Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Comedy	PG	$177,016,810	24,654,152	$194,521,259
2	Sex and the City	Comedy	R	$152,647,258	21,260,064	$167,741,905
3	Juno	Comedy	PG-13	$143,495,265	19,985,413	$157,684,909
4	Get Smart	Comedy	PG-13	$130,319,208	18,150,308	$143,205,930
5	Four Christmases	Comedy	PG-13	$118,189,834	16,460,980	$129,877,132
6	Tropic Thunder	Comedy	R	$110,515,313	15,392,105	$121,443,708
7	Bolt	Comedy	PG	$109,917,145	15,308,795	$120,786,393
8	Marley & Me	Comedy	PG	$106,664,046	14,855,717	$117,211,607
9	Step Brothers	Comedy	R	$100,468,793	13,992,868	$110,403,729
10	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	Comedy	PG-13	$100,018,837	13,930,200	$109,909,278
11	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Comedy	PG	$93,778,953	13,061,136	$103,052,363
12	The Bucket List	Comedy	PG-13	$92,588,080	12,895,276	$101,743,728
13	The Pineapple Express	Comedy	R	$87,341,380	12,164,538	$95,978,205
14	Bedtime Stories	Comedy	PG	$85,539,168	11,913,533	$93,997,775
15	Yes Man	Comedy	PG-13	$79,507,388	11,073,452	$87,369,536
16	Role Models	Comedy	R	$66,703,740	9,290,214	$73,299,788
17	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Comedy	PG	$63,694,531	8,871,105	$69,993,018
18	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Comedy	R	$63,172,463	8,798,393	$69,419,321
19	Baby Mama	Comedy	PG-13	$60,494,212	8,425,378	$66,476,232
20	The House Bunny	Comedy	PG-13	$48,237,389	6,718,299	$53,007,379
21	College Road Trip	Comedy	G	$45,610,425	6,352,427	$50,120,649
22	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Comedy	PG-13	$42,436,517	5,910,378	$46,632,882
23	Meet the Browns	Comedy	PG-13	$41,975,388	5,846,154	$46,126,155
24	Meet the Spartans	Comedy	PG-13	$38,233,676	5,325,025	$42,014,447
25	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Comedy	R	$38,108,728	5,307,622	$41,877,138
26	First Sunday	Comedy	PG-13	$37,931,869	5,282,990	$41,682,791
27	The Family That Preys	Comedy	PG-13	$37,105,289	5,167,868	$40,774,479
28	Semi-Pro	Comedy	R	$33,479,698	4,662,911	$36,790,368
29	Drillbit Taylor	Comedy	PG-13	$32,862,104	4,576,895	$36,111,702
30	The Love Guru	Comedy	PG-13	$32,235,793	4,489,665	$35,423,457
31	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Comedy	R	$31,300,810	4,359,444	$34,396,013
32	The Women	Comedy	PG-13	$26,902,075	3,746,807	$29,562,307
33	Superhero Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$25,874,034	3,603,626	$28,432,609
34	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Comedy	PG-13	$22,830,692	3,179,762	$25,088,322
35	Mad Money	Comedy	PG-13	$20,668,843	2,878,669	$22,712,698
36	Igor	Comedy	PG	$19,447,221	2,708,527	$21,370,278
37	My Best Friend's Girl	Comedy	R	$19,219,250	2,676,776	$21,119,763
38	Swing Vote	Comedy	PG-13	$16,289,867	2,268,784	$17,900,706
39	Disaster Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$14,190,901	1,976,449	$15,594,183
40	The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie	Comedy	G	$12,981,269	1,807,976	$14,264,931
41	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Comedy	PG-13	$12,313,694	1,714,999	$13,531,342
42	Soul Men	Comedy	R	$12,021,938	1,674,365	$13,210,740
43	Meet Dave	Comedy	PG	$11,803,254	1,643,907	$12,970,426
