Box Office History for Genre - Comedy

Ticket Sales and Market Share History

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2008, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	6/8/1984	$238,632,124	$488,627,679
2	Home Alone	20th Century Fox	11/16/1990	$285,761,243	$466,403,222
3	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	12/17/1982	$177,200,000	$393,249,964
4	Smokey and the Bandit	Universal	5/27/1977	$126,737,428	$391,010,538
5	Mrs. Doubtfire	20th Century Fox	11/24/1993	$219,195,243	$366,635,400
6	Aladdin	Buena Vista	11/11/1992	$217,350,219	$360,740,705
7	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	11/17/2000	$260,031,035	$331,522,047
8	Crocodile Dundee	Paramount Pictures	9/26/1986	$174,803,506	$319,242,437
9	Every Which Way but Loose	Warner Bros.	12/20/1978	$104,268,727	$306,567,881
10	Meet the Fockers	Universal	12/22/2004	$279,167,575	$304,963,479
11	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	6/8/1984	$148,168,459	$303,392,561
12	Rain Man	MGM	12/16/1988	$172,825,435	$295,867,279
13	Heaven Can Wait	Paramount Pictures	6/28/1978	$98,800,000	$290,488,887
14	3 Men and a Baby	Buena Vista	11/25/1987	$167,780,960	$288,045,696
15	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	20th Century Fox	11/20/1992	$173,585,516	$287,886,892
16	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	4/19/2002	$241,437,427	$285,782,176
17	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	6/10/1999	$206,040,085	$280,149,362
18	Bruce Almighty	Universal	5/23/2003	$242,704,995	$276,917,145
19	Liar Liar	Universal	3/21/1997	$181,410,615	$271,918,309
20	Nine to Five	20th Century Fox	12/19/1980	$103,290,500	$264,177,930
21	Stir Crazy	Columbia	12/12/1980	$101,300,000	$259,086,992
22	Who Framed Roger Rabbit?	Buena Vista	6/22/1988	$154,112,492	$258,211,911
23	Night at the Museum	20th Century Fox	12/22/2006	$250,863,268	$256,698,586
24	Cars	Buena Vista	6/9/2006	$244,082,982	$256,380,290
25	Porky's	20th Century Fox	3/19/1982	$109,492,484	$256,227,306
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

Year	Movies in Release	Market Share	Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross	Top-Grossing Movie	Gross that Year
1995	64	21.74%	$1,144,255,108	263,047,153	$1,809,764,413	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	$104,355,781
1996	73	26.33%	$1,518,543,293	343,561,830	$2,363,705,390	The Nutty Professor	$128,814,019
1997	76	24.63%	$1,533,381,822	334,070,112	$2,298,402,371	Liar Liar	$181,410,615
1998	80	17.34%	$1,168,367,702	249,118,912	$1,713,938,115	The Waterboy	$150,037,914
1999	80	22.06%	$1,624,562,368	321,059,756	$2,208,891,121	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	$206,040,085
2000	81	27.28%	$2,034,032,799	377,371,579	$2,596,316,464	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$253,367,455
2001	89	22.84%	$1,855,642,856	328,432,365	$2,259,614,671	American Pie 2	$145,096,820
2002	88	23.72%	$2,215,522,243	381,986,595	$2,628,067,774	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$227,898,505
2003	87	26.81%	$2,479,916,770	411,263,144	$2,829,490,431	Bruce Almighty	$242,704,995
2004	131	21.97%	$2,040,026,791	327,978,587	$2,256,492,679	Meet the Fockers	$162,461,370
2005	134	26.02%	$2,304,356,414	359,493,982	$2,473,318,596	The Wedding Crashers	$209,218,368
2006	137	33.60%	$3,115,868,477	475,705,107	$3,272,851,136	Cars	$244,082,982
2007	139	23.60%	$2,266,310,878	329,405,647	$2,266,310,851	Ratatouille	$206,445,654
2008	58	26.44%	$824,578,370	119,851,505	$824,578,354	Juno	$117,425,760

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