Box Office History for Black Comedy Movies

Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year

Top-Grossing Movies 1995-2013, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Distributor	MPAA Rating	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Dark Shadows	May 11, 2012	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$79,727,149	$79,727,149
2	Bad Santa	Nov 26, 2003	Miramax/Dimension	R	$60,060,328	$78,463,486
3	The Royal Tenenbaums	Dec 14, 2001	Walt Disney	R	$52,353,636	$71,484,749
4	Burn After Reading	Sep 12, 2008	Focus Features	R	$60,355,347	$66,323,632
5	Grosse Pointe Blank	Apr 11, 1997	Walt Disney	R	$28,084,357	$48,256,463
6	Kick-Ass	Apr 16, 2010	Lionsgate	R	$48,071,303	$48,071,303
7	Snatch	Dec 8, 2000	Sony Pictures	R	$30,093,107	$41,952,203
8	To Die For	Sep 27, 1995	Sony Pictures	R	$21,284,514	$38,116,251
9	Nurse Betty	Sep 8, 2000	USA Films	R	$25,170,054	$36,840,398
10	Being John Malkovich	Oct 29, 1999	USA Films	R	$22,858,926	$35,091,083
11	50/50	Sep 30, 2011	Summit Entertainment	R	$35,016,118	$35,014,192
12	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Nov 6, 2009	Overture Films	R	$32,428,195	$34,093,156
13	Thank You For Smoking	Mar 17, 2006	Fox Searchlight	R	$24,793,509	$29,865,772
14	Rushmore	Dec 11, 1998	Walt Disney	R	$17,105,219	$26,558,363
15	Go!	Apr 9, 1999	Sony Pictures	R	$16,875,273	$26,158,616
16	Bringing Out The Dead	Oct 22, 1999	Paramount Pictures	R	$16,640,210	$25,829,840
17	Dead Man on Campus	Aug 21, 1998	Paramount Pictures	R	$15,064,948	$25,340,352
18	Election	Apr 23, 1999	Paramount Pictures	R	$14,943,582	$23,110,173
19	American Psycho	Apr 14, 2000	Lionsgate	R	$15,070,285	$22,026,742
20	Home Fries	Nov 25, 1998	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$10,513,979	$17,523,927
21	Adventureland	Apr 3, 2009	Miramax	R	$16,044,025	$16,878,312
22	Office Space	Feb 19, 1999	Miramax	R	$10,827,813	$16,812,722
23	Very Bad Things	Nov 25, 1998	Polygram	R	$9,949,470	$16,489,563
24	Death to Smoochy	Mar 29, 2002	Warner Bros.	R	$8,355,815	$11,347,224
25	The Ice Harvest	Nov 23, 2005	Focus Features	R	$9,016,782	$10,855,283
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	3	0.43%	$22,883,645	5,260,609	$41,664,023	To Die For	$20,887,407
1996	3	0.05%	$2,564,512	580,207	$4,595,239	Faithful	$2,101,580
1997	5	0.57%	$37,178,602	8,099,913	$64,151,311	Grosse Pointe Blank	$28,073,151
1998	6	0.68%	$45,982,332	9,804,334	$77,650,325	Dead Man on Campus	$15,062,898
1999	9	1.39%	$101,450,175	19,970,506	$158,166,408	Being John Malkovich	$18,243,969
2000	7	0.68%	$51,170,528	9,493,603	$75,189,336	Nurse Betty	$25,167,270
2001	3	0.58%	$47,122,178	8,325,473	$65,937,746	Snatch	$30,055,445
2002	4	0.63%	$57,640,692	9,920,945	$78,573,884	The Royal Tenenbaums	$41,563,435
2003	2	0.61%	$56,974,677	9,448,537	$74,832,413	Bad Santa	$56,909,596
2004	3	0.06%	$5,274,519	849,359	$6,726,923	Bad Santa	$3,148,043
2005	6	0.10%	$9,312,189	1,452,759	$11,505,851	The Ice Harvest	$8,819,059
2006	5	0.35%	$32,134,153	4,905,978	$38,855,346	Thank You For Smoking	$24,793,509
2007	2	0.03%	$2,429,282	353,093	$2,796,497	You Kill Me	$2,426,851
2008	5	0.62%	$61,581,866	8,576,862	$67,928,747	Burn After Reading	$60,355,347
2009	6	0.51%	$54,218,510	7,229,134	$57,254,741	The Men Who Stare at Goats	$32,018,431
2010	8	0.47%	$49,087,552	6,221,489	$49,274,193	Kick-Ass	$48,071,303
2011	9	0.35%	$35,730,791	4,505,775	$35,685,738	50/50	$35,014,192
2012	13	0.86%	$92,398,481	11,800,560	$93,460,435	Dark Shadows	$79,727,149
2013	3	0.00%	$159,884	20,135	$159,469	John Dies at the End	$141,951

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