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List of highest-grossing live-action comedy films

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This is a list of the highest-grossing comedy films, animated films do not count as they have their own list; see List of highest-grossing animated films.

Highest-grossing comedy films

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The following is a list of highest grossing comedy films of all time. Only Barbie sits along the highest grossing films of all time being 14th place. 2018 was the most frequent year with 3 films. 50% of films have placed since 2000 and all had a theatrical run since 1987. Meet the Parents is the most frequent franchise with 3 films.

  Indicates films playing in theaters as of 6 October 2023
Rank Film Gross Year Ref
1 Barbie $1,445,636,220 2023 [1]
2 Deadpool & Wolverine $1,338,057,499 2024 [2]
3 Hi, Mom $841,674,419 2021 [3]
4 Deadpool 2 $785,046,920 2018 [4]
5 Deadpool $783,112,979 2016 [5]
6 Detective Chinatown 3 $686,257,563 2021 [6]
7 Men in Black 3 $624,026,776 2012 [7]
8 Men in Black $589,390,539 1997 [8]
8 The Hangover Part II $586,764,305 2011 [9]
9 The Mermaid $553,810,228 2016 [10]
10 Ted $549,368,315 2012 [11]
11 Detective Chinatown 2 $544,185,156 2018 [12]
12 Meet the Fockers $522,657,936 2004 [13]
13 The Intouchables $484,873,045 2011 [14]
14 Bruce Almighty $484,592,874 2003 [15]
15 Home Alone $477,063,114 1990 [16]
16 The Hangover $469,310,836 2009 [17]
17 Moon Man $460,237,662 2022 [18]
18 Mrs. Doubtfire $441,286,195 1993 [19]
19 Sex and the City $418,765,321 2008 [20]
19 Back to the Future $389,053,797 1985 [21]
20 Hitch $371,594,210 2005 [22]
21 The Hangover Part III $362,000,072 2013 [23]
22 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York $358,994,850 1992 [24]
23 Rain Man $354,825,435 1988 [25]
24 The Mask $351,583,407 1994 [26]
25 The Flintstones $341,631,208 1994 [27]
26 Never Say Die $334,530,869 2017 [28]
27 Back to the Future Part II $331,950,002 1989 [29]
28 22 Jump Street $331,333,876 2014 [30]
29 Meet the Parents $330,444,045 2000 [31]
30 Green Book $329,704,599 2018 [32]
31 Crocodile Dundee $328,203,506 1986 [33]
32 Crazy Alien $327,598,891 2019 [34]
33 The Devil Wears Prada $326,706,115 2006 [35]
34 Green Book $321,752,656 2018 [36]
35 Beverly Hills Cop $316,360,478 1984 [37]
36 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me $312,016,928 1999 [38]
37 Little Fockers $310,650,585 2010 [39]
38 The Ex-File 3: The Return of the Exes $307,592,427 2017 [40]
39 Liar Liar $302,710,615 1997 [41]
39 Beverly Hills Cop II $299,965,036 1987 [42]
40 My Best Friend's Wedding $299,288,605 1997 [43]
41 Look Who's Talking $296,999,813 1989 [44]
42 Austin Powers in Goldmember $296,938,801 2002 [45]
43 Ghostbusters $296,578,797 1984 [46]
44 Sex and the City 2 $290,745,055 2010 [47]
45 Bridesmaids $306,442,085 2011 [48]
46 Coming to America $288,752,301 1988 [49]
47 Pitch Perfect 2 $287,144,079 2015 [50]
48 Wedding Crashers $288,485,135 2005 [51]
49 Casper $287,928,194 1995 [52]
50 Scary Movie $278,019,771 2000 [53]

Highest-grossing comedy film by year

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The following is a list of highest-grossing comedy films by year. Meet the Parents tops the list more than any other franchise with all three films on the list.

A film has made more than $100 million every year since 1983, over $250 million every year since 2021, and over $500-$750 million every year since 2022.

2023 was the top-grossing overall film of the year.

