Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Bruce Almighty	Comedy	PG-13	$242,704,995	40,249,585	$276,917,145
2	Elf	Comedy	PG	$170,837,644	28,331,284	$194,919,234
3	Anger Management	Comedy	PG-13	$135,560,942	22,481,085	$154,669,865
4	Bringing Down the House	Comedy	PG-13	$132,675,402	22,002,554	$151,377,572
5	Freaky Friday	Comedy	PG	$110,180,505	18,272,057	$125,711,752
6	Scary Movie 3	Comedy	PG-13	$109,563,395	18,169,717	$125,007,653
7	American Wedding	Comedy	R	$104,354,205	17,305,838	$119,064,165
8	Daddy Day Care	Comedy	PG	$104,148,781	17,271,771	$118,829,784
9	The Cat in the Hat	Comedy	PG	$99,383,495	16,481,508	$113,392,775
10	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Comedy	PG	$90,639,088	15,031,358	$103,415,743
11	Cheaper by the Dozen	Comedy	PG	$85,620,095	14,199,021	$97,689,264
12	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$80,232,030	13,305,478	$91,541,689
13	Old School	Comedy	R	$75,155,000	12,463,516	$85,748,990
14	The Haunted Mansion	Comedy	PG	$70,422,751	11,678,732	$80,349,676
15	Kangaroo Jack	Comedy	PG	$66,723,216	11,065,210	$76,128,645
16	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$56,909,596	9,437,744	$64,931,679
17	Agent Cody Banks	Comedy	PG	$47,545,060	7,884,753	$54,247,101
18	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$43,323,006	7,184,578	$49,429,897
19	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	Comedy	PG	$42,734,455	7,086,974	$48,758,381
20	Head of State	Comedy	PG-13	$37,788,228	6,266,704	$43,114,924
21	Good Boy!	Comedy	PG	$37,653,301	6,244,329	$42,960,984
22	Uptown Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$37,095,657	6,151,850	$42,324,728
23	Matchstick Men	Comedy	PG-13	$36,873,198	6,114,958	$42,070,911
24	What a Girl Wants	Comedy	PG	$35,990,505	5,968,575	$41,063,796
25	Malibu's Most Wanted	Comedy	PG-13	$34,308,901	5,689,702	$39,145,150
26	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$30,721,406	5,094,761	$35,051,956
27	The Fighting Temptations	Comedy	PG-13	$30,238,577	5,014,689	$34,501,060
28	Johnny English	Comedy	PG	$28,013,509	4,645,690	$31,962,347
29	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Comedy	PG-13	$26,214,846	4,347,404	$29,910,140
30	Piglet's Big Movie	Comedy	G	$23,103,423	3,831,413	$26,360,121
31	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Comedy	PG-13	$22,734,486	3,770,230	$25,939,182
32	The Medallion	Comedy	PG-13	$22,108,977	3,666,497	$25,225,499
33	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Comedy	PG	$20,678,510	3,429,272	$23,593,391
34	The In-Laws	Comedy	PG-13	$20,440,627	3,389,822	$23,321,975
35	A Mighty Wind	Comedy	PG-13	$17,583,468	2,915,998	$20,062,066
36	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$16,398,149	2,719,428	$18,709,665
37	View from the Top	Comedy	PG-13	$15,614,000	2,589,386	$17,814,976
38	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Comedy	PG	$13,538,922	2,245,261	$15,447,396
39	Duplex	Comedy	PG-13	$9,652,000	1,600,663	$11,012,561
40	Le Divorce	Comedy	PG-13	$9,074,550	1,504,900	$10,353,712
41	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$8,858,944	1,469,145	$10,107,718
42	Boat Trip	Comedy	R	$8,586,376	1,423,943	$9,796,728
43	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,009,736	1,328,314	$9,138,800
44	It Runs in the Family	Comedy	PG-13	$7,375,836	1,223,190	$8,415,547
45	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$6,953,194	1,153,100	$7,933,328
46	Mambo Italiano (US Release)	Comedy	R	$6,250,949	1,036,642	$7,132,097
47	Chasing Papi	Comedy	PG	$6,126,237	1,015,960	$6,989,805
48	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$5,228,678	867,111	$5,965,724
49	L'auberge espagnole	Comedy	R	$3,895,664	646,047	$4,444,803
50	The Guru	Comedy	R	$3,051,221	506,007	$3,481,328
51	Mambo Italiano	Comedy	R	$3,031,801	502,786	$3,459,168
52	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$2,376,152	394,055	$2,711,098
53	Marci X	Comedy	R	$1,646,664	273,079	$1,878,784
54	Camp	Comedy	PG-13	$1,629,862	270,292	$1,859,609
55	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$1,344,557	222,978	$1,534,089
56	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$1,154,791	191,508	$1,317,575
57	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$1,127,192	186,931	$1,286,085
58	The R.M.	Comedy	PG	$1,111,615	184,347	$1,268,307
59	The Santa Clause 2	Comedy	G	$948,057	157,223	$1,081,694
60	The Man Without a Past	Comedy	PG-13	$921,547	152,827	$1,051,450
61	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$731,387	121,291	$834,482
62	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$665,316	110,334	$759,098
63	Pere et Fils	Comedy	Not Rated	$634,968	105,301	$724,471
64	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$552,651	91,650	$630,552
65	Real Women Have Curves	Comedy	PG-13	$491,646	81,533	$560,947
66	Manna From Heaven	Comedy	PG	$392,097	65,024	$447,365
67	Buffalo Soldiers	Comedy	R	$353,743	58,664	$403,608
68	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$327,314	54,281	$373,453
69	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins	Comedy		$291,844	48,399	$332,985
70	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Comedy	PG-13	$280,351	46,493	$319,872
71	Chaos	Comedy		$204,274	33,876	$233,067
72	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$173,707	28,807	$198,192
73	Pride and Prejudice	Comedy	PG	$157,616	26,139	$179,836
74	1 + 1 = 11	Comedy		$132,498	21,973	$151,174
75	Almost Salinas	Comedy	PG	$120,011	19,902	$136,926
76	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$95,962	15,914	$109,488
77	Autumn Spring	Comedy	PG-13	$90,303	14,976	$103,035
78	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$86,291	14,310	$98,453
79	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$80,395	13,333	$91,731
80	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$73,211	12,141	$83,530
81	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$33,891	5,620	$38,666
82	18 ans après	Comedy		$25,611	4,247	$29,219
83	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$23,330	3,869	$26,619
84	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$21,058	3,492	$24,025
85	The Anarchist Cookbook	Comedy	R	$14,369	2,383	$16,395
86	Martin and Orloff	Comedy		$13,409	2,224	$15,301
87	The Work and the Story	Comedy		$8,211	1,362	$9,371
88	Big Shot's Funeral	Comedy	PG	$646	107	$736
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,480,244,084
Total Tickets Sold					411,317,425
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,829,863,884

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2003. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2003. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2002 will most likely earn money in 2002 and 2003. 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.