976	$12,981,268
42	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Comedy	PG-13	$12,313,694	1,714,999	$12,313,693
43	Soul Men	Comedy	R	$12,024,598	1,674,735	$12,024,597
44	Meet Dave	Comedy	PG	$11,803,254	1,643,907	$11,803,252
45	Be Kind Rewind	Comedy	PG-13	$11,175,164	1,556,430	$11,175,167
46	The Visitor	Comedy	PG-13	$9,427,026	1,312,956	$9,427,024
47	Sex Drive	Comedy	R	$8,402,485	1,170,263	$8,402,488
48	In Bruges	Comedy	R	$7,800,825	1,086,466	$7,800,826
49	Over Her Dead Body	Comedy	PG-13	$7,570,127	1,054,335	$7,570,125
50	Nothing Like the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$7,405,784	1,031,446	$7,405,782
51	An American Carol	Comedy	PG-13	$7,013,191	976,768	$7,013,194
52	Strange Wilderness	Comedy	R	$6,575,282	915,777	$6,575,279
53	The Rocker	Comedy	PG-13	$6,409,528	892,692	$6,409,529
54	Run, Fat Boy, Run	Comedy	PG-13	$6,003,262	836,109	$6,003,263
55	Hamlet 2	Comedy	R	$4,886,216	680,531	$4,886,213
56	College	Comedy	R	$4,694,491	653,829	$4,694,492
57	Witless Protection	Comedy	PG-13	$4,151,836	578,250	$4,151,835
58	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Comedy	R	$4,072,431	567,191	$4,072,431
59	Charlie Bartlett	Comedy	R	$3,950,294	550,180	$3,950,292
60	Cruising Bar 2	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,554,434	495,047	$3,554,437
61	Happy-Go-Lucky	Comedy	R	$3,310,429	461,063	$3,310,432
62	The Band's Visit	Comedy	PG-13	$3,053,823	425,324	$3,053,826
63	Choke	Comedy	R	$2,926,565	407,600	$2,926,568
64	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	Comedy	R	$2,775,593	386,573	$2,775,594
65	Priceless	Comedy	PG-13	$2,164,670	301,486	$2,164,669
66	Bee Movie	Comedy	PG	$2,112,935	294,281	$2,112,938
67	The Wackness	Comedy	R	$2,077,046	289,282	$2,077,045
68	Dans une galaxie pres de chez vous 2	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,883,999	262,395	$1,883,996
69	Henry Poole Is Here	Comedy	PG	$1,835,293	255,612	$1,835,294
70	Son of Rambow: A Home Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$1,785,505	248,678	$1,785,508
71	The Game Plan	Comedy	PG	$1,608,219	223,986	$1,608,219
72	Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,470,856	204,855	$1,470,859
73	What Just Happened	Comedy	R	$1,090,947	151,942	$1,090,944
74	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	Comedy	G	$964,396	134,317	$964,396
75	L'Âge des ténèbres	Comedy	Not Rated	$941,618	131,145	$941,621
76	Beer for My Horses	Comedy	PG-13	$666,045	92,764	$666,046
77	Fred Claus	Comedy	PG	$609,342	84,867	$609,345
78	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na	Comedy	Not Rated	$600,922	83,694	$600,923
79	Krazzy 4	Comedy	Not Rated	$487,215	67,857	$487,213
80	JCVD	Action	R	$448,991	62,534	$448,994
81	The Hammer	Comedy	R	$442,638	61,649	$442,640
82	The Promotion	Comedy	R	$406,252	56,581	$406,252
83	Everybody Wants To Be Italian	Comedy	R	$351,416	48,944	$351,418
84	Teeth	Comedy	R	$346,692	48,286	$346,693
85	Golmaal Returns	Comedy	Not Rated	$313,102	43,608	$313,105
86	Lars and the Real Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$248,606	34,625	$248,608
87	One Two Three	Comedy	Not Rated	$246,724	34,363	$246,726
88	Chaos Theory	Comedy	PG-13	$240,476	33,492	$240,473
89	C'est pas moi, je le jure!	Comedy	Not Rated	$235,027	32,734	$235,030
90	The Foot Fist Way	Comedy	R	$234,286	32,630	$234,283
91	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$223,526	31,132	$223,528
