Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Meet the Fockers	Comedy	PG-13	$162,461,370	26,119,191	$179,700,034
2	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Comedy	PG-13	$114,326,736	18,380,504	$126,457,868
3	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Comedy	PG	$94,616,745	15,211,695	$104,656,462
4	Starsky & Hutch	Comedy	PG-13	$88,200,225	14,180,100	$97,559,088
5	Mean Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$86,047,227	13,833,959	$95,177,638
6	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	Comedy	PG	$84,185,387	13,534,628	$93,118,241
7	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Comedy	PG-13	$84,136,909	13,526,834	$93,064,618
8	Garfield	Comedy	PG	$75,367,693	12,116,992	$83,364,905
9	Christmas with the Kranks	Comedy	PG	$73,077,009	11,748,715	$80,831,159
10	White Chicks	Comedy	PG-13	$69,148,997	11,117,202	$76,486,350
11	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	Comedy	PG-13	$65,070,412	10,461,481	$71,974,989
12	The Stepford Wives	Comedy	PG-13	$59,475,623	9,561,997	$65,786,539
13	Without a Paddle	Comedy	PG-13	$58,107,982	9,342,119	$64,273,779
14	13 Going On 30	Comedy	PG-13	$57,139,723	9,186,451	$63,202,783
15	Cheaper by the Dozen	Comedy	PG	$52,994,449	8,520,008	$58,617,655
16	Home on the Range	Comedy	PG	$50,026,353	8,042,822	$55,334,615
17	Napoleon Dynamite	Comedy	PG	$44,411,050	7,140,040	$49,123,475
18	The Ladykillers	Comedy	R	$39,692,139	6,381,373	$43,903,846
19	Raising Helen	Comedy	PG-13	$37,485,528	6,026,612	$41,463,091
20	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Comedy	R	$34,366,518	5,525,164	$38,013,128
21	Fat Albert	Comedy	PG	$33,325,622	5,357,817	$36,861,781
22	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$32,749,828	5,265,246	$36,224,892
23	Johnson Family Vacation	Comedy	PG-13	$31,203,964	5,016,714	$34,514,992
24	Spanglish	Comedy	PG-13	$31,001,588	4,984,178	$34,291,145
25	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Comedy	PG	$29,331,068	4,715,606	$32,443,369
26	Jersey Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$25,266,129	4,062,079	$27,947,104
27	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$24,058,422	3,867,914	$26,611,248
28	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	Comedy	PG	$23,514,247	3,780,426	$26,009,331
29	Ella Enchanted	Comedy	PG	$22,913,677	3,683,871	$25,345,032
30	Mr. 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$21,800,302	3,504,872	$24,113,519
31	The Life of Brian	Comedy		$19,868,659	3,194,318	$21,976,908
32	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Comedy	R	$18,225,165	2,930,091	$20,159,026
33	Eurotrip	Comedy	R	$17,718,223	2,848,589	$19,598,292
34	My Baby's Daddy	Comedy	PG-13	$17,321,573	2,784,819	$19,159,555
35	The Whole Ten Yards	Comedy	PG-13	$16,323,969	2,624,432	$18,056,092
36	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$14,794,828	2,378,590	$16,364,699
37	Welcome to Mooseport	Comedy	PG-13	$14,469,428	2,326,275	$16,004,772
38	New York Minute	Comedy	PG	$14,018,364	2,253,756	$15,505,841
39	Soul Plane	Comedy	R	$13,922,211	2,238,298	$15,399,490
40	Envy	Comedy	PG-13	$13,548,322	2,178,187	$14,985,927
41	Shaun of the Dead	Comedy	R	$13,542,874	2,177,311	$14,979,900
42	Alfie	Comedy	R	$13,386,312	2,152,140	$14,806,723
43	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$12,596,975	2,025,237	$13,933,631
44	The Cookout	Comedy	PG-13	$11,540,112	1,855,323	$12,764,622
45	Surviving Christmas	Comedy	PG-13	$11,198,345	1,800,377	$12,386,594
46	The Perfect Score	Comedy	PG-13	$10,387,706	1,670,049	$11,489,937
47	Sleepover	Comedy	PG	$9,408,183	1,512,570	$10,406,482
48	Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2	Comedy	PG	$9,109,322	1,464,521	$10,075,904
49	Saved!	Comedy	PG-13	$8,886,160	1,428,643	$9,829,064
50	Connie & Carla	Comedy	PG-13	$8,047,525	1,293,814	$8,901,440
51	Teacher's Pet: The Movie	Comedy	PG	$6,491,969	1,043,725	$7,180,828
52	The Big Bounce	Comedy	PG-13	$6,471,394	1,040,417	$7,158,069
53	The Haunted Mansion	Comedy	PG	$5,395,243	867,402	$5,967,726
54	Club Dread	Comedy	R	$5,001,655	804,125	$5,532,380
55	A Day Without a Mexican	Comedy	R	$4,180,870	672,166	$4,624,502
56	Goodbye, Lenin!	Comedy	R	$4,063,859	653,354	$4,495,076
57	Camping Sauvage	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,479,302	559,373	$3,848,486
58	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$3,150,732	506,549	$3,485,057
59	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$3,111,335	500,215	$3,441,479
60	Elf	Comedy	PG	$2,543,761	408,965	$2,813,679
61	Bon Voyage	Comedy	PG-13	$2,353,728	378,413	$2,603,481
62	Dans une galaxie près de chez vous - Le film	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,164,047	347,918	$2,393,676
