Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Hangover	Comedy	R	$277,322,503	36,976,334	$291,743,275
2	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Comedy	PG	$177,243,721	23,632,496	$186,460,393
3	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	Comedy	PG	$155,916,935	20,788,925	$164,024,618
4	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Comedy	PG	$146,336,178	19,511,490	$153,945,656
5	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Comedy	PG	$124,264,907	16,568,654	$130,726,680
6	Couples Retreat	Comedy	PG-13	$108,511,760	14,468,235	$114,154,374
7	Julie & Julia	Comedy	PG-13	$94,125,426	12,550,057	$99,019,950
8	Madea Goes To Jail	Comedy	PG-13	$90,508,336	12,067,778	$95,214,768
9	Zombieland	Comedy	R	$75,590,286	10,078,705	$79,520,982
10	Hotel for Dogs	Comedy	PG	$73,178,547	9,757,140	$76,983,835
11	I Love You, Man	Comedy	R	$72,013,010	9,601,735	$75,757,689
12	17 Again	Comedy	PG-13	$64,167,069	8,555,609	$67,503,755
13	Br�no	Comedy	R	$60,054,530	8,007,271	$63,177,368
14	Bride Wars	Comedy	PG	$58,715,510	7,828,735	$61,768,719
15	Funny People	Comedy	R	$51,855,045	6,914,006	$54,551,507
16	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Comedy	PG-13	$51,733,921	6,897,856	$54,424,084
17	Land of the Lost	Comedy	PG-13	$49,438,370	6,591,783	$52,009,168
18	Old Dogs	Comedy	PG	$47,239,575	6,298,610	$49,696,033
19	Year One	Comedy	PG-13	$43,337,279	5,778,304	$45,590,819
20	Marley & Me	Comedy	PG	$36,489,705	4,865,294	$38,387,170
21	The Pink Panther 2	Comedy	PG	$35,922,978	4,789,730	$37,790,970
22	Dance Flick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,794,018	3,439,202	$27,135,304
23	Bedtime Stories	Comedy	PG	$24,562,807	3,275,041	$25,840,073
24	Observe and Report	Comedy	R	$24,007,324	3,200,977	$25,255,709
25	The Invention of Lying	Comedy	PG-13	$18,451,251	2,460,167	$19,410,718
26	Yes Man	Comedy	PG-13	$18,183,588	2,424,478	$19,129,131
27	Fired Up	Comedy	PG-13	$17,231,291	2,297,505	$18,127,314
28	Imagine That	Comedy	PG	$16,222,392	2,162,986	$17,065,960
29	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Comedy	R	$15,122,676	2,016,357	$15,909,057
30	I Love You, Beth Cooper	Comedy	PG-13	$14,800,725	1,973,430	$15,570,363
31	Whip It	Comedy	PG-13	$13,077,184	1,743,625	$13,757,201
32	Sunshine Cleaning	Comedy	R	$12,062,558	1,608,341	$12,689,810
33	Extract	Comedy	R	$10,823,158	1,443,088	$11,385,964
34	De p�re en flic	Comedy	Not Rated	$10,644,453	1,419,260	$11,197,961
35	Next Day Air	Comedy	R	$10,027,047	1,336,940	$10,548,457
36	Away We Go	Comedy	R	$9,451,946	1,260,259	$9,943,444
37	Everybody's Fine	Comedy	PG-13	$9,208,876	1,227,850	$9,687,737
38	A Serious Man	Comedy	R	$9,190,525	1,225,403	$9,668,430
39	The Boat That Rocked	Comedy	R	$7,994,115	1,065,882	$8,409,809
40	Post Grad	Comedy	PG-13	$6,382,178	850,957	$6,714,051
41	Bandslam	Comedy	PG	$5,210,988	694,798	$5,481,956
42	3 Idiots	Comedy	PG-13	$4,757,078	634,277	$5,004,446
43	Miss March	Comedy	R	$4,543,320	605,776	$4,779,573
44	Bolt	Comedy	PG	$4,136,434	551,525	$4,351,532
45	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Comedy	PG	$3,158,070	421,076	$3,322,290
46	Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day	Comedy	R	$3,012,677	401,690	$3,169,334
47	My One and Only	Comedy	PG-13	$2,556,558	340,874	$2,689,496
48	Four Christmases	Comedy	PG-13	$1,956,206	260,827	$2,057,925
49	Rudo y Cursi	Comedy	R	$1,827,660	243,688	$1,922,698
50	Les doigts croches	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,662,485	221,665	$1,748,937