92	CJ7	Comedy	PG	$206,678	28,785	$206,676
93	Mister Lonely	Comedy	Not Rated	$165,831	23,096	$165,829
94	God Tussi Great Ho	Comedy	Not Rated	$121,432	16,913	$121,435
95	The Grand	Comedy	R	$115,879	16,139	$115,878
96	Mere Baap Pahle Aap	Comedy	Not Rated	$113,576	15,818	$113,573
97	Another Gay Sequel	Comedy	Not Rated	$104,828	14,600	$104,828
98	Momma's Man	Comedy	Not Rated	$93,045	12,959	$93,046
99	Kabluey	Comedy	PG-13	$83,506	11,630	$83,503
100	Humboldt County	Comedy	R	$82,357	11,470	$82,355
101	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!	Comedy	Not Rated	$80,037	11,147	$80,035
102	A Four Letter Word	Comedy	Not Rated	$70,864	9,870	$70,867
103	Romance and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$60,905	8,483	$60,908
104	Meet Bill	Comedy	R	$59,108	8,232	$59,106
105	Finding Amanda	Comedy	R	$57,297	7,980	$57,296
106	Paris	Comedy	R	$49,954	6,957	$49,951
107	Loins of Punjab Presents	Comedy	Not Rated	$39,891	5,556	$39,892
108	Blonde and Blonder	Comedy	PG-13	$38,848	5,411	$38,851
109	Surfer, Dude	Comedy	R	$36,497	5,083	$36,496
110	Familiar Strangers	Comedy	PG-13	$30,552	4,255	$30,551
111	The Dukes	Drama	PG-13	$26,157	3,643	$26,157
112	Sex and Death 101	Comedy	R	$23,563	3,282	$23,565
113	Filth and Wisdom	Comedy	Not Rated	$22,406	3,121	$22,409
114	Woman on the Beach	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,957	3,058	$21,956
115	Diminished Capacity	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,291	2,965	$21,289
116	Beauty in Trouble	Comedy	Not Rated	$19,300	2,688	$19,300
117	All Hat	Comedy	R	$15,198	2,117	$15,200
118	Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,804	1,923	$13,807
119	Full Grown Men	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,716	1,910	$13,714
120	Harold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,229	1,842	$13,226
121	My Mexican Shivah	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,042	1,816	$13,039
122	Kenny	Comedy	PG-13	$11,644	1,622	$11,646
123	Outsourced	Comedy	PG-13	$11,340	1,579	$11,337
124	Young People Fucking	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,340	1,162	$8,343
125	Little Big Top	Comedy	Not Rated	$7,484	1,042	$7,482
126	Ugly aur Pagli	Comedy	Not Rated	$7,362	1,025	$7,360
127	Viva	Comedy	Not Rated	$7,197	1,002	$7,194
128	Expired	Comedy	Not Rated	$6,596	919	$6,598
129	Skid Marks	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,729	798	$5,730
130	I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With	Comedy	Not Rated	$4,658	649	$4,660
131	Nina's Heavenly Delights	Comedy	PG	$2,852	397	$2,850
132	Lower Learning	Comedy	R	$2,804	391	$2,807
133	Fat Girls	Comedy	R	$1,911	266	$1,910
134	Blonde Ambition	Comedy	PG-13	$1,764	246	$1,766
135	Miss Conception	Comedy	R	$1,342	187	$1,343
136	$9.99	Comedy	R	$781	109	$783
137	Death at a Funeral	Comedy	R	$744	104	$747
138	How to Rob a Bank	Comedy	Not Rated	$711	99	$711
139	Half Moon	Comedy	Not Rated	$243	34	$244
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,981,076,000
Total Tickets Sold					415,191,651
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,981,076,054

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2008. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2008. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2007 will most likely earn money in 2007 and 2008. 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.