44	Be Kind Rewind	Comedy	PG-13	$11,175,164	1,556,430	$12,280,233
45	The Visitor	Comedy	PG-13	$9,427,026	1,312,956	$10,359,223
46	Sex Drive	Comedy	R	$8,402,485	1,170,263	$9,233,375
47	In Bruges	Comedy	R	$7,800,825	1,086,466	$8,572,217
48	Over Her Dead Body	Comedy	PG-13	$7,570,127	1,054,335	$8,318,703
49	Nothing Like the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$7,405,784	1,031,446	$8,138,109
50	An American Carol	Comedy	PG-13	$7,013,191	976,768	$7,706,700
51	Strange Wilderness	Comedy	R	$6,575,282	915,777	$7,225,481
52	The Rocker	Comedy	PG-13	$6,409,528	892,692	$7,043,340
53	Run, Fatboy, Run	Comedy	PG-13	$6,003,262	836,109	$6,596,900
54	Hamlet 2	Comedy	R	$4,886,216	680,531	$5,369,390
55	College	Comedy	R	$4,694,491	653,829	$5,158,711
56	Witless Protection	Comedy	PG-13	$4,151,836	578,250	$4,562,393
57	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Comedy	R	$4,072,431	567,191	$4,475,137
58	Charlie Bartlett	Comedy	R	$3,950,294	550,180	$4,340,920
59	Cruising Bar 2	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,579,013	498,470	$3,932,928
60	Happy-Go-Lucky	Comedy	R	$3,310,429	461,063	$3,637,787
61	Bikur Ha-Tizmoret	Comedy	PG-13	$3,053,823	425,324	$3,355,806
62	Choke	Comedy	R	$2,926,565	407,600	$3,215,964
63	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	Comedy	R	$2,775,593	386,573	$3,050,061
64	Hors de Prix	Comedy	PG-13	$2,164,670	301,486	$2,378,725
65	Bee Movie	Comedy	PG	$2,112,935	294,281	$2,321,877
66	The Wackness	Comedy	R	$2,077,046	289,282	$2,282,435
67	Dans une galaxie pres de chez vous 2	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,883,999	262,395	$2,070,297
68	Henry Poole Is Here	Comedy	PG	$1,835,293	255,612	$2,016,779
69	Son of Rambow: A Home Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$1,785,505	248,678	$1,962,069
70	The Game Plan	Comedy	PG	$1,608,219	223,986	$1,767,250
71	Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,470,856	204,855	$1,616,306
72	What Just Happened	Comedy	R	$1,090,947	151,942	$1,198,822
73	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	Comedy	G	$964,396	134,317	$1,059,761
74	L'�ge des t�n�bres	Comedy	Not Rated	$941,618	131,145	$1,034,734
75	Beer for My Horses	Comedy	PG-13	$666,045	92,764	$731,908
76	Fred Claus	Comedy	PG	$609,342	84,867	$669,601
77	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na	Comedy	Not Rated	$600,922	83,694	$660,346
78	Krazzy 4	Comedy	Not Rated	$487,215	67,857	$535,392
79	JCVD	Action	R	$448,991	62,534	$493,393
80	The Hammer	Comedy	R	$442,638	61,649	$486,411
81	The Promotion	Comedy	R	$406,252	56,581	$446,424
82	Everybody Wants To Be Italian	Comedy	R	$351,416	48,944	$386,168
83	Teeth	Comedy	R	$346,692	48,286	$380,977
84	Golmaal Returns	Comedy	Not Rated	$313,102	43,608	$344,067
85	Lars and the Real Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$248,606	34,625	$273,191
86	One Two Three	Comedy	Not Rated	$246,724	34,363	$271,124
87	Chaos Theory	Comedy	PG-13	$240,476	33,492	$264,252
88	C'est pas moi, je le jure!	Comedy	Not Rated	$235,027	32,734	$258,271
89	The Foot Fist Way	Comedy	R	$234,286	32,630	$257,451
90	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$223,526	31,132	$245,631
