Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2001

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2001 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	American Pie 2	Comedy	R	$145,096,820	25,680,853	$176,684,269
2	Ocean's Eleven	Comedy	PG-13	$136,996,174	24,247,110	$166,820,117
3	Doctor Dolittle 2	Comedy	PG	$112,950,721	19,991,278	$137,539,993
4	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$108,184,054	19,147,620	$131,735,626
5	Legally Blonde	Comedy	PG-13	$96,493,426	17,078,482	$117,499,956
6	Cats & Dogs	Comedy	PG	$93,375,151	16,526,575	$113,702,836
7	Scary Movie 2	Comedy	R	$71,277,420	12,615,473	$86,794,454
8	Down to Earth	Comedy	PG-13	$64,172,251	11,357,921	$78,142,496
9	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$60,424,996	10,694,690	$73,579,467
10	Rat Race	Comedy	PG-13	$56,607,223	10,018,978	$68,930,569
11	The Animal	Comedy	PG-13	$55,762,229	9,869,421	$67,901,616
12	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$45,128,129	7,987,279	$54,952,480
13	O Brother, Where Art Thou	Comedy	PG-13	$43,569,988	7,711,502	$53,055,134
14	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$41,402,323	7,327,845	$50,415,574
15	Heartbreakers	Comedy	PG-13	$40,334,024	7,138,765	$49,114,703
16	Evolution	Comedy	PG-13	$38,311,134	6,780,732	$46,651,436
17	Recess: School's Out	Comedy	G	$36,696,761	6,495,002	$44,685,614
18	See Spot Run	Comedy	PG	$33,357,476	5,903,978	$40,619,369
19	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$32,619,705	5,773,399	$39,720,985
20	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Comedy	PG-13	$32,267,774	5,711,110	$39,292,437
21	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$32,017,512	5,666,816	$38,987,694
22	Black Knight	Comedy	PG-13	$31,588,772	5,590,933	$38,465,619
23	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Comedy	R	$30,059,386	5,320,245	$36,603,286
24	The Brothers	Comedy	R	$27,457,409	4,859,718	$33,434,860
25	Joe Dirt	Comedy	PG-13	$27,087,695	4,794,282	$32,984,660
26	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$23,658,960	4,187,427	$28,809,498
27	Kingdom Come	Comedy	PG	$23,247,539	4,114,609	$28,308,510
28	Summer Catch	Comedy	PG-13	$19,693,891	3,485,644	$23,981,231
29	How High	Comedy	R	$19,676,445	3,482,557	$23,959,992
30	Saving Silverman	Comedy	R	$19,351,569	3,425,056	$23,564,385
31	Max Keeble's Big Move	Comedy	PG	$17,046,109	3,017,010	$20,757,029
32	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,306,950	2,886,186	$19,856,960
33	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$15,985,861	2,829,356	$19,465,969
34	Josie and the Pussycats	Comedy	PG-13	$14,252,830	2,522,625	$17,355,660
35	Freddy Got Fingered	Comedy	R	$14,249,005	2,521,948	$17,351,002
36	Osmosis Jones	Comedy	PG	$13,596,911	2,406,533	$16,556,947
37	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,577,476	2,403,093	$16,533,280
38	Tomcats	Comedy	R	$13,558,739	2,399,777	$16,510,466
39	Sugar and Spice	Comedy	PG-13	$13,276,953	2,349,903	$16,167,333
40	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$11,097,464	1,964,153	$13,513,373
41	The Wash	Comedy	R	$9,988,941	1,767,954	$12,163,524
42	102 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$8,605,600	1,523,115	$10,479,031
43	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Comedy	PG-13	$7,496,522	1,326,818	$9,128,508
44	The Closet	Comedy	R	$6,671,454	1,180,788	$8,123,821
45	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Comedy	PG	$6,663,580	1,179,395	$8,114,238
46	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$6,101,993	1,079,999	$7,430,393
47	Say It Isn't So	Comedy	R	$5,516,708	976,408	$6,717,687
48	Monkeybone	Comedy	PG-13	$5,409,517	957,437	$6,587,167
49	State and Main	Comedy	R	$5,378,327	951,916	$6,549,182
50	Made	Comedy	R	$5,308,707	939,594	$6,464,407
51	Bubble Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$5,002,310	885,365	$6,091,311
52	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$4,899,550	867,177	$5,966,178
53	Bread and Tulips	Comedy	PG-13	$4,778,389	845,733	$5,818,643
54	Just Visiting	Comedy	PG-13	$4,777,007	845,488	$5,816,957
55	Tortilla Soup	Comedy	PG-13	$4,447,014	787,082	$5,415,124
56	Pootie Tang	Comedy	PG-13	$3,293,258	582,878	$4,010,201
57	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$2,322,406	411,045	$2,827,990
58	Escanaba in Da Moonlight	Comedy	PG-13	$2,276,406	402,904	$2,771,980
59	The Dish	Comedy	PG-13	$2,252,970	398,756	$2,743,441
60	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$1,973,973	349,376	$2,403,707
61	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$1,441,606	255,152	$1,755,446
62	Greenfingers	Comedy	R	$1,439,287	254,741	$1,752,618
63	Nuit de Noces	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,238,180	219,147	$1,507,731
64	The Debut	Comedy	R	$1,070,925	189,544	$1,304,063
65	The Closet	Comedy	R	$879,496	155,663	$1,070,961
66	Blow Dry	Comedy	R	$637,769	112,879	$776,608
67	Little Nicky	Comedy	PG-13	$594,247	105,176	$723,611
68	Almost Famous	Comedy	R	$589,553	104,346	$717,900
69	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$524,385	92,812	$638,547
70	Bedazzled	Comedy	PG-13	$360,705	63,842	$439,233
71	The Adventures of Felix	Comedy		$357,208	63,223	$434,974
72	Me You Them	Comedy		$323,403	57,239	$393,804
73	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$207,990	36,812	$253,267
74	About Adam	Comedy	R	$151,559	26,825	$184,556
75	Season's Beatings	Comedy		$136,502	24,160	$166,221
76	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$121,679	21,536	$148,168
77	Lisa Picard is Famous	Comedy		$113,433	20,077	$138,130
78	101 Reykjavík	Comedy		$109,277	19,341	$133,066
79	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$104,502	18,496	$127,252
80	Hit & Runway	Comedy		$81,097	14,353	$98,749
81	The Swamp	Comedy		$66,811	11,825	$81,356
82	Beautiful Creatures	Comedy	R	$55,381	9,802	$67,438
83	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$25,400	4,496	$30,932
84	Born Romantic	Comedy	R	$14,597	2,584	$17,778
85	Amy	Comedy	PG-13	$7,880	1,395	$9,598
86	Blue Moon	Comedy	PG-13	$5,968	1,056	$7,265
87	Psycho Beach Party	Comedy		$2,865	507	$3,488
88	Born in Absurdistan	Comedy		$976	173	$1,190
89	Luminarias	Comedy	R	$288	51	$351
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,855,642,856
Total Tickets Sold					328,432,365
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,259,614,671

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2001. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2001. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2000 will most likely earn money in 2000 and 2001. 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.