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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Box Office History for Comedy Movies

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Released    Movie Name    1st Weekend    US Gross    Worldwide Gross    Budget   
1/30/1931 City Lights $9,102 $18,165 - -
2/5/1936 Modern Times - $163,245 - $1,500,000
1/1/1940 Road to Singapore - $3,200,000 - -
1/31/1941 Buck Privates - $4,000,000 - -
9/1/1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer - $8,750,000 - -
4/17/1954 Casanova's Big Night - $3,500,000 - -
8/31/1956 Bus Stop - $4,500,000 - -
1/1/1958 Auntie Mame - $23,300,000 - -
1/25/1961 101 Dalmatians - $153,000,000 - -
3/16/1961 The Absent Minded Professor - $25,381,407 - -
5/17/1962 Bon Voyage! - $9,230,769 - -
12/5/1963 Charade - $13,474,588 - -
12/16/1963 Billy Liar $10,785 $35,609 - -
6/3/1964 Hey There, It's Yogi Bear - $1,940,903 - -
6/30/1964 Mafioso - $398,614 - -
8/11/1964 A Hard Day's Night - $12,299,668 - $560,000
6/23/1965 The Art of Love - - - -
6/24/1965 Cat Ballou - $20,666,667 - -
8/6/1965 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! - $36,122 - -
12/22/1965 Do Not Disturb - $8,000,000 - -
8/24/1966 Alfie - $18,871,300 - -
4/28/1967 Casino Royale - $22,744,718 $41,744,718 $12,000,000
6/7/1967 Caprice - $4,075,000 - -
1/1/1968 The Ambushers - $10,000,000 - -
2/8/1968 Blackbeard's Ghost - $21,540,050 - -
2/19/1968 The Two of Us $5,255 $50,710 - -
6/19/1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? - $7,988,000 - -
8/7/1968 With Six You Get Eggroll - $10,095,200 - -
12/17/1968 Candy - $16,408,286 - -
8/20/1969 Alice's Restaurant - $6,300,000 - -
9/18/1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice - $31,897,253 - -
12/16/1969 Cactus Flower - $25,889,208 - -
1/1/1970 Kelly's Heroes - $5,200,000 - -
1/1/1970 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls - $9,000,000 - $1,000,000
6/24/1970 Catch-22 - $24,911,670 - $18,000,000
7/1/1970 The Boatniks - $18,607,492 - -
4/28/1971 Bananas - - - $2,000,000
3/10/1972 What's Up, Doc? - $57,142,740 - -
8/11/1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know - $18,016,290 - $2,000,000
8/11/1973 American Graffiti - $115,000,000 $140,000,000 $777,000
12/17/1973 Sleeper - $18,344,729 - $2,000,000
1/1/1974 California Split - $10,000,000 - -
1/1/1974 Blazing Saddles - $119,500,000 - $2,600,000
1/1/1974 The Groove Tube - $20,447,000 - -
5/1/1974 The Lord’s of Flatbush - - - -
12/17/1974 The Front Page - $15,000,000 - $4,000,000
1/1/1975 The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother - $20,000,000 - -
6/10/1975 Love and Death - $20,123,742 - $3,000,000
7/1/1975 The Apple Dumpling Gang - $31,916,500 - -
1/1/1976 Murder by Death - $32,511,047 - -
4/7/1976 The Bad News Bears $2,413,779 $42,349,782 - -
6/23/1976 The Big Bus - - - -