Year Film Worldwide gross Budget Ref.
2023 Barbie † $1,445,630,472 $145,000,000 [1]
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder $760,928,081 $250,000,000 [54]
2021 Hi, Mom $841,674,419 $59,000,000 [55]
2020 Bad Boys for Life $426,505,244 $90,000,000 [56]
2019 The Upside $125,856,180 $37,500,000 [57]
2018 Deadpool 2 $785,896,609 ($734,546,611) $110,000,000 [58]
2017 Pitch Perfect 3 $185,400,345 $45,000,000 [59]
2016 Deadpool $782,836,791 $58,000,000 [60]
2015 Pitch Perfect 2 $287,144,079 $29,000,000 [61]
2014 Ride Along $154,468,902 $25,000,000 [62]
2013 Grown Ups 2 $246,984,278 $80,000,000 [63]
2012 Men in Black III $654,213,485 $225,000,000 [64]
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides $1,045,713,802 $250,000,000 [65]
2010 Meet the Parents: Little Fockers $310,650,585 $110,000,000 [66]
2009 The Hangover $469,310,836 $35,000,000 [17]
2008 Mamma Mia! $609,841,637 $52,000,000 [67]
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $961,691,209 $300,000,000 [68]
2006 Night at the Museum $574,481,229 $110,000,000 [69]
2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith $487,287,646 $110,000,000 [70]
2004 Meet the Fockers $522,657,936 $80,000,000 [13]
2003 Bruce Almighty $484,592,874 $81,000,000 [15]
2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding $368,744,044 $5,000,000 [71]
2001 Ocean's Eleven $450,728,529 $85,000,000 [72]
2000 What Women Want $374,111,707 $70,000,000 [73]
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me $313,701,294 $33,000,000 [74][75]
1998 There's Something About Mary $369,884,651 $23,000,000
1997 As Good as It Gets $314,178,011 $50,000,000
1996 The Nutty Professor $273,961,019 $54,000,000
1995 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls $212,385,533 TBA [76][77]
1994 The Mask $351,583,407 $23,000,000 [78]
1993 Mrs. Doubtfire $441,286,195 $25,000,000 [19]
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York $358,994,850 $28,000,000 [24]
1991 City Slickers $179,000,000 $27,000,000 [79][80]
1990 Home Alone $477,063,114 $18,000,000 [16]
1989 Look Who's Talking $296,999,813 $7,500,000
1988 Coming to America $288,752,301 $36,000,000 [81]
1987 Three Men and a Baby $240,000,000 $11,000,000 [82][83]
1986 Crocodile Dundee $328,203,506 TBA [84]
1985 Back to the Future $389,053,797 ($381,109,762) $19,000,000 [85]
1984 Beverly Hills Cop $316,360,478 $13,000,000 [37][86]
1983 Trading Places $90,404,800 $15,000,000 [87]
1982 Tootsie $241,000,000 $21,000,000 [88][89]
1981 Arthur $95,461,682 $7,000,000 [90]
1980 9 to 5 $103,290,500 $10,000,000 [91]
1979 The Jerk $100,000,000 $4,000,000 [92]
1978 Animal House $141,607,219 ($120,098,342) TBA [93]
1977 Smokey and the Bandit $300,000,000 $3,500,000 [94][95]
1976 The Pink Panther Strikes Again $75,000,000 TBA [96]
1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show $115,322,757 $1,400,000 [97]
1974 Blazing Saddles $119,617,265 TBA [98]
1973 The Sting $257,000,000 $5,500,000 [99][100]
1972 What's Up, Doc? $66,000,000 TBA [101]
1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks $17,871,174 $6,500,000 [102][103]
1970 M*A*S*H $81,600,000 $3,500,000 [104]
1969 The Love Bug $51,264,022 $5,000,000 [105][106]
1968 Funny Girl $58,707,416 TBA [107]
1967 The Graduate $105,015,008 ($104,675,450) TBA [108]
1966 The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming $21,693,114 $3,900,000 [109][110]
1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines $31,111,111 TBA [111]
1964 My Fair Lady $72,632,653 $17,000,000 [112]
1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World $60,000,000 $9,400,000 [113]
1962 That Touch of Mink $12,923,077 TBA [114]
1961 The Absent-Minded Professor $25,300,000 TBA [115]
1960 The Apartment $24,000,000 $3,000,000 [116]
1959 Some Like It Hot $49,200,000 $2,900,000 [117]
1958 Auntie Mame $23,200,000 $2,900,000 [118]
1957 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? $4,900,000 $1,050,000 [119][120][121][122]
1956 The Teahouse of the August Moon $8,925,000 $3,926,000[ [119][123]
1955 Mister Roberts $21,200,000 $2,300,000 [124][125]
1954 Sabrina $4,000,000 TBA [126]
1953 How to Marry a Millionaire $8,000,000 $1,300,000 [127] [128]
1952 Singin' in the Rain $7,241,009 $2,540,000 [129]
1951 An American in Paris $7,000,000 $2,700,000 [119]
1950 Father of the Bride $6,084,000 $1,215,000 [119][130]
1949 I Was a Male War Bride $4,100,000 TBA [131][132]
1948 The Paleface $4,500,000 $2,000,000 [133][134]
1947 Welcome Stranger $6,100,000 $1,961,000 [135][136]
1946 Margie $4,100,000 $1,680,000 [137][135][136]
1945 The Bells of St. Mary's $21,300,000 $1,300,000 [138][139]
1944 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek $9,000,000 $775,000 [140][141]
1943 Thousands Cheer $5,886,000 $1,568,000 [119]
1942 Road to Morocco $3,800,000 TBA [142]
1941 Ball of Fire $2,641,000 TBA [143][144]
1940 The Great Dictator $5,000,000 $2,200,000 [145][146][143][144]
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington $9,000,000 TBA [147]
1938 You Can't Take It with You $2,137,575 $1,644,736 [148]
1937 The Awful Truth $3,000,000 TBA [149]
1936 Follow the Fleet $2,727,000 $747,000 [150]
1935 Top Hat $3,200,000 $609,000 [150]
1934 It Happened One Night $3,200,000 $325,000 [151][152]
1933 I'm No Angel $2,250,000 $225,000 [153][154]
1932 Movie Crazy $1,439,000 $675,353 [155][156][157]
1931 City Lights $4,250,000 TBA [157]
1930 Animal Crackers $3,100,000 TBA [158]
1929 Welcome Danger $3,000,000 $979,828 [159][160]
1928 The Circus $3,800,000 TBA [161]
1927 The General $474,264 TBA [162]
1925 The Gold Rush $4,000,000 $923,000 [163][136]
1924 The Navigator $680,406 $385,000 [164][136]

