#1 of 13,095 Highest-grossing comedy movie ever
2025 · Animation, Action
$1.9B worldwide
$428.1M US & Canada · 23% $1.4B elsewhere · 77%
Comedy box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Comedy Movies of All Time, Page 8
Zootopia 2 (2025) is the highest-grossing comedy movie in our database, with $1.9B worldwide, ahead of Inside Out 2 (2024) at $1.7B and The Lion King (2019) at $1.7B. 13,095 comedy films in our database report a worldwide gross, $293.6B in all, 45% of it from the US & Canada. 18 films crossed $1 billion and 715 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $241B across 5,985 comedy releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 13,095
- combined worldwide
- $293.6B
- films crossed $100M
- 715
- earned in the US & Canada
- 45%
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The Top 5,000 Comedy Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 351 to 400 of 5,000. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. The pages stop at the top 5,000 of 13,095 films.
- 351
Aug 10, 2018 US and Canada: $670.9K Rest of the world: $197.7M Worldwide: $198.3M - 352
Feb 8, 2013 US and Canada: $57.4K Rest of the world: $197.7M Worldwide: $197.8M - 353
Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)Apr 7, 2017 US and Canada: $45M Rest of the world: $152.2M Worldwide: $197.2M
Apr 7, 2017 · English · Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy $197.2M worldwide - 354
Jul 25, 2003 US and Canada: $111.8M Rest of the world: $85.3M Worldwide: $197.1M - 355
Apr 25, 2014 US and Canada: $83.9M Rest of the world: $112.8M Worldwide: $196.7M - 356
Apr 11, 2003 US and Canada: $135.6M Rest of the world: $60.1M Worldwide: $195.7M - 357
Aug 13, 2008 US and Canada: $110.5M Rest of the world: $85.2M Worldwide: $195.7M - 358
Feb 13, 2026 US and Canada: $103.3M Rest of the world: $92M Worldwide: $195.4M - 359
Sep 25, 2015 US and Canada: $75.8M Rest of the world: $119M Worldwide: $194.8M - 360
Mar 25, 2022 US and Canada: $105.3M Rest of the world: $87.6M Worldwide: $192.9M - 361
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)Oct 5, 2005 US and Canada: $56.1M Rest of the world: $136.7M Worldwide: $192.8M Oct 5, 2005 · English · Adventure, Comedy, Animation $192.8M worldwide - 362
Nov 22, 1991 US and Canada: $113.5M Rest of the world: $78M Worldwide: $191.5M - 363
May 27, 2005 US and Canada: $158.1M Rest of the world: $33.3M Worldwide: $191.5M - 364
Dec 24, 1970 US and Canada: $59M Rest of the world: $132M Worldwide: $191M - 365
Nov 11, 1994 US and Canada: $145.5M Rest of the world: $45M Worldwide: $190.5M - 366
Dec 25, 2003 US and Canada: $138.6M Rest of the world: $51.9M Worldwide: $190.5M - 367
May 17, 2024 US and Canada: $111.4M Rest of the world: $79.2M Worldwide: $190.5M - 368
Sep 27, 2019 US and Canada: $61.3M Rest of the world: $129M Worldwide: $190.3M - 369
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)Dec 25, 2013 US and Canada: $58.2M Rest of the world: $129.9M Worldwide: $188.1M Dec 25, 2013 · English · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy $188.1M worldwide - 370
