Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2011
Rank Movie Genre MPAA 2011 Gross Tickets Sold Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1
The Hangover Part II
Comedy
R
$254,464,305
32,088,815
$253,180,750
2
Bridesmaids
Comedy
R
$169,211,718
21,338,174
$168,358,193
3
Horrible Bosses
Comedy
R
$117,538,559
14,822,012
$116,945,675
4
Hop
Comedy
PG
$108,085,305
13,629,925
$107,540,108
5
Bad Teacher
Comedy
R
$100,292,856
12,647,271
$99,786,968
6
Gnomeo and Juliet
Comedy
G
$99,967,670
12,606,264
$99,463,423
7
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Comedy
G
$97,848,114
12,338,980
$97,354,552
8
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Comedy
PG-13
$84,351,197
10,636,973
$83,925,717
9
The Muppets
Comedy
PG
$83,561,073
10,537,336
$83,139,581
10
Tower Heist
Comedy
PG-13
$76,802,225
9,685,022
$76,414,824
11
Jack and Jill
Comedy
PG
$71,750,037
9,047,924
$71,388,120
12
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Comedy
PG
$52,698,535
6,645,465
$52,432,719
13
The Dilemma
Comedy
PG-13
$48,475,290
6,112,899
$48,230,773
14
Little Fockers
Comedy
PG-13
$45,862,410
5,783,406
$45,631,073
15
Hall Pass
Comedy
R
$45,060,734
5,682,312
$44,833,442
16
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Comedy
PG-13
$37,915,414
4,781,263
$37,724,165
17
Paul
Comedy
R
$37,412,945
4,717,900
$37,224,231
18
The Change-Up
Comedy
R
$37,243,418
4,696,522
$37,055,559
19
30 Minutes or Less
Comedy
R
$37,053,924
4,672,626
$36,867,019
20
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Comedy
R
$34,928,545
4,404,608
$34,752,357
21
Arthur
Comedy
PG-13
$33,035,397
4,165,876
$32,868,762
22
The Sitter
Comedy
R
$26,816,340
3,381,632
$26,681,076
23
Our Idiot Brother
Comedy
R
$24,814,830
3,129,235
$24,689,664
24
Your Highness
Comedy
R
$21,596,445
2,723,385
$21,487,508
25
Gulliver's Travels
Comedy
PG
$15,324,755
1,932,504
$15,247,457
26
Young Adult
Comedy
R
$12,669,252
1,597,636
$12,605,348
27
Prom
Comedy
PG
$10,130,219
1,277,455
$10,079,120
28
I Don't Know How She Does It
Comedy
PG-13
$9,659,074
1,218,042
$9,610,351
29
Johnny English Reborn
Comedy
PG
$8,406,711
1,060,115
$8,364,307
30
The Big Year
Comedy
PG
$7,204,138
908,466
$7,167,797
31
Take Me Home Tonight
Comedy
$6,928,068
873,653
$6,893,122
32
Cedar Rapids
Comedy
R
$6,861,102
865,208
$6,826,491
33
The Guard
Comedy
R
$5,336,144
672,906
$5,309,228
34
Starbuck
Comedy
$3,450,087
435,068
$3,432,687
35
Le sens de l'humour
Comedy
$3,179,193
400,907
$3,163,156
36
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Comedy
R
$2,529,395
318,965
$2,516,634
37
The Trip
Comedy
$2,030,962
256,111
$2,020,716
38
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Comedy
PG
$1,953,539
246,348
$1,943,686
39
Potiche
Comedy
R
$1,618,844
204,142
$1,610,680
40
Delhi Belly
Comedy
$1,532,594
193,265
$1,524,861
41
Breakaway
Comedy
PG-13
$1,481,735
186,852
$1,474,262
42
Due Date
Comedy
R
$1,307,121
164,832
$1,300,524
43
Desi Boyz
Comedy
$1,066,167
134,447
$1,060,787
44
Yamla Pagla Deewana
Comedy
$971,240
122,477
$966,344
45
The Beaver
Comedy
PG-13
$970,816
122,423
$965,917
46
Redi
Comedy
$934,951
117,901
$930,239
47
I Love You, Phillip Morris
Comedy
R
$911,157
114,900
$906,561
