Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Nutty Professor	Comedy	PG-13	$128,814,019	29,143,443	$200,506,888
2	The Birdcage	Comedy	R	$124,060,553	28,067,998	$193,107,826
3	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$121,788,625	27,553,988	$189,571,437
4	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$104,625,228	23,670,866	$162,855,558
5	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$85,422,365	19,326,327	$132,965,130
6	The Cable Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$60,240,295	13,629,026	$93,767,699
7	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$57,194,776	12,939,995	$89,027,166
8	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$54,149,743	12,251,073	$84,287,382
9	Michael	Comedy	PG	$52,733,564	11,930,671	$82,083,016
10	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$40,769,662	9,223,905	$63,460,466
11	Happy Gilmore	Comedy	PG-13	$38,623,460	8,738,339	$60,119,772
12	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$33,779,762	7,642,480	$52,580,262
13	Matilda	Comedy	PG	$33,098,222	7,488,286	$51,519,408
14	Striptease	Comedy	R	$32,773,011	7,414,708	$51,013,191
15	Black Sheep	Comedy	PG-13	$32,330,354	7,314,560	$50,324,173
16	Eddie	Comedy	PG-13	$31,369,401	7,097,150	$48,828,392
17	Sgt. Bilko	Comedy	PG	$30,356,589	6,868,007	$47,251,888
18	Spy Hard	Comedy	PG-13	$26,936,265	6,094,178	$41,927,945
19	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$26,293,417	5,948,737	$40,927,311
20	Down Periscope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,723,977	5,819,904	$40,040,940
21	Kingpin	Comedy	R	$25,023,424	5,661,408	$38,950,487
22	Father of the Bride Part II	Comedy	PG	$24,313,176	5,500,719	$37,844,947
23	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$22,491,695	5,088,619	$35,009,699
24	A Very Brady Sequel	Comedy	PG-13	$21,443,204	4,851,404	$33,377,660
25	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$20,883,060	4,724,674	$32,505,757
26	Multiplicity	Comedy	PG-13	$20,133,326	4,555,051	$31,338,751
27	Flipper	Comedy	PG	$20,080,020	4,542,991	$31,255,778
28	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Comedy	R	$19,674,813	4,451,315	$30,625,047
29	Kazaam	Comedy	PG	$18,880,508	4,271,608	$29,388,663
30	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$18,004,594	4,073,438	$28,025,253
31	Flirting with Disaster	Comedy	R	$14,853,474	3,360,514	$23,120,336
32	Bio-Dome	Comedy	PG-13	$13,294,762	3,007,865	$20,694,111
33	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$12,384,525	2,801,929	$19,277,272
34	Beautiful Girls	Comedy	R	$10,523,880	2,380,968	$16,381,060
35	Dunston Checks In	Comedy	PG	$9,419,316	2,131,067	$14,661,741
36	Celtic Pride	Comedy	PG-13	$9,240,378	2,090,583	$14,383,211
37	Larger Than Life	Comedy	PG	$8,295,903	1,876,901	$12,913,079
38	The Great White Hype	Comedy	R	$7,852,282	1,776,534	$12,222,554
39	House Arrest	Comedy	PG	$6,906,987	1,562,667	$10,751,149
40	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$6,899,612	1,560,998	$10,739,666
41	Cold Comfort Farm	Comedy	PG	$5,682,429	1,285,617	$8,845,045
42	Girl 6	Comedy	R	$4,880,941	1,104,285	$7,597,481
43	Joe's Apartment	Comedy	PG-13	$4,616,355	1,044,424	$7,185,637
44	Bogus	Comedy	PG	$4,357,406	985,838	$6,782,565
45	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Comedy	R	$4,198,137	949,805	$6,534,658
46	Swingers	Comedy	R	$4,088,252	924,944	$6,363,615
47	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Comedy	PG-13	$4,004,282	905,946	$6,232,908
48	Ed	Comedy	PG	$3,956,785	895,200	$6,158,976
49	Carpool	Comedy	PG	$3,325,651	752,410	$5,176,581
50	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$3,222,396	729,049	$5,015,857
51	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Comedy	R	$2,640,536	597,406	$4,110,153
52	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Comedy	PG-13	$2,416,071	546,622	$3,760,759
53	The Stupids	Comedy	PG	$2,415,593	546,514	$3,760,016
54	Big Bully	Comedy	PG	$2,042,530	462,111	$3,179,324
55	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$2,006,420	453,941	$3,123,114
56	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$1,779,025	402,494	$2,769,159
57	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$1,460,297	330,384	$2,273,042
58	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$1,363,326	308,445	$2,122,102
59	Phat Beach	Comedy	R	$1,263,945	285,960	$1,967,405
60	Little Indian, Big City	Comedy	PG	$1,029,731	232,971	$1,602,840
61	Mystery Science Theatre 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$949,745	214,874	$1,478,333
62	French Twist	Comedy	R	$888,044	200,915	$1,382,295
63	The Visitors	Comedy	R	$659,000	149,095	$1,025,774
64	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Comedy	PG	$588,621	133,172	$916,223
65	The Monster	Comedy	R	$569,901	128,937	$887,087
66	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$522,339	118,176	$813,051
67	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$510,271	115,446	$794,268
68	The Last Supper	Comedy	R	$459,749	104,016	$715,630
69	A Midwinter's Tale	Comedy	R	$288,122	65,186	$448,480
70	Celestial Clockwork	Comedy		$257,241	58,199	$400,409
71	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$223,912	50,659	$348,534
72	Getting Away with Murder	Comedy	R	$197,322	44,643	$307,144
73	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$213,665
74	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$56,747	12,839	$88,332
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,518,740,615
Total Tickets Sold					343,606,473
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,364,012,534

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1996. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1996. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1995 will most likely earn money in 1995 and 1996. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.