6/25/1976 Silent Movie - $36,145,695 - $4,400,000
1/21/1977 Freaky Friday - $25,942,000 - -
4/20/1977 Annie Hall - $38,251,425 - $4,000,000
5/27/1977 Smokey and the Bandit $1,728,060 $126,737,428 - -
8/10/1977 The Kentucky Fried Movie - $15,000,000 $20,000,000 $600,000
10/7/1977 Oh, God! $1,900,000 $51,061,196 - -
1/1/1978 The Bad News Bears Go To Japan - $14,000,000 - -
1/1/1978 The Brink's Job - $9,400,000 - -
1/1/1978 The Big Fix - $12,000,000 - -
6/9/1978 The Cheap Detective - $28,221,552 - -
6/28/1978 Heaven Can Wait $3,652,486 $98,800,000 - -
7/14/1978 Foul Play - $40,415,179 - -
12/15/1978 California Suite - $42,913,571 - -
12/20/1978 Every Which Way but Loose $10,272,000 $104,268,727 - -
1/1/1979 Chapter Two - $30,000,000 - -
3/2/1979 Real Life - - - -
3/30/1979 La cage aux folles $18,709 $18,709 - -
4/25/1979 Manhattan $485,734 $39,946,780 - -
5/25/1979 The Prisoner of Zenda $2,425,315 $7,000,000 - $12,500,000
6/22/1979 Lost and Found $1,022,374 $1,022,374 - -
6/22/1979 The Muppet Movie - $76,657,000 - -
6/29/1979 Meatballs $77,170 $43,000,000 - -
7/13/1979 The Frisco Kid $160,292 $12,000,000 - -
8/3/1979 More American Graffiti - $8,100,000 - -
8/10/1979 Americathon - - - -
8/17/1979 The Life of Brian $140,034 $20,008,693 $36,000,000 $4,000,000
11/2/1979 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh $12,922 $12,922 - -
12/14/1979 1941 $2,701,898 $34,175,000 $94,875,000 $32,000,000
12/19/1979 Roller Boogie $767,854 $775,133 - -
1/1/1980 The Black Marble - $2,500,000 - -
2/8/1980 Hero At Large $1,850,725 $15,934,737 - -
2/8/1980 The Last Married Couple in America $2,454,289 $12,835,544 - -
3/21/1980 Little Miss Marker $853,173 $6,321,392 - -
4/25/1980 Where the Buffalo Roam $1,750,593 $6,659,377 - -
5/9/1980 The Nude Bomb $3,565,066 $14,662,035 - -
5/23/1980 The Gong Show Movie $1,476,425 $6,621,520 - -
5/30/1980 Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!) - $2,013,193 - -
6/6/1980 Up the Academy - $10,000,000 - -
6/13/1980 Roadie $1,002,263 $4,226,370 - -
6/13/1980 Wholly Moses! $3,625,280 $14,155,617 - -
7/4/1980 Airplane! - $83,453,539 - $3,500,000
7/11/1980 Oh Heavenly Dog $323,320 $6,216,067 - -
7/11/1980 My Bodyguard $178,641 $22,482,952 - -
7/18/1980 Cheech & Chong's Next Movie $5,262,963 $41,675,194 - -
7/25/1980 Caddyshack $3,142,689 $39,846,344 - $6,000,000
8/8/1980 Why Would I Lie? $52,473 $52,473 - -
8/8/1980 The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu $2,399,109 $10,697,276 - -
8/15/1980 Smokey and the Bandit II $10,883,835 $66,132,626 - -
9/26/1980 In God We Tru$t $2,008,150 $5,215,015 - -
9/26/1980 Divine Madness! $769,787 $5,318,098 - -
9/26/1980 Stardust Memories $326,779 $10,389,003 - -
10/3/1980 Oh, God! Book II $3,439,846 $14,504,277 - -
10/10/1980 Private Benjamin $4,739,769 $69,847,348 - -
10/24/1980 Loving Couples $1,010,181 $2,806,659 - -
