#1 of 386 #1 comedy movie of 2008
2008 · Comedy, Romance
$703.2M worldwide · 8% of the chart's total
$144.3M US & Canada · 21% $558.9M elsewhere · 79%
Comedy box office · 2008
Comedy Box Office 2008: Highest-Grossing Comedy Movies, Page 8
Mamma Mia! (2008) is the highest-grossing comedy movie released in 2008, with $703.2M worldwide, ahead of Kung Fu Panda (2008) at $632.4M and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) at $603.9M. 386 comedy films released in 2008 report a worldwide gross, $9.3B in all, 41% of it from the US & Canada. 26 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is down 10% on 2007, whose releases took $10.3B. By language, English leads with $7.3B across 165 comedy releases.
- 2008 releases with a gross
- 386
- combined worldwide
- $9.3B
- films crossed $100M
- 26
- vs 2007
- −10%
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Every Comedy Release of 2008, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 351 to 386 of 386. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2008.
- 351
Oct 10, 2008 US and Canada: $27.6K Rest of the world: $12.3K Worldwide: $39.9K - 352
Oct 23, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $38.6K - 353
May 15, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $38.5K - 354
2008 US and Canada: $34.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $34.1K - 355
Apr 18, 2008 US and Canada: $32K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $32K - 356
Jan 17, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.9K - 357
Nov 14, 2008 US and Canada: $26.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $26.9K - 358
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare (2008)Sep 12, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.8K
Sep 12, 2008 · English · Animation, Family, Comedy $23.8K worldwide - 359
Jul 4, 2008 US and Canada: $21.7K Rest of the world: $2.1K Worldwide: $23.7K - 360
Jun 22, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.1K - 361
Aug 8, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.9K - 362
Jun 13, 2008 US and Canada: $18K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $18K - 363
Jun 25, 2008 US and Canada: $17K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $17K - 364
May 9, 2008 US and Canada: $16.5K Rest of the world: $421 Worldwide: $16.9K - 365
Sep 26, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.7K - 366
Nov 21, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.6K - 367
Nov 27, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.5K - 368
Feb 14, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15K - 369
Mar 19, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.8K - 370
Oct 24, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.7K - 371
Feb 1, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.3K - 372
Jun 20, 2008 US and Canada: $12.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.8K - 373
Jun 6, 2008 US and Canada: $11.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.9K - 374
Jun 28, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.8K - 375
Feb 20, 2008 US and Canada: $11.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.6K - 376
Nov 7, 2008 US and Canada: $11.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.3K - 377
Unstable Fables: Goldilocks and the Three Bears (2008)Dec 16, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.1K Dec 16, 2008 · English · Animation, Family, Comedy $10.1K worldwide - 378
Feb 27, 2008 US and Canada: $9.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.5K - 379
Nov 21, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.3K - 380
May 30, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.1K - 381
Jul 12, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.1K - 382
Oct 10, 2008 US and Canada: $2.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.8K - 383
2008 US and Canada: $2.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.4K - 384
Jan 26, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2K - 385
Feb 6, 2008 US and Canada: $1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1K - 386
Nov 15, 2008 US and Canada: $899 Rest of the world: Worldwide: $899
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 · $118B
- 2019 $16.1B #1 The Lion King (2019)
- 2018 $11.8B #1 Incredibles 2 (2018)
- 2017 $12.9B #1 Despicable Me 3 (2017)
- 2016 $12.4B #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 $313.5M #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 · $554.7M
- 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 $364.7K #1 Do Not Disturb (1965)
- 1964 $143.3M #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 · $162M
- 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 $51.1M #1 Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- 1955 $94M #1 Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 1954 $3.1M #1 White Christmas (1954)
- 1953 $9M #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 · $188M
- 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 $723 #1 The Palm Beach Story (1942)
- 1941 $2.3M #1 Charley’s Aunt (1941)
- 1940 $123.3M #1 Pinocchio (1940)
1930s 10 years · $31.5M
- 1939 $26.1M #1 The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- 1938 $18K #1 Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- 1937 $19.3K #1 Stage Door (1937)
- 1936 $4.7M #1 After the Thin Man (1936)
- 1935 $532K #1 Sylvia Scarlett (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)