Jun 17, 2011 US and Canada: $68.2M Rest of the world: $119.1M Worldwide: $187.4M - 371
Jul 20, 2007 US and Canada: $120.1M Rest of the world: $67.1M Worldwide: $187.1M - 372
Jul 17, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $186.7M - 373
Nov 15, 2024 US and Canada: $97M Rest of the world: $89M Worldwide: $186M - 374
Nov 6, 1998 US and Canada: $161.5M Rest of the world: $24.5M Worldwide: $186M - 375
Dec 22, 2017 US and Canada: $104.9M Rest of the world: $80.5M Worldwide: $185.4M - 376
Mar 8, 1996 US and Canada: $124.1M Rest of the world: $61.2M Worldwide: $185.3M - 377
Apr 1, 2011 US and Canada: $108.5M Rest of the world: $75.9M Worldwide: $184.4M - 378
Jul 29, 2016 US and Canada: $113.3M Rest of the world: $70.7M Worldwide: $183.9M - 379
Sep 23, 2016 US and Canada: $72.8M Rest of the world: $111M Worldwide: $183.8M - 380
Nov 22, 2000 US and Canada: $67M Rest of the world: $116.7M Worldwide: $183.6M - 381
Aug 18, 2017 US and Canada: $75.5M Rest of the world: $108M Worldwide: $183.4M - 382
Jan 16, 2009 US and Canada: $146.3M Rest of the world: $37M Worldwide: $183.3M - 383
Feb 14, 1992 US and Canada: $121.7M Rest of the world: $61.4M Worldwide: $183.1M - 384
May 20, 1994 US and Canada: $101.6M Rest of the world: $81.4M Worldwide: $183M - 385
Mar 30, 2012 US and Canada: $64.9M Rest of the world: $118.1M Worldwide: $183M - 386
Nov 26, 2003 US and Canada: $75.8M Rest of the world: $106.4M Worldwide: $182.3M - 387
Apr 21, 1995 US and Canada: $81.1M Rest of the world: $101M Worldwide: $182.1M - 388
Feb 6, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $181.7M - 389
Sep 20, 1996 US and Canada: $105.5M Rest of the world: $76M Worldwide: $181.5M - 390
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)Mar 26, 2004 US and Canada: $84.2M Rest of the world: $97M Worldwide: $181.2M Mar 26, 2004 · English · Action, Adventure, Mystery $181.2M worldwide - 391
Jul 31, 1991 US and Canada: $69.5M Rest of the world: $111.6M Worldwide: $181.1M - 392
May 3, 2024 US and Canada: $92.9M Rest of the world: $88.2M Worldwide: $181.1M - 393
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: $127.2M Rest of the world: $53.4M Worldwide: $180.6M - 394
Nov 10, 2017 US and Canada: $104M Rest of the world: $76.6M Worldwide: $180.6M - 395
May 16, 2012 US and Canada: $59.7M Rest of the world: $119.7M Worldwide: $179.4M - 396
Jun 7, 1991 US and Canada: $124M Rest of the world: $55M Worldwide: $179M - 397
Feb 6, 2009 US and Canada: $94M Rest of the world: $84.9M Worldwide: $178.9M - 398
Jan 16, 2004 US and Canada: $88.1M Rest of the world: $90.2M Worldwide: $178.3M - 399
Nov 3, 2006 US and Canada: $64.7M Rest of the world: $113.6M Worldwide: $178.3M - 400
Apr 14, 2006 US and Canada: $90.7M Rest of the world: $87.6M Worldwide: $178.3M
Archive
Comedy Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1921 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $16.1B, led by The Lion King (2019).