12/12/1980 Stir Crazy $8,691,886 $101,300,000 - -
12/17/1980 Any Which Way You Can $8,024,663 $70,687,344 - -
12/19/1980 Nine to Five $3,966,832 $103,290,500 - -
12/25/1980 First Family $3,635,564 $15,198,912 - -
1/30/1981 The Incredible Shrinking Woman $4,279,264 $20,259,000 - -
3/6/1981 All Night Long $1,392,852 $7,800,000 - -
3/13/1981 Back Roads $3,046,339 $11,809,387 - -
4/17/1981 Caveman - $15,965,000 - -
5/22/1981 Bustin' Loose $6,622,753 $31,261,000 - -
5/22/1981 The Four Seasons $4,365,643 $42,488,161 - -
6/12/1981 History of the World: Part I $4,792,731 $31,672,000 - $11,000,000
6/26/1981 Stripes $6,130,197 $85,300,000 - $10,000,000
6/26/1981 The Great Muppet Caper $2,968,990 $31,206,251 - -
7/10/1981 The Fox and the Hound - $43,899,231 - -
7/17/1981 Arthur $2,719,534 $81,464,486 - -
7/24/1981 Zorro, The Gay Blade - $10,000,000 - -
7/31/1981 Under the Rainbow $2,287,205 $18,826,490 - $20,000,000
8/7/1981 Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. $19,225 $19,225 - -
8/7/1981 Student Bodies $1,582,148 $1,582,148 - -
8/21/1981 Honky Tonk Freeway $939,423 $939,423 - -
8/28/1981 Private Lessons $1,177,841 $18,064,851 - -
9/25/1981 Carbon Copy $1,451,286 $8,400,000 - -
12/11/1981 Buddy Buddy - $5,299,037 - -
12/18/1981 Heartbeeps $407,464 $6,000,000 - $10,000,000
12/18/1981 Neighbors $6,481,386 $29,916,207 - -
12/25/1981 Modern Problems $4,758,371 $24,474,312 - $8,000,000
2/12/1982 Cannery Row $1,500,000 $2,638,311 - -
3/19/1982 Deathtrap $2,238,977 $19,282,000 - -
3/19/1982 Porky's $7,623,988 $109,492,484 - $4,000,000
3/26/1982 The Beach Girls - $20,418,789 - -
3/26/1982 I Ought to be in Pictures $2,170,397 $6,968,359 - -
4/2/1982 Some Kind of Hero $5,631,293 $20,400,486 - -
4/2/1982 Diner - $12,592,907 - -
4/16/1982 Wrong is Right - $3,600,000 - -
4/30/1982 Partners $2,318,801 $4,109,724 - -
5/21/1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid $4,289,601 $18,196,170 - -
6/4/1982 Hanky Panky $3,597,244 $9,823,934 - -
6/18/1982 Author! Author! $2,279,260 $13,111,101 - -
7/16/1982 Young Doctors in Love $4,206,265 $30,688,860 - -
7/16/1982 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy $2,514,478 $9,077,269 - -
7/16/1982 Six Pack $1,946,418 $20,225,989 - -
7/16/1982 Summer Lovers $504,000 $1,200,000 - -
7/23/1982 Zapped! $823,548 $15,026,217 - -
7/23/1982 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas $11,874,268 $69,701,637 - -
7/23/1982 The World According to Garp $2,902,088 $30,207,324 - -
7/30/1982 Things Are Tough All Over $5,906,708 $21,134,374 - -
7/30/1982 Night Shift $2,539,633 $21,017,056 - -
8/4/1982 The Last American Virgin - $5,829,781 - -
8/13/1982 Tempest - $5,005,245 - -
8/13/1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High $2,545,674 $27,092,880 - $4,500,000
8/27/1982 Homework $1,366,535 $2,914,328 - -