63	Coffee and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$1,971,135	316,903	$2,180,293
64	The Cat in the Hat	Comedy	PG	$1,634,788	262,828	$1,808,257
65	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,341,671	215,703	$1,484,037
66	A Dirty Shame	Comedy	NC-17	$1,339,668	215,381	$1,481,821
67	The Best Two Years	Comedy	PG	$1,163,450	187,050	$1,286,904
68	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$1,029,147	165,458	$1,138,351
69	Bright Young Things	Comedy	R	$933,637	150,102	$1,032,702
70	Intermission	Comedy	R	$889,857	143,064	$984,280
71	Shaolin Soccer	Comedy		$488,872	78,597	$540,747
72	Seducing Doctor Lewis	Comedy		$469,551	75,491	$519,378
73	The Last Shot	Comedy	R	$463,730	74,555	$512,938
74	Scary Movie 3	Comedy	PG-13	$436,687	70,207	$483,024
75	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers	Comedy	PG-13	$392,000	63,023	$433,598
76	How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass	Comedy	R	$365,248	58,722	$404,007
77	She Hate Me	Comedy	R	$365,134	58,703	$403,877
78	Kitchen Stories	Comedy		$349,315	56,160	$386,381
79	Hair Show	Comedy	PG-13	$302,990	48,712	$335,139
80	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$278,502	44,775	$308,052
81	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Comedy	PG	$272,310	43,780	$301,206
82	The Bulgarian Lovers	Comedy		$249,530	40,117	$276,005
83	Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself	Comedy	R	$233,053	37,468	$257,780
84	In Good Company	Comedy	PG-13	$225,031	36,179	$248,912
85	Remember Me, My Love	Comedy	Not Rated	$223,878	35,993	$247,632
86	Pride and Prejudice	Comedy	PG	$219,655	35,314	$242,960
87	The Home Teachers	Comedy	PG	$202,268	32,519	$223,731
88	Danny Deckchair	Comedy	PG-13	$159,279	25,608	$176,183
89	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$152,512	24,520	$168,698
90	Two Men Went to War	Comedy	PG	$148,038	23,800	$163,744
91	Baptists At Our Barbecue	Comedy	PG	$133,128	21,403	$147,253
92	Hulchul	Comedy	Not Rated	$108,952	17,516	$120,510
93	Bonjour Mounsieur Shlomi	Comedy		$107,063	17,213	$118,425
94	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$84,392	13,568	$93,348
95	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins	Comedy		$82,516	13,266	$91,270
96	My Mother Likes Women	Comedy		$81,883	13,164	$90,568
97	The Seagull's Laughter	Comedy		$72,527	11,660	$80,221
98	Eulogy	Comedy	R	$70,527	11,339	$78,012
99	Hollywood Buddha	Comedy	Not Rated	$67,862	10,910	$75,061
100	Bear Cub	Comedy	R	$66,096	10,626	$73,107
101	An Amazing Couple	Comedy		$47,602	7,653	$52,653
102	Freaky Friday	Comedy	PG	$41,933	6,742	$46,385
103	Justice	Comedy		$39,895	6,414	$44,128
104	Sex is Comedy	Comedy	Not Rated	$37,212	5,983	$41,163
105	Showboy	Comedy		$34,646	5,570	$38,322
106	Cowboys and Angels	Comedy	PG	$33,700	5,418	$37,276
107	Last Life in the Universe	Comedy	R	$31,747	5,104	$35,116
108	Vodka Lemon	Comedy	Not Rated	$31,173	5,012	$34,483
109	Chooch	Comedy	R	$30,792	4,950	$34,056
110	The Raspberry Reich	Comedy	Not Rated	$28,883	4,644	$31,951
111	A Foreign Affair	Comedy	PG-13	$27,516	4,424	$30,437
112	A Fish Without a Bicycle	Comedy	R	$26,642	4,283	$29,467
113	Fear and Trembling	Comedy	Not Rated	$23,965	3,853	$26,509
114	Frankie & Johnny Are Married	Comedy		$22,900	3,682	$25,332
115	After Midnight	Comedy	Not Rated	$20,881	3,357	$23,096
116	Martin and Orloff	Comedy		$20,813	3,346	$23,020
117	Merci Docteur Rey	Comedy	Not Rated	$19,590	3,150	$21,672
118	Straight-Jacket	Comedy	Not Rated	$16,511	2,655	$18,266
119	You, I Love (Ya lyublu tebya)	Comedy	Not Rated	$16,456	2,646	$18,204
120	Off the Lip	Comedy	R	$14,773	2,375	$16,340
121	Good Boy!	Comedy	PG	$14,445	2,322	$15,975
122	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$11,410	1,834	$12,618
123	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$9,142	1,470	$10,114
124	Wasabi Tuna	Comedy	R	$7,950	1,278	$8,793
125	The Work and the Story	Comedy		$7,926	1,274	$8,765
126	My Wife Maurice	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,657	588	$4,045
127	Stella Street	Comedy	R	$2,574	414	$2,848
128	The Green Butchers	Comedy	R	$2,483	399	$2,745
129	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$2,358	379	$2,608
130	Manna From Heaven	Comedy	PG	$2,350	378	$2,601
131	Autumn Spring	Comedy	PG-13	$2,187	352	$2,422
132	800 Bullets	Comedy	R	$866	139	$956
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,040,035,933
Total Tickets Sold					327,980,057
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,256,502,792

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2004. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2004. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2003 will most likely earn money in 2003 and 2004. 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.