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Comedy Movie Index


Find below a breakdown of all Comedy movies by year and first letter.

See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Comedy Movies - Top Domestic Comedy Movies - Top International Comedy Movies - Top Worldwide Comedy Movies - Top Domestic Comedy Stars - Top International Comedy Stars - Top Worldwide Comedy Stars

  1. Index of Movies by Year
  2. Alphabetical Movie Index

The table below lists the top-grossing Comedy movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Comedy films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Comedy movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.

YearAnnual
Stats
Total
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
TBD    210      
2029    7      
2025    4      
2024 Annual Stats  261  $30,000,000  $1,074,964,016  YOLO (热辣滚烫)
2023 Annual Stats  735  $56,953,445  $3,590,353,200  Barbie
2022 Annual Stats  673  $37,760,606  $2,525,878,430  Du Xing Yue Qiu (独行月球)
2021 Annual Stats  427  $44,275,018  $954,578,728  Cruella
2020 Annual Stats  487  $13,776,500  $939,022,715  Wen Nuan De Bao Bao
2019 Annual Stats  532  $24,327,778  $2,943,839,264  Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
2018 Annual Stats  610  $23,320,000  $3,456,581,637  Green Book
2017 Annual Stats  514  $25,260,870  $3,182,739,559  Never Say Die
2016 Annual Stats  515  $22,002,439  $3,590,486,001  Ghostbusters
2015 Annual Stats  438  $19,038,511  $4,468,167,433  Pitch Perfect 2
2014 Annual Stats  202  $15,253,333  $3,215,640,517  22 Jump Street
2013 Annual Stats  180  $21,008,143  $3,443,725,217  The Hangover 3
2012 Annual Stats  189  $19,895,003  $3,952,831,054  Ted
2011 Annual Stats  161  $29,688,889  $3,476,697,566  The Hangover Part II
2010 Annual Stats  118  $28,146,429  $2,677,815,514  Little Fockers
2009 Annual Stats  130  $28,246,786  $2,854,015,863  The Hangover
2008 Annual Stats  191  $24,548,672  $3,935,584,273  Sex and the City
2007 Annual Stats  179  $21,909,417  $2,900,889,472  Wild Hogs
2006 Annual Stats  124  $19,510,481  $2,927,849,484  The Devil Wears Prada
2005 Annual Stats  119  $33,091,154  $2,691,870,248  Wedding Crashers
2004 Annual Stats  109  $26,029,545  $2,373,169,428  Meet the Fockers
2003 Annual Stats  95  $25,468,500  $3,305,106,512  Bruce Almighty
2002 Annual Stats  74  $20,725,641  $1,742,525,397  Austin Powers in Goldmember
2001 Annual Stats  75  $25,083,333  $2,259,635,619  American Pie 2
2000 Annual Stats  72  $25,494,222  $2,647,154,432  Meet the Parents
1999 Annual Stats  62  $23,658,061  $1,648,767,769  Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1998 Annual Stats  76  $18,852,941  $1,551,619,729  Doctor Dolittle
1997 Annual Stats  72  $26,434,842  $2,233,021,954  Liar Liar
1996 Annual Stats  70  $20,744,444  $1,691,830,553  The Nutty Professor
1995 Annual Stats  56  $20,355,000  $1,555,316,948  Casper
1994    70  $23,918,167  $2,121,753,310  The Flintstones
1993    47  $18,650,000  $1,765,378,350  Mrs. Doubtfire
1992    60  $21,888,889  $1,832,274,983  Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1991    53  $14,904,600  $1,307,843,994  The Addams Family
1990    55  $21,918,571  $1,336,122,923  Home Alone
1989    61  $16,800,000  $1,548,752,704  Look Who's Talking
1988    72  $24,625,000  $2,320,932,664  Rain Man
1987    66  $18,528,571  $1,489,492,709  Beverly Hills Cop II
1986    53  $16,995,000  $1,195,750,057  Crocodile Dundee
1985    50    $672,181,465  Cocoon
1984    51  $11,833,333  $1,390,017,508  Beverly Hills Cop
1983    42  $8,416,667  $707,314,105  Trading Places
1982    43  $6,700,000  $696,457,619  Tootsie
1981    29  $9,425,000  $488,239,841  Stripes
1980    39  $9,257,667  $899,356,110  Nine to Five
1979    30  $16,166,667  $402,395,564  1941
1978    18  $9,000,000  $552,968,557  National Lampoon's Animal House
1977    7  $600,000  $223,740,624  Smokey and the Bandit
1976    11  $4,400,000  $177,778,021  The Bad News Bears
1975    17  $2,800,000  $194,185,243  Shampoo
1974    10  $2,700,000  $236,254,779  Blazing Saddles
1973    11  $3,750,000  $219,033,232  The Sting
1972    10  $2,000,000  $75,446,478  What's Up, Doc?
1971    4  $2,000,000  $807  Trafic
1970    19  $1,000,000  $35,846,521  The Boatniks
1969    14    $88,779,548  The Love Bug
1968    14    $187,402,275  Funny Girl
1967    7  $12,000,000  $150,289,447  The Graduate
1966    13    $56,892,692  The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
1965    12    $94,673,783  That Darn Cat!
1964    11  $560,000  $43,375,202  A Shot in the Dark
1963    9    $1,594,797  Fun in Acapulco
1962    6    $9,230,769  Bon Voyage!
1961    9    $74,802,464  The Parent Trap
1960    7    $15,431,539  Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1958    5    $23,319,421  Auntie Mame
1957    6    $2,144  A King in New York
1956    4    $4,550,850  Bus Stop
1955    2    $42,564  The Ladykillers
1954    6    $3,684,873  Casanova's Big Night
1952    5    $270  Monkey Business
1951    6    $6,031  The Man in the White Suit
1950    2    $10,135,000  Father of the Bride
1949    7    $11,321  Rendez-vous de juillet
1948    3    $44  The Bishop's Wife
1947    6      
1946    6      
1945    6      
1944    2    $16,300,000  Going My Way
1943    3      
1942    3      
1941    7    $4,000,000  Buck Privates
1940    7    $3,252,291  Road to Singapore
1939    6    $277,699  The Rules of the Game
1938    4    $45,922  Block-Heads
1937    3      
1936    9  $1,500,000  $270,051  Modern Times
1935    5      
1934    5      
1933    7  $200,000  $2,200,000  She Done Him Wrong
1932    1      
1931    5    $60,731  City Lights
1930    2      
1929    1      
1928    5    $4,121  Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1927    3      
1926    4      
1925    1      
1924    1      
1923    1      
1921    1    $2,641,588  The Kid
1919    1      
Total  8,948  $23,239,771  $102,494,474,137  Barbie