8/27/1982 Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again $115,797 $3,707,583 - -
9/24/1982 Yes, Giorgio - $1,368,588 - -
10/1/1982 My Favorite Year $266,009 $17,458,105 - -
10/8/1982 Lookin' To Get Out $528,559 $832,238 - -
10/22/1982 Jinxed! $1,209,311 $2,133,621 - -
10/29/1982 National Lampoon's Class Reunion $3,086,525 $16,550,727 - -
11/5/1982 The Missionary $1,864,852 $7,241,180 - -
11/12/1982 They Call Me Bruce $1,071,345 $12,925,437 - -
11/12/1982 Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean $22,298 $177,500 - -
11/19/1982 Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales $78,350 $78,350 - -
12/10/1982 Airplane II: The Sequel $5,329,208 $25,009,494 - -
12/10/1982 The Toy $6,322,804 $47,118,057 - -
12/15/1982 Honkytonk Man $667,727 $3,695,409 - -
12/17/1982 Trail of the Pink Panther $1,341,695 $7,201,697 - -
12/17/1982 Best Friends $4,022,891 $36,670,556 - -
12/17/1982 Tootsie $5,540,470 $177,200,000 - $15,000,000
12/22/1982 Kiss Me Goodbye $1,345,672 $15,782,759 - -
2/18/1983 The Sting II $3,106,108 $6,347,072 - -
2/18/1983 Lovesick $3,093,281 $10,143,618 - -
2/18/1983 The King of Comedy $137,624 $2,536,242 - -
2/18/1983 Local Hero $23,567 $5,767,363 - -
3/4/1983 My Tutor $435,188 $22,587,000 - -
3/4/1983 Baby It's You - $1,312,473 - -
3/11/1983 Trenchcoat $2,192,621 $4,304,286 - -
3/25/1983 Spring Break $5,908,574 $24,071,666 - -
3/25/1983 Max Dugan Returns $2,791,002 $17,613,720 - -
3/31/1983 The Meaning of Life $1,987,853 $14,929,552 - -
4/15/1983 Better Late Than Never $24,164 $24,164 - -
4/29/1983 Valley Girl $1,856,780 $16,800,000 - -
4/29/1983 Blue Skies Again $46,603 $46,603 - -
5/6/1983 Doctor Detroit $3,295,722 $10,400,000 - -
5/6/1983 Still Smokin $3,085,705 $15,543,000 - -
6/3/1983 The Man with Two Brains $3,498,931 $10,353,438 - -
6/8/1983 Trading Places $7,348,200 $90,400,000 - -
6/22/1983 The Survivors $3,044,927 $14,000,000 - -
6/24/1983 Yellowbeard $1,564,155 $4,300,000 - -
6/24/1983 Porky's II: The Next Day $7,054,988 $33,759,266 - -
7/1/1983 Stroker Ace $4,668,135 $13,000,000 - -
7/15/1983 Zelig $60,119 $11,798,616 - -
7/15/1983 Puberty Blues $7,381 $237,000 - -
7/22/1983 Class $4,553,233 $21,667,789 - -
7/22/1983 Mr. Mom $947,197 $64,800,000 - -
7/29/1983 National Lampoon's Summer Vacation $8,333,358 $61,400,000 - -
7/29/1983 Private School $4,411,861 $14,049,540 - -
8/5/1983 Risky Business $4,275,327 $63,541,777 - -
8/12/1983 Curse of the Pink Panther $1,641,182 $3,374,312 - -
8/12/1983 Smokey and the Bandit III $1,728,060 $7,000,000 - -
8/12/1983 The Man Who Wasn't There $1,379,502 $2,315,505 - -
8/19/1983 The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew - $7,035,618 - -
8/19/1983 Easy Money $5,844,974 $29,309,766 - -
9/9/1983 Leidenschaftliche Blümchen - $131,396 - -
9/28/1983 The Big Chill $3,662,152 $56,077,501 - -
