Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	WALL-E	Comedy	G	$184,158,335	26,767,200	$184,158,336
2	Sex and the City	Comedy	R	$149,870,455	21,783,496	$149,870,452
3	Get Smart	Comedy	PG-13	$120,167,090	17,466,147	$120,167,091
4	Juno	Comedy	PG-13	$117,477,046	17,075,152	$117,477,046
5	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	Comedy	PG-13	$97,736,720	14,205,919	$97,736,723
6	The Bucket List	Comedy	PG-13	$92,834,777	13,493,427	$92,834,778
7	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Comedy	PG	$75,921,869	11,035,155	$75,921,866
8	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Comedy	R	$62,932,375	9,147,148	$62,932,378
9	Baby Mama	Comedy	PG-13	$60,281,345	8,761,823	$60,281,342
10	College Road Trip	Comedy	G	$45,527,847	6,617,420	$45,527,850
11	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Comedy	PG-13	$42,168,445	6,129,134	$42,168,442
12	Meet the Browns	Comedy	PG-13	$41,975,388	6,101,074	$41,975,389
13	Meet the Spartans	Comedy	PG-13	$38,232,624	5,557,067	$38,232,621
14	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Comedy	R	$38,108,728	5,539,059	$38,108,726
15	First Sunday	Comedy	PG-13	$37,931,869	5,513,353	$37,931,869
16	Semi-Pro	Comedy	R	$33,472,850	4,865,240	$33,472,851
17	Drillbit Taylor	Comedy	PG-13	$32,862,104	4,776,469	$32,862,107
18	The Love Guru	Comedy	PG-13	$31,832,191	4,626,772	$31,832,191
19	Superhero Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$25,872,343	3,760,515	$25,872,343
20	Mad Money	Comedy	PG-13	$20,668,843	3,004,192	$20,668,841
21	The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie	Comedy	G	$12,727,025	1,849,858	$12,727,023
22	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Comedy	PG-13	$12,294,036	1,786,924	$12,294,037
23	Be Kind Rewind	Comedy	PG-13	$11,169,531	1,623,478	$11,169,529
24	Meet Dave	Comedy	PG	$9,911,650	1,440,647	$9,911,651
25	The Visitor	Comedy	PG-13	$8,836,990	1,284,446	$8,836,988
26	In Bruges	Comedy	R	$7,786,213	1,131,717	$7,786,213
27	Over Her Dead Body	Comedy	PG-13	$7,563,670	1,099,371	$7,563,672
28	Strange Wilderness	Comedy	R	$6,575,282	955,710	$6,575,285
29	Run, Fat Boy, Run	Comedy	PG-13	$5,998,971	871,943	$5,998,968
30	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Comedy	R	$5,893,907	856,673	$5,893,910
31	Witless Protection	Comedy	PG-13	$4,131,640	600,529	$4,131,640
32	Charlie Bartlett	Comedy	R	$3,950,294	574,171	$3,950,296
33	The Band's Visit	Comedy	PG-13	$3,053,823	443,870	$3,053,826
34	Bee Movie	Comedy	PG	$2,416,909	351,295	$2,416,910
35	Priceless	Comedy	PG-13	$2,073,558	301,389	$2,073,556
36	Dans une galaxie pres de chez vous 2	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,883,999	273,837	$1,883,999
37	Son of Rambow: A Home Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$1,742,104	253,213	$1,742,105
38	The Game Plan	Comedy	PG	$1,608,219	233,753	$1,608,221
39	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	Comedy	G	$1,050,579	152,700	$1,050,576
40	L'Âge des ténèbres	Comedy	Not Rated	$941,618	136,863	$941,617
41	The Wackness	Comedy	R	$742,897	107,979	$742,896
42	Fred Claus	Comedy	PG	$705,661	102,567	$705,661
43	War, Inc.	Comedy	R	$541,284	78,675	$541,284
44	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na	Comedy		$539,857	78,468	$539,860
45	Krazzy 4	Comedy		$487,215	70,816	$487,214
46	The Hammer	Comedy	R	$442,638	64,337	$442,639
47	The Promotion	Comedy	R	$406,252	59,048	$406,250
48	Teeth	Comedy	R	$344,655	50,095	$344,654
49	Lars and the Real Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$262,541	38,160	$262,541
50	Chaos Theory	Comedy	PG-13	$237,958	34,587	$237,959
51	The Foot Fist Way	Comedy	R	$230,325	33,477	$230,322
52	CJ7	Comedy	PG	$206,678	30,040	$206,675
53	Mister Lonely	Comedy		$162,385	23,602	$162,382
54	The Grand	Comedy	R	$115,879	16,843	$115,880
55	Mere Baap Pahle Aap	Comedy		$113,576	16,508	$113,575
56	99 francs	Comedy		$79,477	11,552	$79,478
57	Christmas in Wonderland	Comedy	PG	$78,566	11,419	$78,563
58	A Four Letter Word	Comedy		$70,864	10,300	$70,864
59	Romance and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$67,403	9,797	$67,403
60	Meet Bill	Comedy	R	$59,108	8,591	$59,106
61	Finding Amanda	Comedy	R	$57,297	8,328	$57,297
62	L'auberge rouge	Comedy		$50,304	7,312	$50,307
63	Blonde and Blonder	Comedy		$38,848	5,647	$38,851
64	Kabluey	Comedy	PG-13	$26,256	3,816	$26,254
65	Sex and Death 101	Comedy	R	$23,563	3,425	$23,564
66	Woman on the Beach	Comedy		$21,957	3,191	$21,954
67	Diminished Capacity	Comedy		$21,291	3,095	$21,294
68	Beauty in Trouble	Comedy		$19,300	2,805	$19,298
69	All Hat	Comedy		$15,198	2,209	$15,198
70	Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead	Comedy		$13,804	2,006	$13,801
71	Harold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,229	1,923	$13,230
72	Outsourced	Comedy	PG-13	$11,340	1,648	$11,338
73	Viva	Comedy		$7,197	1,046	$7,196
74	Expired	Comedy		$6,596	959	$6,598
75	I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With	Comedy		$5,970	868	$5,972
76	Skid Marks	Comedy		$5,729	833	$5,731
77	Sure Shot Dombrowski	Comedy		$3,400	494	$3,399
78	Nina's Heavenly Delights	Comedy	PG	$3,188	463	$3,185
79	Fat Girls	Comedy	R	$2,000	291	$2,002
80	Miss Conception	Comedy	R	$1,503	218	$1,500
81	How to Rob a Bank	Comedy		$711	103	$709
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,467,887,162
Total Tickets Sold					213,355,690
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,467,887,147

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.