Despicable Me 3 (2017) is the highest-grossing comedy movie released in 2017, with $1B worldwide, ahead of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) at $962.5M and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) at $863.8M. 582 comedy films released in 2017 report a worldwide gross, $12.9B in all, 33% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 31 crossed $100 million. That is up 5% on 2016, whose releases took $12.3B. By language, English leads with $10.1B across 169 comedy releases.

2017 releases with a gross

582

combined worldwide

$12.9B

films crossed $100M

31

vs 2016

+5%

#1 of 582

#1 comedy movie of 2017

Despicable Me 3 (2017)

2017 · Action, Adventure

$1B worldwide · 8% of the chart's total

$264.6M US & Canada · 26% $770.2M elsewhere · 74%