Box Office History for 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	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Nov 17, 2000	Universal	PG	$260,044,825	$380,173,811
2	Meet the Fockers	Dec 22, 2004	Universal	PG-13	$279,167,575	$350,064,680
3	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Jun 10, 1999	New Line	PG-13	$206,040,085	$319,883,268
4	Bruce Almighty	May 23, 2003	Universal	PG-13	$242,704,995	$317,564,216
5	Liar Liar	Mar 21, 1997	Universal	PG-13	$181,410,615	$311,810,362
6	Night at the Museum	Dec 22, 2006	20th Century Fox	PG	$250,863,268	$295,044,933
7	Cars	Jun 9, 2006	Walt Disney	G	$244,082,982	$293,981,124
8	The Hangover	Jun 5, 2009	Warner Bros.	R	$277,322,503	$291,743,275
9	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Jul 25, 2002	New Line	PG-13	$213,117,789	$289,362,239
10	The Waterboy	Nov 6, 1998	Walt Disney	PG-13	$161,491,646	$270,191,732
11	The Wedding Crashers	Jul 15, 2005	New Line	R	$209,218,368	$257,524,637
12	The Hangover Part II	May 26, 2011	Warner Bros.	R	$254,464,305	$254,464,305
13	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Jul 15, 2005	Warner Bros.	PG	$206,459,076	$254,125,002
14	Big Daddy	Jun 25, 1999	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$163,479,795	$253,908,579
15	Despicable Me	Jul 9, 2010	Universal	PG	$251,513,985	$251,513,985
16	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Dec 14, 2007	20th Century Fox	PG	$217,326,974	$246,179,062
17	Meet the Parents	Oct 6, 2000	Universal	PG-13	$166,225,040	$242,981,726
18	Doctor Dolittle	Jun 26, 1998	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$144,156,605	$242,514,646
19	101 Dalmatians	Nov 27, 1996	Walt Disney	G	$136,189,294	$240,974,100
20	Ratatouille	Jun 29, 2007	Walt Disney	G	$206,445,654	$236,752,358
21	The Nutty Professor	Jun 28, 1996	Universal	PG-13	$128,814,019	$229,862,021
22	Scary Movie	Jul 7, 2000	Miramax/Dimension	R	$157,019,771	$229,815,770
23	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	Dec 23, 2009	20th Century Fox	PG	$219,614,612	$227,722,292
24	Elf	Nov 7, 2003	New Line	PG	$173,398,518	$226,765,756
25	The Birdcage	Mar 8, 1996	MGM	R	$124,060,553	$221,241,028
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	$2,077,813,061	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	$104,355,781
1996	84	25.68%	$1,435,788,844	324,839,101	$2,572,725,680	The Nutty Professor	$128,769,345
1997	80	24.76%	$1,611,560,108	351,102,419	$2,780,731,158	Liar Liar	$181,395,380
1998	83	17.29%	$1,171,683,515	249,825,908	$1,978,621,191	The Waterboy	$150,037,914
1999	77	22.15%	$1,617,033,056	318,313,598	$2,521,043,696	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	$205,957,794
2000	81	27.18%	$2,032,641,817	377,113,511	$2,986,739,007	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$253,367,455
2001	91	21.17%	$1,720,770,449	304,023,049	$2,407,862,548	American Pie 2	$145,096,820
2002	87	20.91%	$1,920,712,286	330,587,311	$2,618,251,503	Austin Powers in Goldmember	$213,079,163
2003	87	25.98%	$2,429,347,370	402,876,842	$3,190,784,589	Bruce Almighty	$242,701,167
2004	131	22.36%	$2,036,660,234	327,964,606	$2,597,479,680	Meet the Fockers	$162,461,370
2005	136	26.38%	$2,355,731,745	367,508,853	$2,910,670,116	The Wedding Crashers	$209,218,368
2006	139	32.64%	$3,020,164,530	461,093,820	$3,651,863,054	Cars	$244,052,771
2007	144	23.59%	$2,271,166,643	330,111,429	$2,614,482,518	Ratatouille	$206,445,654
2008	140	28.67%	$2,851,235,584	397,108,028	$3,145,095,582	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	$177,016,810
2009	103	20.71%	$2,205,311,193	294,041,489	$2,328,808,593	The Hangover	$277,322,503
2010	89	21.05%	$2,205,995,583	279,593,869	$2,214,383,442	Despicable Me	$251,203,225
2011	100	18.22%	$1,859,044,039	234,431,784	$1,856,699,729	The Hangover Part II	$254,464,305
2012	103	15.27%	$1,635,193,859	208,810,758	$1,653,781,203	Ted	$218,665,740
2013	45	10.66%	$387,413,809	48,796,451	$386,467,892	Identity Thief	$133,967,450

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