48
Les femmes du 6ème étage
Comedy
$733,294
92,471
$729,596
49
Terri
Comedy
R
$655,802
82,699
$652,495
50
Double Dhamaal
Comedy
$543,646
68,556
$540,907
51
Le nom des gens
Comedy
R
$514,237
64,847
$511,643
52
Submarine
Comedy
R
$467,602
58,966
$465,242
53
Despicable Me
Comedy
PG
$310,760
39,188
$309,193
54
Morning Glory
Comedy
PG-13
$251,756
31,747
$250,484
55
Tanu Weds Manu
Comedy
$240,020
30,267
$238,807
56
Rien a declarer
Comedy
$182,295
22,988
$181,375
57
The Last Godfather
Comedy
PG-13
$164,247
20,712
$163,418
58
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Comedy
R
$154,604
19,496
$153,823
59
3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy
Comedy
$152,365
19,214
$151,598
60
Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji
Comedy
$139,770
17,625
$139,061
61
Wo Zhi Nv Ren Xin
Comedy
$123,527
15,577
$122,903
62
Jackass 3D
Comedy
R
$120,275
15,167
$119,668
63
Kaboom
Comedy
$118,919
14,996
$118,318
64
Tiny Furniture
Comedy
$104,967
13,237
$104,440
65
Henry's Crime
Comedy
R
$102,541
12,931
$102,026
66
A Little Help
Comedy
R
$96,868
12,215
$96,376
67
Evil Bong 3 The Wrath Of Bong!
Comedy
R
$91,260
11,508
$90,798
68
Dao Jian Xiao
Comedy
PG-13
$47,897
6,040
$47,656
69
Tees Maar Khan
Comedy
$45,764
5,771
$45,533
70
CornerStore
Comedy
$40,508
5,108
$40,302
71
Tamara Drewe
Comedy
R
$33,752
4,256
$33,580
72
Meet Monica Velour
Comedy
$33,042
4,167
$32,878
73
Octubre
Comedy
$32,127
4,051
$31,962
74
Cat Run
Comedy
$30,100
3,796
$29,950
75
Salvation Boulevard
Comedy
R
$28,004
3,531
$27,860
76
Caesar & Otto's Summer Camp Massacre
Comedy
$25,844
3,259
$25,714
77
The Other Woman
Comedy
R
$25,423
3,206
$25,295
78
Immigration Tango
Comedy
R
$24,554
3,096
$24,427
79
Bheja Fry 2
Comedy
$22,266
2,808
$22,155
80
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Comedy
R
$20,917
2,638
$20,814
81
The Chaperone
Comedy
PG-13
$14,400
1,816
$14,328
82
Peep World
Comedy
R
$14,351
1,810
$14,281
83
Sympathy for Delicious
Comedy
R
$13,826
1,744
$13,760
84
Elektra Luxx
Comedy
R
$11,514
1,452
$11,456
85
Matrimonio all'italiana
Comedy
$10,600
1,337
$10,549
86
Certifiably Jonathan
Comedy
$7,826
987
$7,787
87
Janie Jones
Comedy
$6,840
863
$6,809
88
Chillar Party
Comedy
$6,330
798
$6,296
89
The Worst Movie EVER!
Comedy
$5,303
669
$5,278
90
Flypaper
Comedy
$5,043
636
$5,018
91
The Catechism Cataclysm
Comedy
$4,373
551
$4,347
92
Fancypants
Comedy
PG-13
$4,227
533
$4,205
93
Loosies
Comedy
PG-13
$3,519
444
$3,503
94
Balls to the Wall
Comedy
R
$3,140
396
$3,124
95
To Die is Hard
Comedy
$1,938
244
$1,925
96
Love, Wedding, Marriage
Comedy
PG-13
$1,926
243
$1,917
97
36 vues du Pic Saint Loup
Comedy
$1,839
232
$1,830
98
They're Out of Business
Comedy
$1,655
209
$1,649
99
Violet Tendencies
Comedy
$1,442
182
$1,436
100
Rosencrantz and Guildenstein are Undead
Comedy
$444
56
$442
Total Gross of All Movies $1,859,044,039
Total Tickets Sold 234,431,784
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices $1,849,666,776
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2011.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2011.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
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.