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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
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   $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 Comedy 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 Sold415,191,651
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.