51	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Comedy	R	$1,429,299	190,573	$1,503,621
52	Paper Heart	Comedy	PG-13	$1,274,062	169,875	$1,340,314
53	Paris	Comedy	R	$960,240	128,032	$1,010,172
54	De Dana Dan	Comedy		$944,979	125,997	$994,116
55	Superhero Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$764,486	101,931	$804,236
56	Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani	Comedy		$741,238	98,832	$779,784
57	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Comedy	PG	$735,449	98,060	$773,693
58	Fanboys	Comedy	PG-13	$687,609	91,681	$723,363
59	Play the Game	Comedy	PG-13	$653,120	87,083	$687,085
60	La fille de Monaco	Comedy		$602,992	80,399	$634,348
61	Role Models	Comedy	R	$590,530	78,737	$621,235
62	Humpday	Comedy	R	$407,377	54,317	$428,561
63	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Comedy	PG-13	$386,017	51,469	$406,090
64	Luck by Chance	Comedy	Not Rated	$356,019	47,469	$374,530
65	O'Horten	Comedy		$302,232	40,298	$317,951
66	Spread	Comedy	R	$250,617	33,416	$263,652
67	Big Fan	Comedy	R	$230,874	30,783	$242,878
68	Happy-Go-Lucky	Comedy	R	$201,587	26,878	$212,067
69	Tulpan	Comedy	Not Rated	$158,741	21,165	$166,992
70	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Comedy	R	$157,136	20,951	$165,303
71	Gentlemen Broncos	Comedy	PG-13	$115,155	15,354	$121,143
72	Monster Beach Party	Comedy	Not Rated	$113,132	15,084	$119,013
73	Alien Trespass	Comedy	PG	$104,526	13,937	$109,963
74	Gigantic	Comedy	R	$102,704	13,694	$108,046
75	Nothing Like the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$97,952	13,060	$103,043
76	Motherhood	Comedy	PG-13	$93,388	12,452	$98,246
77	Igor	Comedy	PG	$81,381	10,851	$85,614
78	Skills Like This	Comedy	Not Rated	$62,408	8,321	$65,653
79	Soul Men	Comedy	R	$60,453	8,060	$63,593
80	Somers Town	Comedy		$54,526	7,270	$57,360
81	Bart Got a Room	Comedy	PG-13	$53,760	7,168	$56,556
82	Mystery Team	Comedy	R	$53,741	7,165	$56,532
83	$9.99	Comedy	R	$51,085	6,811	$53,739
84	Le code a chang�	Comedy		$46,714	6,229	$49,147
85	Beeswax	Comedy		$41,439	5,525	$43,592
86	Absurdistan	Comedy	Not Rated	$39,683	5,291	$41,746
87	The Slammin' Salmon	Comedy	R	$38,920	5,189	$40,941
88	Super Capers	Comedy	PG	$30,955	4,127	$32,562
89	The Last International Playboy	Comedy	R	$25,646	3,419	$26,976
90	JCVD	Action	R	$21,700	2,893	$22,826
91	Adventures of Power	Comedy	PG-13	$17,738	2,365	$18,660
92	A Town Called Panic	Comedy		$17,542	2,339	$18,455
93	Splinterheads	Comedy	R	$16,392	2,186	$17,248
94	St. Trinian's	Comedy	PG-13	$15,000	2,000	$15,780
95	Taxidermia	Comedy		$11,408	1,521	$12,001
96	Janky Promoters	Comedy	R	$9,069	1,209	$9,539
97	Looking for Palladin	Comedy	R	$7,246	966	$7,622
98	Momma's Man	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,627	750	$5,918
99	The Marc Pease Experience	Comedy		$4,033	538	$4,245
100	Familiar Strangers	Comedy	PG-13	$3,516	469	$3,700
101	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$1,088	145	$1,144
102	Teeth	Comedy	R	$886	118	$931
103	Patrik, Age 1.5	Comedy	Not Rated	$408	54	$426
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,213,259,004
Total Tickets Sold					295,101,197
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,328,348,444

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2009. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2009. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2008 will most likely earn money in 2008 and 2009. 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.