Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Sex and the City	Comedy	R	$140,170,362	20,373,599	$140,170,361
2	Juno	Comedy	PG-13	$117,477,046	17,075,152	$117,477,046
3	The Bucket List	Comedy	PG-13	$92,834,777	13,493,427	$92,834,778
4	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	Comedy	PG-13	$91,190,129	13,254,379	$91,190,128
5	Get Smart	Comedy	PG-13	$77,477,031	11,261,196	$77,477,028
6	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Comedy	PG	$75,921,869	11,035,155	$75,921,866
7	WALL-E	Comedy	G	$63,087,526	9,169,699	$63,087,529
8	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Comedy	R	$62,725,000	9,117,006	$62,725,001
9	Baby Mama	Comedy	PG-13	$59,644,700	8,669,288	$59,644,701
10	College Road Trip	Comedy	G	$45,218,566	6,572,466	$45,218,566
11	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Comedy	PG-13	$42,168,445	6,129,134	$42,168,442
12	Meet the Browns	Comedy	PG-13	$41,975,388	6,101,074	$41,975,389
13	Meet the Spartans	Comedy	PG-13	$38,232,624	5,557,067	$38,232,621
14	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Comedy	R	$37,932,058	5,513,381	$37,932,061
15	First Sunday	Comedy	PG-13	$37,931,869	5,513,353	$37,931,869
16	Semi-Pro	Comedy	R	$33,472,850	4,865,240	$33,472,851
17	Drillbit Taylor	Comedy	PG-13	$32,862,104	4,776,469	$32,862,107
18	Superhero Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$25,837,097	3,755,392	$25,837,097
19	The Love Guru	Comedy	PG-13	$25,222,377	3,666,043	$25,222,376
20	Mad Money	Comedy	PG-13	$20,668,843	3,004,192	$20,668,841
21	The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie	Comedy	G	$12,727,025	1,849,858	$12,727,023
22	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Comedy	PG-13	$12,294,036	1,786,924	$12,294,037
23	Be Kind Rewind	Comedy	PG-13	$11,169,531	1,623,478	$11,169,529
24	In Bruges	Comedy	R	$7,786,213	1,131,717	$7,786,213
25	The Visitor	Comedy	PG-13	$7,651,884	1,112,192	$7,651,881
26	Over Her Dead Body	Comedy	PG-13	$7,563,670	1,099,371	$7,563,672
27	Strange Wilderness	Comedy	R	$6,575,282	955,710	$6,575,285
28	Run, Fat Boy, Run	Comedy	PG-13	$5,998,971	871,943	$5,998,968
29	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Comedy	R	$5,893,907	856,673	$5,893,910
30	Witless Protection	Comedy	PG-13	$4,131,640	600,529	$4,131,640
31	Charlie Bartlett	Comedy	R	$3,950,294	574,171	$3,950,296
32	The Band's Visit	Comedy	PG-13	$3,051,388	443,516	$3,051,390
33	Bee Movie	Comedy	PG	$2,416,909	351,295	$2,416,910
34	Priceless	Comedy	PG-13	$1,904,571	276,827	$1,904,570
35	Dans une galaxie pres de chez vous 2	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,883,999	273,837	$1,883,999
36	Son of Rambow: A Home Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$1,662,184	241,597	$1,662,187
37	The Game Plan	Comedy	PG	$1,608,219	233,753	$1,608,221
38	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	Comedy	G	$1,050,579	152,700	$1,050,576
39	L'Âge des ténèbres	Comedy	Not Rated	$941,618	136,863	$941,617
40	Fred Claus	Comedy	PG	$705,661	102,567	$705,661
41	Krazzy 4	Comedy		$487,215	70,816	$487,214
42	The Hammer	Comedy	R	$442,638	64,337	$442,639
43	War, Inc.	Comedy	R	$405,119	58,884	$405,122
44	The Promotion	Comedy	R	$362,531	52,693	$362,528
45	Teeth	Comedy	R	$344,655	50,095	$344,654
46	Lars and the Real Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$262,541	38,160	$262,541
47	Chaos Theory	Comedy	PG-13	$237,958	34,587	$237,959
48	CJ7	Comedy	PG	$206,678	30,040	$206,675
49	The Foot Fist Way	Comedy	R	$203,162	29,529	$203,160
50	Mister Lonely	Comedy		$151,730	22,054	$151,732
51	The Grand	Comedy	R	$115,879	16,843	$115,880
52	Mere Baap Pahle Aap	Comedy		$113,576	16,508	$113,575
53	99 francs	Comedy		$79,477	11,552	$79,478
54	Christmas in Wonderland	Comedy	PG	$78,566	11,419	$78,563
55	A Four Letter Word	Comedy		$70,864	10,300	$70,864
56	Romance and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$67,403	9,797	$67,403
57	Meet Bill	Comedy	R	$59,108	8,591	$59,106
58	L'auberge rouge	Comedy		$50,304	7,312	$50,307
59	Blonde and Blonder	Comedy		$38,848	5,647	$38,851
60	Finding Amanda	Comedy	R	$31,340	4,555	$31,338
61	Sex and Death 101	Comedy	R	$23,563	3,425	$23,564
62	Woman on the Beach	Comedy		$21,957	3,191	$21,954
63	Beauty in Trouble	Comedy		$19,300	2,805	$19,298
64	All Hat	Comedy		$15,198	2,209	$15,198
65	Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead	Comedy		$13,804	2,006	$13,801
66	Outsourced	Comedy	PG-13	$11,340	1,648	$11,338
67	Viva	Comedy		$7,197	1,046	$7,196
68	Expired	Comedy		$6,596	959	$6,598
69	I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With	Comedy		$5,970	868	$5,972
70	Skid Marks	Comedy		$5,729	833	$5,731
71	Sure Shot Dombrowski	Comedy		$3,400	494	$3,399
72	Nina's Heavenly Delights	Comedy	PG	$3,188	463	$3,185
73	Fat Girls	Comedy	R	$2,000	291	$2,002
74	Miss Conception	Comedy	R	$1,503	218	$1,500
75	How to Rob a Bank	Comedy		$711	103	$709
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,266,969,290
Total Tickets Sold					184,152,511
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,266,969,276

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2008. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2008. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2007 will most likely earn money in 2007 and 2008. 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.