10/7/1983 Romantic Comedy $2,366,025 $5,140,538 - -
10/28/1983 Going Berserk $234,950 $234,950 - -
11/4/1983 Deal of the Century $3,520,605 $10,400,000 - -
11/18/1983 A Christmas Story $2,071,473 $19,294,144 - $3,250,000
12/16/1983 Two of a Kind $3,344,942 $23,700,000 - -
12/16/1983 D.C. Cab $1,564,530 $16,134,000 - -
12/16/1983 The Man Who Loved Women $1,347,032 $11,000,000 - -
12/16/1983 To Be or Not to Be $1,020,958 $13,030,214 - -
1/13/1984 Hot Dog… The Movie $4,506,756 $17,540,166 - -
1/20/1984 Scandalous $274,933 $526,805 - -
1/27/1984 Broadway Danny Rose $953,740 $10,600,497 - -
1/27/1984 The Lonely Guy $2,072,130 $4,800,000 - -
2/3/1984 Weekend Pass $1,451,676 $21,058,033 - -
2/17/1984 Blame it on Rio $3,437,660 $18,600,000 - -
3/2/1984 Repo Man $95,300 $2,300,000 - $1,500,000
3/2/1984 Over the Brooklyn Bridge $239,345 $592,448 - -
3/2/1984 This is Spinal Tap $30,835 $4,671,000 - -
3/9/1984 Splash $6,174,059 $62,599,495 - $8,000,000
3/16/1984 The Ice Pirates $4,358,022 $13,075,390 - $9,000,000
3/23/1984 Police Academy $8,570,007 $81,198,894 - $4,500,000
4/6/1984 Where the Boys Are '84 $3,665,088 $10,530,000 - -
4/6/1984 Moscow on the Hudson $3,536,687 $25,100,000 - -
4/6/1984 Up the Creek $3,210,882 $11,708,269 - -
5/4/1984 Sixteen Candles $4,461,520 $23,686,027 - -
5/4/1984 Hardbodies $2,684,599 $7,121,000 - -
5/18/1984 Making the Grade $1,760,856 $4,561,000 - -
5/18/1984 Finders Keepers $865,207 $1,500,000 - -
6/8/1984 Ghost Busters $13,612,564 $238,632,124 $291,632,124 $30,000,000
6/8/1984 Gremlins $12,511,634 $148,168,459 - $11,000,000
6/22/1984 Top Secret! $4,406,205 $21,100,000 - -
6/22/1984 Rhinestone $5,459,726 $21,400,000 - -
6/29/1984 Bachelor Party $4,775,155 $38,435,947 - -
6/29/1984 Cannonball Run II $8,323,948 $28,100,000 - -
7/9/1984 The Gods Must Be Crazy $8,788 $30,031,783 $34,331,783 -
7/13/1984 The Muppets Take Manhattan $4,416,022 $25,534,703 - -
7/13/1984 The Last Starfighter $6,011,695 $22,200,789 - -
7/20/1984 Revenge of the Nerds $1,513,090 $40,874,452 - -
7/20/1984 Electric Dreams $1,009,586 $1,932,663 $2,467,664 -
7/20/1984 Best Defense $7,872,297 $19,265,302 - -
7/27/1984 Meatballs II $2,515,268 $5,410,972 - -
7/27/1984 Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers $1,667,881 $3,772,785 - -
8/3/1984 Joy of Sex $1,913,001 $4,463,000 - -
8/15/1984 The Woman in Red $3,165,833 $25,308,147 - -
8/24/1984 Oxford Blues $2,486,418 $8,793,000 - -
8/29/1984 Choose Me $56,231 $2,490,233 - -
9/7/1984 The Brother from Another Planet - $3,700,000 - -
9/21/1984 All of Me $5,803,848 $35,243,581 - -
9/28/1984 Irreconcilable Differences $3,076,894 $12,400,000 - -
9/28/1984 The Wild Life $4,001,400 $9,500,000 - -
11/2/1984 Blame it on the Night $201,096 $201,096 - -
11/2/1984 Lovelines $225,570 $225,570 - -
11/9/1984 Oh God, You Devil! $5,560,001 $21,538,000 - -
