Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Liar Liar	Comedy	PG-13	$181,410,615	39,523,010	$271,918,309
2	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$190,014,282
3	George Of The Jungle	Comedy	PG	$105,263,257	22,933,171	$157,780,216
4	Flubber	Comedy	PG	$83,110,113	18,106,778	$124,574,633
5	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$95,057,052
6	Jungle 2 Jungle	Comedy	PG	$59,925,026	13,055,561	$89,822,260
7	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,883,989	11,739,431	$80,767,285
8	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$45,069,803	9,819,129	$67,555,608
9	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,480,039	9,690,640	$66,671,603
10	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$64,751,134
11	Michael	Comedy	PG	$42,636,436	9,288,984	$63,908,210
12	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$61,752,341
13	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$40,021,527	8,719,287	$59,988,695
14	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,470,465	7,945,635	$54,665,969
15	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$52,969,588
16	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,245,344	6,807,264	$46,833,976
17	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy	R	$29,235,353	6,369,358	$43,821,183
18	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$28,985,323	6,314,885	$43,446,409
19	Father's Day	Comedy	PG-13	$28,681,080	6,248,601	$42,990,375
20	Air Bud	Comedy	PG	$24,646,936	5,369,703	$36,943,557
21	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$36,654,232
22	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$24,251,437	5,283,537	$36,350,735
23	Good Burger	Comedy	PG	$23,712,993	5,166,229	$35,543,656
24	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,066,917	4,371,877	$30,078,514
25	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,745,922	4,301,944	$29,597,375
26	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,651,878	4,063,590	$27,957,499
27	That Darn Cat	Comedy	PG	$18,301,828	3,987,326	$27,432,803
28	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$15,616,635	3,402,317	$23,407,941
29	Rocket Man	Comedy	PG	$15,448,043	3,365,587	$23,155,239
30	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,763,020	3,216,344	$22,128,447
31	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$14,400,669	3,137,401	$21,585,319
32	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,351,432	3,126,674	$21,511,517
33	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,010,363	3,052,367	$21,000,285
34	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$20,502,737
35	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,602,831	2,963,580	$20,389,430
36	Leave It To Beaver	Comedy	PG	$11,307,615	2,463,533	$16,949,107
37	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,067,104	2,193,269	$15,089,691
38	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,254,184	2,016,162	$13,871,195
39	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$8,968,643	1,953,953	$13,443,197
40	A Simple Wish	Comedy	PG	$8,165,213	1,778,914	$12,238,928
41	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,246,735	1,578,809	$10,862,206
42	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$10,766,746
43	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,770,254	1,257,136	$8,649,096
44	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$5,041,169	1,098,294	$7,556,263
45	McHale's Navy	Comedy	PG	$4,408,420	960,440	$6,607,827
46	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$4,327,252	942,756	$6,486,161
47	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,287,595	934,117	$6,426,725
48	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$4,073,582	887,491	$6,105,938
49	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$3,991,255	869,554	$5,982,532
50	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,533,790	769,889	$5,296,836
51	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$3,397,613	740,221	$5,092,720
52	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$4,381,301
53	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,589,188	564,093	$3,880,960
54	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$3,756,329
55	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$2,873,260
56	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,851,655	403,411	$2,775,468
57	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	360,016	$2,476,910
58	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$863,975	188,230	$1,295,022
59	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$845,391	184,181	$1,267,165
60	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$751,478	163,721	$1,126,400
61	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$726,207	158,215	$1,088,519
62	Box of Moon Light	Comedy	R	$720,717	157,019	$1,080,291
63	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$930,960
64	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$925,429
65	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$888,215
66	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$868,373
67	Commandments	Comedy	R	$548,562	119,512	$822,243
68	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$444,578	96,858	$666,383
69	Swingers	Comedy	R	$417,670	90,996	$626,052
70	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$581,773
71	Indian Summer	Comedy	R	$294,467	64,154	$441,380
72	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$279,723	60,942	$419,281
73	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$321,482
74	Love and Other Catastrophes	Comedy	R	$212,285	46,249	$318,193
75	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$172,503	37,582	$258,564
76	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$111,963	24,393	$167,824
77	Bandwagon	Comedy		$22,189	4,834	$33,258
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,533,930,384
Total Tickets Sold					334,189,624
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,299,224,613

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1997. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1997. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1996 will most likely earn money in 1996 and 1997. 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.