Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Comedy	PG	$227,898,505	39,292,846	$270,334,780
2	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Comedy	PG-13	$213,117,789	36,744,446	$252,801,788
3	Scooby-Doo	Comedy	PG	$153,294,164	26,430,028	$181,838,593
4	The Santa Clause 2	Comedy	G	$138,277,797	23,840,999	$164,026,073
5	Mr. Deeds	Comedy	PG-13	$126,293,452	21,774,733	$149,810,163
6	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$126,086,880	21,739,117	$149,565,125
7	Snow Dogs	Comedy	PG	$81,150,692	13,991,499	$96,261,513
8	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$75,228,991	12,970,516	$89,237,150
9	The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Comedy	PG-13	$69,586,544	11,997,680	$82,544,038
10	Stuart Little 2	Comedy	PG	$64,956,806	11,199,449	$77,052,209
11	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$64,209,101	11,070,535	$76,165,281
12	Like Mike	Comedy	PG	$51,432,423	8,867,659	$61,009,494
13	Big Fat Liar	Comedy	PG	$47,811,275	8,243,323	$56,714,062
14	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$47,539,218	8,196,417	$56,391,349
15	Ocean's Eleven	Comedy	PG-13	$46,420,976	8,003,617	$55,064,885
16	Orange County	Comedy	PG-13	$41,059,716	7,079,261	$48,705,316
17	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$40,775,720	7,030,297	$48,368,443
18	The Master of Disguise	Comedy	PG	$40,363,530	6,959,229	$47,879,496
19	Undercover Brother	Comedy	PG-13	$38,230,435	6,591,454	$45,349,204
20	Showtime	Comedy	PG-13	$37,948,765	6,542,891	$45,015,090
21	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$32,588,293	5,618,671	$38,656,456
22	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$30,777,692	5,306,499	$36,508,713
23	The Banger Sisters	Comedy	R	$30,306,281	5,225,221	$35,949,520
24	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$29,852,872	5,147,047	$35,411,683
25	The New Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$28,972,187	4,995,205	$34,367,010
26	Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	Comedy	PG	$28,436,931	4,902,919	$33,732,083
27	All About the Benjamins	Comedy	R	$25,482,931	4,393,609	$30,228,030
28	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Comedy	R	$21,005,329	3,621,608	$24,916,663
29	Super Troopers	Comedy	R	$18,492,362	3,188,338	$21,935,765
30	Punch-Drunk Love	Comedy	R	$17,791,031	3,067,419	$21,103,843
31	Eight Legged Freaks	Comedy	PG-13	$17,266,505	2,976,984	$20,481,650
32	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,894,711	2,912,881	$20,040,621
33	Kung Pow: Enter the Fist	Comedy	PG-13	$16,033,556	2,764,406	$19,019,113
34	The Good Girl	Comedy	R	$14,018,296	2,416,948	$16,628,602
35	Stealing Harvard	Comedy	PG-13	$13,973,532	2,409,230	$16,575,502
36	Monsoon Wedding	Comedy	R	$13,876,974	2,392,582	$16,460,964
37	Juwanna Man	Comedy	PG-13	$13,571,817	2,339,968	$16,098,980
38	How High	Comedy	R	$11,478,990	1,979,136	$13,616,456
39	Sorority Boys	Comedy	R	$10,198,766	1,758,408	$12,097,847
40	Simone	Comedy	PG-13	$9,680,913	1,669,123	$11,483,566
41	The Importance of Being Earnest	Comedy	PG	$8,378,141	1,444,507	$9,938,208
42	Big Trouble	Comedy	PG-13	$7,262,288	1,252,119	$8,614,579
43	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$6,785,003	1,169,828	$8,048,417
44	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$6,100,371	1,051,788	$7,236,301
45	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$5,865,039	1,011,214	$6,957,152
46	Real Women Have Curves	Comedy	PG-13	$5,361,548	924,405	$6,359,906
47	Slackers	Comedy	R	$4,814,244	830,042	$5,710,689
48	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$4,681,503	807,156	$5,553,233
49	Italian for Beginners	Comedy	R	$4,447,186	766,756	$5,275,281
50	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Comedy	PG-13	$4,411,102	760,535	$5,232,481
51	Men with Brooms	Comedy	R	$4,239,767	730,994	$5,029,239
52	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$4,139,417	713,693	$4,910,208
53	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$2,810,893	484,637	$3,334,303
54	Full Frontal	Comedy	R	$2,512,846	433,249	$2,980,753
55	Black Knight	Comedy	PG-13	$1,834,034	316,213	$2,175,545
56	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$1,397,734	240,989	$1,658,004
57	The Singles Ward	Comedy	PG	$1,250,798	215,655	$1,483,706
58	My Wife is an Actress	Comedy	R	$1,056,063	182,080	$1,252,710
59	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$815,887	140,670	$967,810
60	Human Nature	Comedy	R	$705,308	121,605	$836,642
61	The Debut	Comedy	R	$672,645	115,973	$797,894
62	Son of the Bride	Comedy	R	$624,153	107,613	$740,377
63	Bread and Tulips	Comedy	PG-13	$532,788	91,860	$631,997
64	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$328,918	56,710	$390,165
65	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$319,442	55,076	$378,923
66	The Château	Comedy	R	$301,175	51,927	$357,258
67	Max Keeble's Big Move	Comedy	PG	$246,272	42,461	$292,132
68	Cherish	Comedy	R	$160,268	27,632	$190,108
69	Bartleby	Comedy	PG-13	$141,367	24,374	$167,693
70	American Chai	Comedy	R	$125,996	21,723	$149,454
71	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$120,948	20,853	$143,469
72	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$115,856	19,975	$137,428
73	The Wash	Comedy	R	$108,155	18,647	$128,291
74	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$80,053	13,802	$94,958
75	Spooky House	Comedy	PG	$64,530	11,126	$76,547
76	Manna From Heaven	Comedy	PG	$64,406	11,104	$76,396
77	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$60,720	10,469	$72,027
78	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$51,265	8,839	$60,812
79	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$44,121	7,607	$52,336
80	The Swamp	Comedy		$36,404	6,277	$43,186
81	All the Queen's Men	Comedy	PG-13	$22,723	3,918	$26,956
82	Season's Beatings	Comedy		$21,711	3,743	$25,752
83	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$12,732	2,195	$15,102
84	The Adventures of Felix	Comedy		$5,364	925	$6,364
85	Wetonkawa Flash	Comedy		$5,030	867	$5,965
86	The 4th Tenor	Comedy	PG-13	$2,152	371	$2,552
87	Besotted	Comedy		$656	113	$777
88	Hit & Runway	Comedy		$473	82	$564
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,215,522,243
Total Tickets Sold					381,986,595
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,628,067,774

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2002. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2002. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2001 will most likely earn money in 2001 and 2002. 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.