11/16/1984 Just the Way You Are $2,291,803 $7,517,699 - -
12/21/1984 Micki + Maude $2,742,458 $26,200,000 - -
12/21/1984 Protocol $3,427,840 $26,300,000 - -
12/21/1984 Johnny Dangerously $2,947,746 $17,124,395 - -
12/21/1984 The Flamingo Kid $2,015,076 $23,859,382 - -
1/25/1985 Fandango $50,437 $86,134 - -
2/8/1985 Mischief $2,618,460 $8,700,000 - -
2/8/1985 Heaven Help Us $2,235,687 $6,070,794 - -
2/8/1985 Lust in the Dust $101,146 $727,639 - -
2/15/1985 The Breakfast Club $5,107,599 $45,875,171 - -
2/15/1985 Lost in America $53,982 $10,079,206 - -
2/15/1985 Turk 182! $1,589,234 $3,563,635 - -
3/1/1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo $114,095 $10,631,333 - -
3/1/1985 A Private Function - $2,516,761 - -
3/1/1985 The Sure Thing $3,124,782 $18,136,000 - -
3/8/1985 The Hit - $876,775 - -
3/22/1985 Porky's Revenge $6,207,507 $20,518,000 - -
3/29/1985 The Slugger's Wife $1,314,993 $1,878,000 - -
3/29/1985 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment $10,675,896 $55,337,042 - -
3/29/1985 Desperately Seeking Susan $1,526,098 $27,400,000 - -
4/12/1985 Fraternity Vacation $1,023,186 $3,333,306 - -
4/12/1985 Girls Just Want to Have Fun $1,650,078 $6,326,051 - -
4/19/1985 Petit Con - - - -
4/19/1985 Lily in Love $43,051 $376,686 - -
4/19/1985 Moving Violations $3,469,488 $10,600,000 - -
4/26/1985 Just One of the Guys $3,307,171 $11,377,655 - -
5/3/1985 Movers and Shakers $9,580 $311,321 - -
5/3/1985 Private Resort $163,704 $331,816 - -
5/10/1985 Rustlers' Rhapsody $2,374,973 $4,847,085 - -
5/22/1985 Brewster's Millions $9,858,905 $40,800,000 $45,800,000 -
5/31/1985 Fletch $7,022,970 $46,700,000 - -
6/7/1985 The Goonies $9,105,913 $61,389,680 - -
6/14/1985 D.A.R.Y.L. $2,649,832 $6,561,653 - -
7/19/1985 The Man With One Red Shoe $3,139,025 $8,645,411 - -
7/26/1985 Pee Wee's Big Adventure $99,184 $40,940,662 - -
7/26/1985 National Lampoon's European Vacation $12,329,627 $49,400,000 - -
8/2/1985 Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird $2,415,626 $13,961,370 - -
8/2/1985 Weird Science $4,895,421 $16,316,258 - -
8/7/1985 Real Genius $2,557,180 $12,952,019 - -
8/9/1985 Summer Rental $5,754,289 $24,671,000 - -
8/9/1985 My Science Project $1,504,118 $4,100,000 - -
8/16/1985 Volunteers $5,184,360 $19,875,740 - -
8/23/1985 Better Off Dead... $56,371 $10,297,601 - -
8/23/1985 Teen Wolf $6,120,348 $33,086,611 - -
8/30/1985 Compromising Positions $3,014,756 $10,600,000 - -
9/13/1985 After Hours $45,435 $10,609,321 - -
9/20/1985 Creator $2,019,728 $4,571,788 - -
10/25/1985 My Man Adam $92,920 $92,920 - -
10/25/1985 Stoogemania - - - -
10/25/1985 The Dog Who Stopped the War - - - -
11/8/1985 Transylvania 6-5000 $2,507,542 $7,200,000 - -
11/15/1985 Once Bitten $4,025,657 $9,917,242 - -
11/22/1985 Bad Medicine $1,289,783 $2,549,195 - -
12/6/1985 Spies Like Us $8,614,039 $59,526,202 -