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Black Comedy Movie Index


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

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

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

The table below lists the top-grossing Black Comedy movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Black Comedy films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Black 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    13      
2024 Annual Stats  7    $12,238,324  Wicked Little Letters
2023 Annual Stats  17  $86,203,077  $127,226,493  Cocaine Bear
2022 Annual Stats  19  $22,800,000  $114,148,190  The Menu
2021 Annual Stats  18  $5,000,000  $7,553,050  Zola
2020 Annual Stats  20    $20,736,814  Promising Young Woman
2019 Annual Stats  26  $10,600,000  $445,238,559  Parasite (기생충)
2018 Annual Stats  23  $26,640,000  $319,045,891  The Favourite
2017 Annual Stats  28  $14,100,000  $338,389,040  Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2016 Annual Stats  13  $21,740,000  $146,622,972  War Dogs
2015 Annual Stats  36  $10,125,000  $39,446,569  American Ultra
2014 Annual Stats  24  $14,120,000  $261,272,151  Horrible Bosses 2
2013 Annual Stats  23  $33,400,000  $808,051,869  The Wolf of Wall Street
2012 Annual Stats  24  $26,614,286  $292,572,587  Dark Shadows
2011 Annual Stats  20  $13,428,571  $174,432,547  50/50
2010 Annual Stats  12  $9,897,143  $172,533,814  Kick-Ass
2009 Annual Stats  12  $11,887,500  $142,144,254  The Men Who Stare at Goats
2008 Annual Stats  9  $13,900,000  $211,200,496  Burn After Reading
2007 Annual Stats  6  $6,217,500  $56,745,141  Death at a Funeral
2006 Annual Stats  6  $8,750,000  $63,659,782  Thank You For Smoking
2005 Annual Stats  11  $17,500,000  $32,043,419  The Matador
2004 Annual Stats  6  $40,000,000  $204,891,894  The Stepford Wives
2003 Annual Stats  4  $20,666,667  $87,395,286  Bad Santa
2002 Annual Stats  5  $33,000,000  $30,559,513  The Rules of Attraction
2001 Annual Stats  7  $29,300,000  $109,562,976  The Royal Tenenbaums
2000 Annual Stats  6  $20,500,000  $168,183,644  Snatch
1999 Annual Stats  13  $13,635,000  $279,219,249  Three Kings
1998 Annual Stats  12  $11,062,500  $138,695,389  The Players Club
1997 Annual Stats  8  $6,008,333  $47,131,100  Grosse Pointe Blank
1996 Annual Stats  8  $33,800,000  $334,147,793  Striptease
1995 Annual Stats  4  $13,000,000  $35,353,760  To Die For
1994    6  $13,000,000  $81,051,121  Natural Born Killers
1993    7  $47,000,000  $97,447,680  Addams Family Values
1992    3  $31,500,000  $178,014,455  Death Becomes Her
1991    6  $2,500,000  $57,648,161  Problem Child 2
1990    9    $157,885,223  Problem Child
1989    9  $2,300,000  $140,333,441  The War of the Roses
1988    4    $7,180,751  Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
1987    4    $117,146,751  The Witches of Eastwick
1986    5  $475,000  $106,399,152  Ruthless People
1985    5  $9,750,000  $57,556,219  Prizzi's Honor
1984    1    $6,139,896  The Pope of Greenwich Village
1983    1    $2,536,242  The King of Comedy
1982    5    $36,947,552  Deathtrap
1981    2    $44,783,293  Neighbors
1976    1  $3,000,000  $13,200,000  Family Plot
1974    2    $610  Phantom Of The Paradise
1971    2    $1,551  Harold and Maude
1970    2  $10,750,000  $106,511,670  M*A*S*H
1967    2    $34,774  La Chinoise
1966    2    $39,736,689  Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
1965    1    $12,000,000  How to Murder Your Wife
1964    1  $1,800,000  $9,240,557  Dr. Strangelove
1962    1      
1955    1  $1,200,000  $7,000,000  The Trouble with Harry
1949    1    $90,955  Kind Hearts and Coronets
1947    1    $66,081  Monsieur Verdoux
1944    1      
Total  525  $17,950,021  $6,499,467,375  The Wolf of Wall Street

The table below shows the highest-grossing Black 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 Black Comedy movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
1  2    $6,388  100 Bloody Acres
3  1  $28,000,000  $41,146,935  30 Minutes or Less
4  1      
5  1  $8,000,000  $41,334,735  50/50
8  1  $3,000,000  $4,002,884  8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
A  25  $20,005,556  $483,333,100  American Hustle
B  51  $17,600,000  $601,656,506  Burn After Reading
C  26  $25,000,000  $314,360,947  The Cable Guy
D  44  $23,173,529  $633,163,665  Dark Shadows
E  9  $11,500,000  $44,334,009  Election
F  25  $12,525,000  $237,890,239  The Favourite
G  16  $8,860,000  $91,233,867  Grosse Pointe Blank
H  23  $17,916,667  $169,912,520  Horrible Bosses 2
I  18  $8,675,000  $152,145,415  I, Tonya
J  12  $8,500,000  $129,585,209  Jojo Rabbit
K  17  $21,000,000  $112,211,997  Kick-Ass
L  24  $14,083,333  $154,535,727  The Ladykillers
M  35  $32,142,857  $429,440,840  Mars Attacks!
N  12  $26,000,000  $191,530,985  The Nice Guys
O  8  $10,966,667  $66,813,584  Observe and Report
P  28  $6,950,000  $472,075,930  Parasite (기생충)
R  25  $20,025,385  $346,428,677  Ruthless People
S  51  $17,900,000  $481,267,864  Striptease
T  32  $12,707,500  $467,429,440  Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
U  4    $424,034  Undir trénu
V  7  $25,333,333  $107,284,764  Vice
W  20  $28,800,000  $711,875,302  The Wolf of Wall Street
Y  4  $4,000,000  $8,651,874  Your Friends and Neighbors
Z  3  $5,000,000  $5,317,953  Zola