Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2010
Rank Movie Genre MPAA 2010 Gross Tickets Sold Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1
Despicable Me
Comedy
PG
$251,203,225
31,838,178
$251,203,224
2
How to Train Your Dragon
Comedy
PG
$217,581,231
27,576,835
$217,581,228
3
Grown Ups
Comedy
PG-13
$162,001,186
20,532,470
$162,001,188
4
The Other Guys
Comedy
PG-13
$119,219,978
15,110,263
$119,219,975
5
Jackass 3D
Comedy
R
$117,109,417
14,842,765
$117,109,416
6
Little Fockers
Comedy
PG-13
$102,576,190
13,000,785
$102,576,194
7
Due Date
Comedy
R
$99,231,922
12,576,923
$99,231,922
8
Date Night
Comedy
PG-13
$98,711,404
12,510,951
$98,711,403
9
Sex and the City 2
Comedy
R
$95,347,692
12,084,625
$95,347,691
10
Dinner for Schmucks
Comedy
PG-13
$73,026,337
9,255,556
$73,026,337
11
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Comedy
PG
$65,003,625
8,238,736
$65,003,627
12
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Comedy
PG
$63,697,677
8,073,216
$63,697,674
13
Get Him to the Greek
Comedy
R
$61,153,526
7,750,764
$61,153,528
14
The Tooth Fairy
Comedy
PG
$60,022,256
7,607,384
$60,022,260
15
Easy A
Comedy
PG-13
$58,401,464
7,401,960
$58,401,464
16
Hot Tub Time Machine
Comedy
R
$50,269,859
6,371,338
$50,269,857
17
Cop Out
Comedy
R
$44,875,481
5,687,640
$44,875,480
18
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Comedy
PG
$43,585,753
5,524,177
$43,585,757
19
Death at a Funeral
Comedy
R
$42,739,347
5,416,901
$42,739,349
20
Vampires Suck
Comedy
PG-13
$36,661,504
4,646,578
$36,661,500
21
Marmaduke
Comedy
PG
$33,644,788
4,264,232
$33,644,790
22
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Comedy
PG-13
$31,611,316
4,006,504
$31,611,317
23
Morning Glory
Comedy
PG-13
$30,759,976
3,898,603
$30,759,978
24
Gulliver's Travels
Comedy
PG
$27,454,506
3,479,659
$27,454,510
25
Ramona and Beezus
Comedy
G
$26,167,002
3,316,477
$26,167,004
26
You Again
Comedy
PG
$25,702,053
3,257,548
$25,702,054
27
Lottery Ticket
Comedy
PG-13
$24,719,879
3,133,065
$24,719,883
28
The Spy Next Door
Comedy
PG
$24,307,106
3,080,749
$24,307,110
29
The Kids Are All Right
Comedy
R
$20,811,365
2,637,689
$20,811,366
30
Our Family Wedding
Comedy
PG-13
$20,255,281
2,567,209
$20,255,279
31
Furry Vengeance
Comedy
PG
$17,630,465
2,234,533
$17,630,465
32
Youth in Revolt
Comedy
R
$15,285,588
1,937,337
$15,285,589
33
MacGruber
Comedy
R
$8,525,600
1,080,558
$8,525,603
34
Cyrus
Comedy
R
$7,468,936
946,633
$7,468,934
35
City Island
Comedy
PG-13
$6,671,036
845,505
$6,671,034
36
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Comedy
PG-13
$6,363,628
806,543
$6,363,624
37
Old Dogs
Comedy
PG
$2,252,485
285,486
$2,252,485
38
3 Idiots
Comedy
PG-13
$1,776,771
225,193
$1,776,773
39
Micmacs
Comedy
R
$1,259,693
159,657
$1,259,694
40
Golmaal 3
Comedy
$1,132,192
143,497
$1,132,191
41
I Love You, Phillip Morris
Comedy
R
$1,126,302
142,751
$1,126,305
42
Tees Maar Khan
Comedy
$1,030,502
130,609
$1,030,505
43
Middle Men
Comedy
R
