Box Office History for Genre - Comedy

Ticket Sales and Market Share History

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	1/25/1961	$153,000,000	$1,592,086,953
2	The Graduate	Embassy	12/21/1967	$104,397,102	$624,642,660
3	Ghostbusters	Sony Pictures	6/8/1984	$238,632,124	$471,947,166
4	Home Alone	20th Century Fox	11/16/1990	$285,761,243	$470,553,161
5	American Graffiti	Universal	8/11/1973	$115,000,000	$466,497,172
6	Blazing Saddles	Warner Bros.	1/1/1974	$119,500,000	$458,828,875
7	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	12/17/1982	$177,200,000	$408,092,539
8	Mrs. Doubtfire	20th Century Fox	11/24/1993	$219,195,051	$381,738,033
9	Aladdin	Buena Vista	11/11/1992	$217,350,219	$361,255,762
10	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	11/17/2000	$260,044,825	$345,962,987
11	Crocodile Dundee	Paramount Pictures	9/26/1986	$174,803,506	$320,916,505
12	Meet the Fockers	Universal	12/22/2004	$279,167,575	$318,563,295
13	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	6/8/1984	$148,168,459	$316,512,530
14	Rain Man	MGM	12/16/1988	$172,825,435	$300,276,417
15	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	20th Century Fox	11/20/1992	$173,585,516	$294,228,753
16	3 Men and a Baby	Buena Vista	11/25/1987	$167,780,960	$294,030,298
17	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	6/10/1999	$206,040,085	$291,097,828
18	Bruce Almighty	Universal	5/23/2003	$242,704,995	$288,987,461
19	Liar Liar	Universal	3/21/1997	$181,410,615	$283,751,381
20	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	6/5/2009	$277,076,936	$277,069,724
21	Night at the Museum	20th Century Fox	12/22/2006	$250,863,268	$268,494,628
22	Cars	Buena Vista	6/9/2006	$244,082,982	$267,526,549
23	Who Framed Roger Rabbit?	Buena Vista	6/22/1988	$154,112,492	$265,545,802
24	The Absent Minded Professor	Buena Vista	3/16/1961	$25,381,407	$264,113,773
25	Austin Powers in Goldmember	New Line	7/25/2002	$213,117,789	$263,323,305
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

Year	Movies in Release	Market Share	Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross	Top-Grossing Movie	Gross that Year
1995	65	21.57%	$1,141,223,077	262,350,134	$1,804,968,922	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	$104,355,781
1996	84	25.67%	$1,435,391,376	324,749,175	$2,234,274,324	The Nutty Professor	$128,769,345
1997	79	24.76%	$1,611,425,441	351,073,080	$2,415,382,790	Liar Liar	$181,395,380
1998	83	17.30%	$1,171,683,515	249,825,908	$1,718,802,247	The Waterboy	$150,037,914
1999	76	22.15%	$1,617,025,219	318,312,055	$2,189,986,938	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	$205,957,794
2000	80	27.17%	$2,032,567,757	377,099,771	$2,594,446,424	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$253,367,455
2001	90	22.85%	$1,857,618,094	328,201,078	$2,258,023,417	American Pie 2	$145,096,820
2002	87	21.41%	$1,967,012,450	338,556,358	$2,329,267,743	Austin Powers in Goldmember	$213,079,163
2003	87	26.59%	$2,486,254,533	412,314,183	$2,836,721,579	Bruce Almighty	$242,701,167
2004	132	22.02%	$2,039,808,287	328,471,539	$2,259,884,188	Meet the Fockers	$162,461,370
2005	136	26.33%	$2,355,731,745	367,508,853	$2,528,460,909	The Wedding Crashers	$209,218,368
2006	139	32.64%	$3,020,164,530	461,093,820	$3,172,325,482	Cars	$244,052,771
2007	144	23.54%	$2,271,166,543	330,111,414	$2,271,166,528	Ratatouille	$206,445,654
2008	138	30.26%	$2,980,627,009	415,129,117	$2,856,088,325	WALL-E	$223,806,889
2009	88	22.54%	$1,966,639,706	273,905,254	$1,884,468,148	The Hangover	$277,069,721

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