Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Hangover	Comedy	R	$276,771,408	38,547,550	$276,771,409
2	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Comedy	PG	$177,243,721	24,685,755	$177,243,721
3	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Comedy	PG	$146,336,178	20,381,083	$146,336,176
4	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Comedy	PG	$118,604,078	16,518,674	$118,604,079
5	Julie & Julia	Comedy	PG-13	$93,486,212	13,020,364	$93,486,214
6	Madea Goes To Jail	Comedy	PG-13	$90,485,233	12,602,400	$90,485,232
7	Couples Retreat	Comedy	PG-13	$87,026,280	12,120,652	$87,026,281
8	Hotel for Dogs	Comedy	PG	$73,034,460	10,171,930	$73,034,457
9	I Love You, Man	Comedy	R	$71,440,011	9,949,862	$71,440,009
10	Zombieland	Comedy	R	$71,181,556	9,913,866	$71,181,558
11	17 Again	Comedy	PG-13	$64,167,069	8,936,918	$64,167,071
12	Brüno	Comedy	R	$60,054,530	8,364,141	$60,054,532
13	Bride Wars	Comedy	PG	$58,715,510	8,177,648	$58,715,513
14	Funny People	Comedy	R	$51,855,045	7,222,151	$51,855,044
15	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Comedy	PG-13	$51,697,449	7,200,202	$51,697,450
16	Land of the Lost	Comedy	PG-13	$49,438,370	6,885,567	$49,438,371
17	Year One	Comedy	R	$43,337,279	6,035,833	$43,337,281
18	Marley & Me	Comedy	PG	$36,487,427	5,081,814	$36,487,425
19	The Pink Panther 2	Comedy	PG	$35,922,978	5,003,200	$35,922,976
20	Dance Flick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,662,155	3,574,116	$25,662,153
21	Bedtime Stories	Comedy	PG	$24,562,807	3,421,004	$24,562,809
22	Observe and Report	Comedy	R	$24,007,324	3,343,638	$24,007,321
23	Yes Man	Comedy	PG-13	$18,183,588	2,532,533	$18,183,587
24	The Invention of Lying	Comedy	PG-13	$17,589,249	2,449,756	$17,589,248
25	Fired Up	Comedy	PG-13	$17,231,291	2,399,901	$17,231,289
26	Imagine That	Comedy	PG	$16,123,323	2,245,588	$16,123,322
27	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Comedy	R	$15,122,676	2,106,222	$15,122,674
28	I Love You, Beth Cooper	Comedy	PG-13	$14,793,904	2,060,432	$14,793,902
29	Whip It	Comedy	PG-13	$12,610,792	1,756,378	$12,610,794
30	Sunshine Cleaning	Comedy	R	$12,062,558	1,680,022	$12,062,558
31	Extract	Comedy	R	$10,814,185	1,506,154	$10,814,186
32	Next Day Air	Comedy		$10,027,047	1,396,525	$10,027,050
33	Away We Go	Comedy	R	$9,451,946	1,316,427	$9,451,946
34	De père en flic	Comedy		$8,322,714	1,159,152	$8,322,711
35	Post Grad	Comedy	PG-13	$6,379,040	888,446	$6,379,042
36	Bandslam	Comedy	PG	$5,210,988	725,764	$5,210,986
37	A Serious Man	Comedy	R	$4,595,629	640,060	$4,595,631
38	Miss March	Comedy	R	$4,542,775	632,698	$4,542,772
39	Bolt	Comedy	PG	$4,136,434	576,105	$4,136,434
40	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Comedy	PG	$2,994,140	417,011	$2,994,139
41	My One and Only	Comedy	PG-13	$2,438,346	339,603	$2,438,350
42	Four Christmases	Comedy	PG-13	$1,956,206	272,452	$1,956,205
43	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Comedy	R	$1,417,696	197,451	$1,417,698
44	Paper Heart	Comedy		$1,274,062	177,446	$1,274,062
45	Paper Man	Comedy	R	$1,261,065	175,636	$1,261,066
46	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Comedy	PG	$718,318	100,044	$718,316
47	Paris	Comedy	R	$708,192	98,634	$708,192
48	Fanboys	Comedy	PG-13	$685,484	95,471	$685,482
49	Play the Game	Comedy	PG-13	$621,040	86,496	$621,041
50	The Girl from Monaco	Comedy		$601,923	83,833	$601,921
51	Role Models	Comedy	R	$597,215	83,178	$597,218
52	Humpday	Comedy	R	$407,377	56,738	$407,379
53	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Comedy	PG-13	$382,885	53,327	$382,888
54	Luck by Chance	Comedy	Not Rated	$355,492	49,511	$355,489
55	O'Horten	Comedy		$301,902	42,048	$301,905
56	Spread	Comedy	R	$249,590	34,762	$249,591
57	Big Fan	Comedy	R	$217,707	30,321	$217,705
58	Happy-Go-Lucky	Comedy	R	$184,056	25,635	$184,059
59	Tulpan	Comedy	Not Rated	$158,741	22,109	$158,743
60	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Comedy	R	$151,955	21,164	$151,958
61	Monster Beach Party	Comedy	Not Rated	$113,132	15,757	$113,135
62	Alien Trespass	Comedy	PG	$104,526	14,558	$104,526
63	Gigantic	Comedy	R	$102,704	14,304	$102,703
64	Nothing Like the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$97,952	13,642	$97,950
65	Motherhood	Comedy	PG-13	$74,250	10,341	$74,248
66	Skills Like This	Comedy	Not Rated	$62,408	8,692	$62,409
67	Soul Men	Comedy	R	$56,849	7,918	$56,851
68	Bart Got a Room	Comedy	PG-13	$53,760	7,487	$53,757
69	$9.99	Comedy	R	$49,629	6,912	$49,628
70	Somers Town	Comedy		$46,660	6,499	$46,663
71	Igor	Comedy	PG	$41,444	5,772	$41,443
72	Absurdistan	Comedy	Not Rated	$39,683	5,527	$39,684
73	Beeswax	Comedy		$36,821	5,128	$36,819
74	Super Capers	Comedy	PG	$30,955	4,311	$30,953
75	The Last International Playboy	Comedy		$25,646	3,572	$25,647
76	JCVD	Action	R	$21,700	3,022	$21,698
77	Mystery Team	Comedy	R	$21,243	2,959	$21,246
78	St. Trinian's	Comedy	PG-13	$15,000	2,089	$14,999
79	Adventures of Power	Comedy	PG-13	$11,774	1,640	$11,775
80	Gentlemen Broncos	Comedy	PG-13	$11,502	1,602	$11,502
81	Taxidermia	Comedy		$9,961	1,387	$9,959
82	Janky Promoters	Comedy	R	$6,200	864	$6,204
83	The Marc Pease Experience	Comedy		$4,033	562	$4,035
84	Familiar Strangers	Comedy	PG-13	$3,516	490	$3,518
85	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$1,088	152	$1,091
86	Teeth	Comedy	R	$886	123	$883
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,937,441,933
Total Tickets Sold					269,838,711
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,937,441,945

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.