$754,301
95,602
$754,300
44
Couples Retreat
Comedy
PG-13
$693,900
87,947
$693,902
45
The Virginity Hit
Comedy
R
$636,706
80,698
$636,707
46
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Comedy
PG
$605,368
76,726
$605,368
47
Jack Goes Boating
Comedy
R
$541,992
68,694
$541,996
48
Khatta Meetha
Comedy
$541,904
68,682
$541,901
49
Tamara Drewe
Comedy
R
$526,639
66,748
$526,642
50
L'arnacouer
Comedy
$504,030
63,882
$504,029
51
Today's Special
Comedy
R
$317,831
40,283
$317,833
52
Tiny Furniture
Comedy
$286,707
36,338
$286,707
53
No Problem
Comedy
$285,468
36,181
$285,468
54
Le baiser du barbu
Comedy
$249,519
31,625
$249,521
55
Le baiser du barbu
Comedy
$249,519
31,625
$249,521
56
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
Comedy
$235,847
29,892
$235,848
57
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Comedy
R
$215,430
27,304
$215,429
58
Le Petit Nicolas
Comedy
$201,857
25,584
$201,858
59
A Town Called Panic
Comedy
$147,967
18,754
$147,969
60
Wild Target
Comedy
PG-13
$109,338
13,858
$109,340
61
The Romantics
Comedy
PG-13
$106,524
13,501
$106,523
62
Crazy on the Outside
Comedy
PG-13
$88,335
11,196
$88,336
63
Rosencrantz and Guildenstein are Undead
Comedy
$70,563
8,943
$70,560
64
Dulha Mil Gaya
Comedy
$67,511
8,557
$67,515
65
Patrik, Age 1.5
Comedy
Not Rated
$57,060
7,232
$57,060
66
A Serious Man
Comedy
R
$38,263
4,850
$38,267
67
Mystery Team
Comedy
R
$35,701
4,525
$35,702
68
36 vues du Pic Saint Loup
Comedy
$31,377
3,977
$31,379
69
Lbs.
Comedy
$29,866
3,785
$29,864
70
Expecting Mary
Comedy
PG
$28,700
3,638
$28,704
71
Tamo i ovde
Comedy
$24,460
3,100
$24,459
72
The Boat That Rocked
Comedy
R
$23,352
2,960
$23,354
73
Trash Humpers
Comedy
$21,826
2,766
$21,824
74
Daddy Longlegs
Comedy
$21,766
2,759
$21,769
75
Douchebag
Comedy
$20,615
2,613
$20,617
76
BoyBand
Comedy
$15,628
1,981
$15,630
77
Paper Man
Comedy
R
$15,389
1,950
$15,386
78
Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger
Comedy
PG-13
$15,222
1,929
$15,220
79
Violet Tendencies
Comedy
$11,863
1,503
$11,859
80
White Wedding
Comedy
PG-13
$11,711
1,484
$11,709
81
Misconceptions
Comedy
$6,892
874
$6,896
82
Beeswax
Comedy
$5,151
653
$5,152
83
The Winning Season
Comedy
PG-13
$5,000
634
$5,002
84
Big Fan
Comedy
R
$3,666
465
$3,669
85
My Year Without Sex
Comedy
$3,119
395
$3,117
86
The Slammin' Salmon
Comedy
R
$2,510
318
$2,509
87
El Súperstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Francés
Comedy
$2,330
295
$2,328
88
$9.99
Comedy
R
$544
69
$544
89
Bolt
Comedy
PG
$180
23
$181
90
To Die is Hard
Comedy
$112
14
$110
Total Gross of All Movies $2,206,245,103
Total Tickets Sold 279,625,494
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices $2,206,245,148
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2010.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2010.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2009 will most likely earn money in 2009 and 2010.
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.