Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2011

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2011 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	The Hangover Part II	5/26/2011	Warner Bros.	R	$254,464,305	32,088,815
2	Bridesmaids	5/13/2011	Universal	R	$169,211,718	21,338,174
3	Horrible Bosses	7/8/2011	Warner Bros.	R	$117,538,559	14,822,012
4	Hop	4/1/2011	Universal	PG	$108,085,305	13,629,925
5	Bad Teacher	6/24/2011	Sony Pictures	R	$100,292,856	12,647,271
6	Gnomeo and Juliet	2/11/2011	Walt Disney	G	$99,967,670	12,606,264
7	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	12/16/2011	20th Century Fox	G	$97,848,114	12,338,980
8	Crazy, Stupid, Love	7/29/2011	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$84,351,197	10,636,973
9	The Muppets	11/23/2011	Walt Disney	PG	$83,561,073	10,537,336
10	Tower Heist	11/4/2011	Universal	PG-13	$76,802,225	9,685,022
11	Jack and Jill	11/11/2011	Sony Pictures	PG	$71,750,037	9,047,924
12	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	3/25/2011	20th Century Fox	PG	$52,698,535	6,645,465
13	The Dilemma	1/14/2011	Universal	PG-13	$48,475,290	6,112,899
14	Little Fockers	12/22/2010	Universal	PG-13	$45,862,410	5,783,406
15	Hall Pass	2/25/2011	Warner Bros.	R	$45,060,734	5,682,312
16	Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son	2/18/2011	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$37,915,414	4,781,263
17	Paul	3/18/2011	Universal	R	$37,412,945	4,717,900
18	The Change-Up	8/5/2011	Universal	R	$37,243,418	4,696,522
19	30 Minutes or Less	8/12/2011	Sony Pictures	R	$37,053,924	4,672,626
20	A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas	11/4/2011	Warner Bros.	R	$34,928,545	4,404,608
21	Arthur	4/8/2011	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$33,035,397	4,165,876
22	The Sitter	12/9/2011	20th Century Fox	R	$26,816,340	3,381,632
23	Our Idiot Brother	8/26/2011	Weinstein Co.	R	$24,814,830	3,129,235
24	Your Highness	4/8/2011	Universal	R	$21,596,445	2,723,385
25	Gulliver's Travels	12/25/2010	20th Century Fox	PG	$15,324,755	1,932,504
26	Young Adult	12/9/2011	Paramount Pictures	R	$12,669,252	1,597,636
27	Prom	4/29/2011	Walt Disney	PG	$10,130,219	1,277,455
28	I Don't Know How She Does It	9/16/2011	Weinstein Co.	PG-13	$9,659,074	1,218,042
29	Johnny English Reborn	10/21/2011	Universal	PG	$8,406,711	1,060,115
30	The Big Year	10/14/2011	20th Century Fox	PG	$7,204,138	908,466
31	Take Me Home Tonight	3/4/2011	Relativity	R	$6,928,068	873,653
32	Cedar Rapids	2/11/2011	Fox Searchlight	R	$6,861,102	865,208
33	The Guard	7/29/2011	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$5,336,144	672,906
34	Starbuck	7/29/2011	Entertainment One	R	$3,450,087	435,068
35	Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star	9/9/2011	Sony Pictures	R	$2,529,395	318,965
36	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	7/30/2010	Warner Bros.	PG	$1,953,539	246,348
37	Potiche	3/25/2011	Music Box Films	R	$1,618,844	204,142
38	Breakaway	9/30/2011	Alliance Films	PG-13	$1,481,735	186,852
39	Due Date	11/5/2010	Warner Bros.	R	$1,307,121	164,832
40	The Beaver	5/6/2011	Summit Entertainment	PG-13	$970,816	122,423
41	I Love You, Phillip Morris	12/3/2010	Roadside Attractions	R	$911,157	114,900
42	Terri	7/1/2011	ATO Pictures	R	$655,802	82,699
43	Le nom des gens	6/24/2011	Music Box Films	R	$514,237	64,847
44	Submarine	6/3/2011	Weinstein Co.	R	$467,602	58,966
45	Despicable Me	7/9/2010	Universal	PG	$310,760	39,188
46	Morning Glory	11/10/2010	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$251,756	31,747
47	The Last Godfather	4/1/2011	Roadside Attractions	PG-13	$164,247	20,712
48	A Good Old Fashioned Orgy	9/2/2011	Samuel Goldwyn Films	R	$154,604	19,496
49	Jackass 3D	10/15/2010	Paramount Pictures	R	$120,275	15,167
50	Henry's Crime	4/8/2011	Motion Pictures Film and Television	R	$102,541	12,931
51	A Little Help	7/22/2011	Freestyle Releasing	R	$96,868	12,215
52	Evil Bong 3 The Wrath Of Bong!	4/9/2011	Full Moon Features	R	$91,260	11,508
53	Dao Jian Xiao	3/18/2011	China Lion Film Distribution	PG-13	$47,897	6,040
54	Tamara Drewe	10/8/2010	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$33,752	4,256
55	Salvation Boulevard	7/15/2011	IFC Films	R	$28,004	3,531
56	The Other Woman	2/4/2011	IFC Films	R	$25,423	3,206
57	Immigration Tango	2/18/2011	Roadside Attractions	R	$24,554	3,096
58	Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale	12/3/2010	Oscilloscope Pictures	R	$20,917	2,638
59	The Chaperone	2/18/2011	Samuel Goldwyn Films	PG-13	$14,400	1,816
60	Peep World	3/25/2011	IFC Films	R	$14,351	1,810
61	Sympathy for Delicious	4/29/2011	Maya Releasing	R	$13,826	1,744
62	Elektra Luxx	3/11/2011	Samuel Goldwyn Films	R	$11,514	1,452
63	Fancypants	9/30/2011	Humble Pie Films	PG-13	$4,227	533
64	Loosies	1/11/2012	IFC Films	PG-13	$3,519	444
65	Balls to the Wall	10/21/2011	Midwest Movies	R	$3,140	396
66	To Die is Hard	12/17/2010	Driving With Our Eyes Shut	Not Rated	$1,938	244
67	Love, Wedding, Marriage	6/3/2011	IFC Films	PG-13	$1,926	243
Total Gross of All Movies					$1,846,708,783
Total Tickets Sold						232,876,265

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.