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Comedy box office · Week 9 · Feb 26–Mar 4, 2023

Comedy Box Office, Week 9 of 2023: Comedy Releases of Feb 26–Mar 4

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) is the highest-grossing comedy movie released in week 9 of 2023 (Feb 26–Mar 4), with $49M worldwide, ahead of Unprincipled in the Village (2023) at $3.8M and Mixed by Erry (2023) at $1.1M. 8 comedy films released that week report a worldwide gross, $54.3M in all, 12% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 9% on Week 8, 2023, whose releases took $59.4M. By language, English leads with $49.3M across 4 comedy releases.

week 9 releases with a gross
8
combined worldwide
$54.3M
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023), the #1
$49M
vs Week 8, 2023
−9%
Top 5

What Were the Biggest Comedy Hits of Week 9 of 2023?

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) leads with $49M, 90% of the total. The top 5 together took $54.3M, almost all of what the 8 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) movie poster Number 1
    $49M Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
    $6.5M US & Canada · 13% $42.5M elsewhere · 87%
  2. Unprincipled in the Village (2023) movie poster Number 2
    $3.8M Unprincipled in the Village (2023)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Mixed by Erry (2023) movie poster Number 3
    $1.1M Mixed by Erry (2023)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. The Adventures of Jurassic Pet 2: The Lost Secret (2023) movie poster Number 4
    $253.5K The Adventures of Jurassic Pet 2: The Lost Secret (2023)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  5. Chhakka Panja 4 (2023) movie poster Number 5
    $52.5K Chhakka Panja 4 (2023)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Comedy Release of Week 9 of 2023, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 9 of 2023 (Feb 26–Mar 4).

  1. 1 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) movie poster
    Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) Mar 3, 2023 · English · Action, Thriller, Comedy $49M worldwide
    Mar 3, 2023 US and Canada: $6.5M Rest of the world: $42.5M Worldwide: $49M
  2. 2 Unprincipled in the Village (2023) movie poster
    Unprincipled in the Village (2023) Mar 2, 2023 · Russian · Comedy $3.8M worldwide
    Mar 2, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.8M
  3. 3 Mixed by Erry (2023) movie poster
    Mixed by Erry (2023) Mar 2, 2023 · Italian · History, Music, Comedy $1.1M worldwide
    Mar 2, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M
  4. 4 The Adventures of Jurassic Pet 2: The Lost Secret (2023) movie poster
    The Adventures of Jurassic Pet 2: The Lost Secret (2023) Feb 28, 2023 · English · Family, Comedy, Adventure $253.5K worldwide
    Feb 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $253.5K
  5. 5 Chhakka Panja 4 (2023) movie poster
    Chhakka Panja 4 (2023) Mar 3, 2023 · Nepali · Comedy $52.5K worldwide
    Mar 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.5K
  6. 6 A Little White Lie (2023) movie poster
    A Little White Lie (2023) Mar 3, 2023 · English · Comedy $22.5K worldwide
    Mar 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.5K
  7. 7 Give Me Pity! (2023) movie poster
    Give Me Pity! (2023) Mar 3, 2023 · English · Thriller, Comedy, Musical $9.8K worldwide
    Mar 3, 2023 US and Canada: $8.6K Rest of the world: $1.3K Worldwide: $9.8K
  8. 8 Balagam (2023) movie poster
    Balagam (2023) Mar 3, 2023 · Telugu · Comedy, Drama $6K worldwide
    Mar 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6K
Earlier years

How Does Week 9 of 2023 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 9, 2015 earned the most: $175.2M from 9 films, led by Focus (2015). Week 9, 2023 took $54.3M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 9, 2014 Feb 23–Mar 1 7 films 7 $62.2M – Superchondriac (2014) $53.4M
Week 9, 2015 Feb 22–28 9 films · +182% 9 $175.2M +182% Focus (2015) $159.2M
Week 9, 2016 Feb 21–27 8 films · −64% 8 $62.3M −64% Eddie the Eagle (2016) $46.2M
Week 9, 2017 Feb 26–Mar 4 10 films · −83% 10 $10.4M −83% Table 19 (2017) $5M
Week 9, 2018 Feb 25–Mar 3 8 films · +113% 8 $22.1M +113% The Princess and the Matchmaker (2018) $9.9M
Week 9, 2019 Feb 24–Mar 2 19 films · +403% 19 $111.3M +403% Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral (2019) $74.7M
Week 9, 2020 Feb 23–29 18 films · −63% 18 $41.3M −63% My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2020) $30M
Week 9, 2021 Feb 21–27 2 films · +233% 2 $137.6M +233% Tom & Jerry (2021) $136.5M
Week 9, 2022 Feb 20–26 6 films · −97% 6 $4.1M −97% Studio 666 (2022) $3M
Week 9, 2023 Feb 26–Mar 4 8 films · +1230% 8 $54.3M +1230% Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) $49M
By language

Which Languages Do the Biggest Comedy Movies Speak in Week 9 of 2023?

English-language comedy films took $49.3M across 4 films, 91% of the total, ahead of Russian-language comedy films ($3.8M) and Italian-language comedy films ($1.1M).

Week 9 of 2023 Comedy Box Office by Language

  1. English $49.3M
    4 films · #1 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
  2. Russian $3.8M
    1 film · #1 Unprincipled in the Village (2023)
  3. Italian $1.1M
    1 film · #1 Mixed by Erry (2023)
  4. Nepali $52.5K
    1 film · #1 Chhakka Panja 4 (2023)
  5. 1 film · #1 Balagam (2023)
FAQ

Comedy Box Office Week 9 of 2023: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 8 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing comedy movie in week 9 of 2023 (Feb 26–Mar 4)?

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) leads with $49M worldwide, $6.5M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Unprincipled in the Village (2023) at $3.8M and Mixed by Erry (2023) at $1.1M.

How much did comedy movies released in week 9 of 2023 (Feb 26–Mar 4) earn?

8 comedy films released in week 9 of 2023 (Feb 26–Mar 4) report a worldwide gross, $54.3M in all, or $6.8M per film on average. Week 8, 2023 releases took $59.4M.

How many comedy movies released in week 9 of 2023 (Feb 26–Mar 4) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023), earned $49M.

How much of the Week 9, 2023 Comedy box office came from the US and Canada?

$6.5M of the $54.3M total, or 12%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 6 films of the 8 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 9, 2023 comedy box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 9 of 2023 (Feb 26–Mar 4). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the week 9, 2023 comedy box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.