The table below shows the highest-grossing Comedy movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Comedy movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
(  3    $1,989,212  (Nie)znajomi
1  34  $36,000,000  $297,381,755  17 Again
2  23  $25,011,000  $654,260,730  22 Jump Street
3  27  $9,500,000  $355,147,865  3 Men and a Baby
4  15  $13,650,000  $177,827,602  The 40 Year-old Virgin
5  7    $8,951,381  5×2
6  4    $14,469,799  6/45
7  16    $133,690,692  7-beon-bang-ui seon-mul
8  6  $28,000,000  $50,451,408  80 for Brady
9  4    $132,569,972  Nine to Five
A  509  $27,458,644  $4,904,344,174  Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
B  706  $24,317,857  $11,561,868,867  Barbie
C  623  $21,374,589  $5,411,988,265  Crocodile Dundee
D  494  $27,742,424  $6,623,659,668  Du Xing Yue Qiu (独行月球)
E  240  $22,837,037  $2,180,002,454  Eiga Slam Dunk
F  385  $23,310,592  $4,866,573,616  The Flintstones
G  352  $29,785,897  $5,621,106,877  Green Book
H  402  $24,191,699  $6,382,595,345  The Hangover Part II
I  246  $21,988,750  $2,612,473,111  Les Intouchables
J  164  $23,936,400  $2,840,145,501  Ji Su Shi Ke (这个杀手不太冷静)
K  246  $21,347,070  $1,534,589,941  Kindergarten Cop
L  385  $25,506,667  $3,845,836,474  Little Fockers
M  710  $22,617,809  $7,438,980,855  Meet the Fockers
N  276  $19,148,586  $3,341,164,523  Never Say Die
O  211  $26,395,238  $1,850,197,482  The Other Woman
P  469  $20,884,106  $4,816,492,365  Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
Q  43  $11,000,000  $732,155,714  Qian Ren 3: Yan Zhi Da Zuo Zhan
R  273  $23,141,176  $2,821,451,560  Rain Man
S  855  $20,174,584  $8,399,542,279  Sex and the City
T  466  $19,524,412  $4,266,648,597  Ted
U  110  $23,850,000  $589,582,622  The Upside
V  180  $11,345,848  $1,022,598,726  Vicky Cristina Barcelona
W  269  $21,049,551  $3,755,588,792  Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
X  18    $796,610,754  Xióng Chū Mò Bàn Wǒ Xióng Xīn (熊出没·伴我“熊芯”)
Y  117  $36,981,818  $1,888,310,249  YOLO (热辣滚烫)
Z  60  $25,657,143  $563,224,910  Zombieland: Double Tap