Timeline of highest-grossing comedy film

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At least 10 films have held the title of highest grossing comedy film.

Title Established Record-setting gross Ref
Ghostbusters 1984 $229,242,989 [165]
Beverly Hills Cop 1985 $316,360,478 [37]
Crocodile Dundee 1986 $328,203,506
Home Alone 1990 $476,684,675 [16]
Bruce Almighty 2003 $484,592,874 [15]
Meet the Fockers 2004 $522,657,936 [13]
Night at the Museum 2006 $579,446,407 [166]
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007 $961,691,209 [68]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011 $1,046,721,266 [65]
Barbie † 2023 $1,445,630,472 [1]

Comedy films by box office admissions

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See also: List of films by box office admissions

The following is a list of comedy films by estimated tickets sold worldwide.

Film Year Ticket sales (est.) Notes
Shaolin Temple 1982 304,920,000 [a]
Sholay (Embers) 1975 250,000,000 [172]
Awaara (The Vagabond) 1951 217,000,000 [b]
Disco Dancer 1982 135,000,000 [c]
Back to the Future 1985 90,184,478 [d]
Ghostbusters 1984 82,375,218 [e]
Beverly Hills Cop 1984 81,716,713 [f]
Home Alone 1990 81,491,808 [g]

Highest-grossing comedy film series and franchises

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The following is a list of highest grossing film series. Men in Black sits top $1.9 billion, Deadpool has the best average with $784.1 million per film.

Highest-grossing comedy film franchises and film series[§] (The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show".)
Rank Series Total worldwide gross No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film

Biggest worldwide openings on record for comedy films

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This list charts films the biggest worldwide openings for comedy films. Since films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday following the movie's release. Figures prior to the year 2002 are not available. Country-by-country variations in release dates are not taken into account.

Rank Film Year Opening (USD)[194]
1 Deadpool & Wolverine 2024 $444,300,000[195]
2 Barbie 2023 $356,300,000[196]
3 Deadpool 2 2018 $300,386,357
4 Deadpool 2016 $264,711,361
5 Men In Black 3 2012 $189,884,945

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Shaolin Temple admissions:
  2. ^ Awaara admissions:
  3. ^ Disco Dancer admissions:
  4. ^ Back to the Future admissions:
    • United States, Canada, Denmark – 59,434,344[179]
    • France, Germany, Italy, Spain – 12,592,872[180]
    • United Kingdom – 9,719,533[181]
    • Japan – 8,078,180[182]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 343,292[171]
    • Other European territories (2011–2018) – 16,257[183]
  5. ^ Ghostbusters admissions:
    • United States and Canada – 71,173,700[184]
    • France, Germany, Italy – 8,046,600[185]
    • Denmark and Spain – 2,763,555[186]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 344,420[171]
    • United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden (2002–2018) – 46,943[187]
  6. ^ Beverly Hills Cop admissions:
    • United States, Canada, Denmark, Spain – 69,103,402[188]
    • France, Germany, Italy – 7,499,810[189]
    • United Kingdom – 2,620,211[190]
    • Japan – 2,236,108[182]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 257,182[171]
  7. ^ Home Alone admissions:
    • United States, Canada, Spain – 70,521,419[191]
    • France, Germany, Italy – 10,032,435[192]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 869,820[171]
    • United Kingdom, Belgium, Romania, Switzerland (1996–2018) – 68,134[193]

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