91	CJ7	Comedy	PG	$206,678	28,785	$227,114
92	Mister Lonely	Comedy	Not Rated	$165,831	23,096	$182,227
93	God Tussi Great Ho	Comedy	Not Rated	$121,432	16,913	$133,444
94	The Grand	Comedy	R	$115,879	16,139	$127,337
95	Mere Baap Pahle Aap	Comedy	Not Rated	$113,576	15,818	$124,804
96	Parlez-moi de la pluie	Comedy		$111,844	15,577	$122,903
97	Another Gay Sequel	Comedy	Not Rated	$104,828	14,600	$115,194
98	Momma's Man	Comedy	Not Rated	$93,045	12,959	$102,247
99	Kabluey	Comedy	PG-13	$83,506	11,630	$91,761
100	Humboldt County	Comedy	R	$82,357	11,470	$90,498
101	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!	Comedy	Not Rated	$80,037	11,147	$87,950
102	A Four Letter Word	Comedy	Not Rated	$72,349	10,076	$79,500
103	Kenny	Comedy	PG-13	$69,221	9,641	$76,067
104	Romance and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$60,905	8,483	$66,931
105	Meet Bill	Comedy	R	$59,108	8,232	$64,950
106	Finding Amanda	Comedy	R	$57,297	7,980	$62,962
107	Paris	Comedy	R	$49,954	6,957	$54,891
108	Loins of Punjab Presents	Comedy	Not Rated	$39,891	5,556	$43,837
109	Kr�ska v nesn�zich	Comedy	Not Rated	$38,928	5,422	$42,780
110	Blonde and Blonder	Comedy	PG-13	$38,848	5,411	$42,693
111	Surfer, Dude	Comedy	R	$36,497	5,083	$40,105
112	Familiar Strangers	Comedy	PG-13	$30,552	4,255	$33,572
113	The Dukes	Comedy	PG-13	$26,157	3,643	$28,743
114	Sex and Death 101	Comedy	R	$23,563	3,282	$25,895
115	Filth and Wisdom	Comedy	Not Rated	$22,406	3,121	$24,625
116	Haebyonui Yoin	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,957	3,058	$24,128
117	Expired	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,489	2,993	$23,615
118	Diminished Capacity	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,291	2,965	$23,394
119	All Hat	Comedy	R	$15,198	2,117	$16,703
120	Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,804	1,923	$15,172
121	Full Grown Men	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,716	1,910	$15,070
122	Harold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,229	1,842	$14,533
123	My Mexican Shivah	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,042	1,816	$14,328
124	Outsourced	Comedy	PG-13	$11,340	1,579	$12,458
125	Young People Fucking	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,340	1,162	$9,168
126	Little Big Top	Comedy	Not Rated	$7,484	1,042	$8,221
127	Ugly aur Pagli	Comedy	Not Rated	$7,362	1,025	$8,087
128	Viva	Comedy	R	$7,197	1,002	$7,906
129	Skid Marks	Comedy	R	$5,729	798	$6,296
130	I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With	Comedy	Not Rated	$4,658	649	$5,121
131	Nina's Heavenly Delights	Comedy	PG	$2,852	397	$3,132
132	Lower Learning	Comedy	R	$2,804	391	$3,085
133	Fat Girls	Comedy	R	$1,911	266	$2,099
134	Blonde Ambition	Comedy	PG-13	$1,764	246	$1,941
135	Miss Conception	Comedy	R	$1,342	187	$1,475
136	Death at a Funeral	Comedy	R	$744	104	$821
137	How to Rob a Bank	Comedy	Not Rated	$711	99	$781
138	$9.99	Comedy	R	$478	67	$529
139	Niwemang	Comedy	Not Rated	$243	34	$268
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,757,456,631
Total Tickets Sold					384,046,892
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,030,129,978

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.