2020s 7 years · $40.8B
2010s 10 years · $117.9B
- 2019 $16.1B #1 The Lion King (2019)
- 2018 $11.8B #1 Incredibles 2 (2018)
- 2017 $12.9B #1 Despicable Me 3 (2017)
- 2016 $12.3B #1 Finding Dory (2016)
- 2015 $14.3B #1 Minions (2015)
- 2014 $9.3B #1 Big Hero 6 (2014)
- 2013 $10.7B #1 Despicable Me 2 (2013)
- 2012 $10.2B #1 Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
- 2011 $9.8B #1 Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
- 2010 $10.4B #1 Toy Story 3 (2010)
2000s 10 years · $79.4B
- 2009 $9.2B #1 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
- 2008 $9.3B #1 Mamma Mia! (2008)
- 2007 $10.3B #1 Shrek the Third (2007)
- 2006 $8.4B #1 Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
- 2005 $8B #1 Madagascar (2005)
- 2004 $7.5B #1 Shrek 2 (2004)
- 2003 $8.1B #1 Finding Nemo (2003)
- 2002 $6.4B #1 Men in Black II (2002)
- 2001 $6.6B #1 Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- 2000 $5.7B #1 What Women Want (2000)
1990s 10 years · $33.7B
- 1999 $5.4B #1 Toy Story 2 (1999)
- 1998 $4.2B #1 There's Something About Mary (1998)
- 1997 $3.6B #1 Men in Black (1997)
- 1996 $3.2B #1 101 Dalmatians (1996)
- 1995 $3B #1 Toy Story (1995)
- 1994 $3.6B #1 True Lies (1994)
- 1993 $2.7B #1 Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- 1992 $2.1B #1 Sister Act (1992)
- 1991 $2.4B #1 Hook (1991)
- 1990 $3.5B #1 Ghost (1990)
1980s 10 years · $17.5B
- 1989 $3.1B #1 Back to the Future Part II (1989)
- 1988 $3B #1 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- 1987 $2.1B #1 Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
- 1986 $2B #1 Crocodile Dundee (1986)
- 1985 $1.5B #1 Back to the Future (1985)
- 1984 $1.9B #1 Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- 1983 $979.6M #1 Terms of Endearment (1983)
- 1982 $1.1B #1 Tootsie (1982)
- 1981 $752.2M #1 Arthur (1981)
- 1980 $1.1B #1 The Blues Brothers (1980)
1970s 10 years · $3.2B
- 1979 $823.9M #1 1941 (1979)
- 1978 $568.8M #1 Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
- 1977 $509.1M #1 Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
- 1976 $181.6M #1 Silver Streak (1976)
- 1975 $301.6M #1 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- 1974 $309.1M #1 Blazing Saddles (1974)
- 1973 $290.9M #1 The Sting (1973)
- 1972 $19.3M #1 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
- 1971 $10.7M #1 Gentlemen of Fortune (1971)
- 1970 $209.7M #1 The Aristocats (1970)
1960s 10 years · $552.3M
- 1969 $66.3M #1 The Love Bug (1969)
- 1968 $98.4M #1 Funny Girl (1968)
- 1967 $162.1M #1 The Graduate (1967)
- 1966 $177.9K #1 Made in U.S.A (1966)
- 1965 $355.2K #1 Do Not Disturb (1965)
- 1964 $140.9M #1 Mary Poppins (1964)
- 1963 $61.9M #1 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- 1962 $1.8M #1 Copacabana Palace (1962)
- 1961 $1.4M #1 Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- 1960 $19.1M #1 The Apartment (1960)
1950s 10 years · $149.8M
- 1959 $231.6K #1 Some Like It Hot (1959)
- 1958 $2.1M #1 Paris Holiday (1958)
- 1957 $46.4K #1 Ali Baba Bunny (1957)
- 1956 $42.2M #1 Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- 1955 $94M #1 Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 1954 $3.1M #1 White Christmas (1954)
- 1953 $5.7M #1 Father of Four (1953)
- 1952 $2.2M #1 Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- 1951 $56.4K #1 The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
- 1950 $16K #1 Rabbit of Seville (1950)
1940s 10 years · $185.7M
- 1949 $217.9K #1 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- 1948 $29.7K #1 Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948)
- 1947 $1.1M #1 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
- 1946 $37.7M #1 Song of the South (1946)
- 1945 $21.9M #1 The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
- 1944 $31.7K #1 What’s Cookin’ Doc? (1944)
- 1943 $1.3M #1 The Marry-Go-Round (1943)
- 1942 $330 #1 The Major and the Minor (1942)
- 1941 $31K #1 The Lady Eve (1941)
- 1940 $123.3M #1 Pinocchio (1940)
1930s 10 years · $27.9M
- 1939 $26.1M #1 The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- 1938 $18K #1 Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- 1937 $19.3K #1 Stage Door (1937)
- 1936 $1.5M #1 Born to Dance (1936)
- 1935 $35K #1 Top Hat (1935)
- 1934 $43.5K #1 It Happened One Night (1934)
- 1933 $108.6K #1 Duck Soup (1933)
- 1932 $12.2K #1 Fanny (1932)
- 1931 $8.3K #1 Marius (1931)
- 1930 $1K #1 Madam Satan (1930)