#1 of 499 #1 comedy movie of 2023
2023 · Adventure, Drama
$1.4B worldwide · 18% of the chart's total
$636.2M US & Canada · 44% $810.9M elsewhere · 56%
Comedy box office · 2023
Comedy Box Office 2023: Highest-Grossing Comedy Movies, Page 3
Barbie (2023) is the highest-grossing comedy movie released in 2023, with $1.4B worldwide, ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) at $845.6M and Full River Red (2023) at $670.5M. 499 comedy films released in 2023 report a worldwide gross, $8B in all, 33% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 16 crossed $100 million. That is up 121% on 2022, whose releases took $3.6B. By language, English leads with $6B across 165 comedy releases.
- 2023 releases with a gross
- 499
- combined worldwide
- $8B
- films crossed $100M
- 16
- vs 2022
- +121%
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Every Comedy Release of 2023, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 101 to 150 of 499. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2023.
- 101
Jun 16, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.6M - 102
Nov 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.5M - 103
Sep 21, 2023 US and Canada: $2.9M Rest of the world: $614.7K Worldwide: $3.5M - 104
Nov 3, 2023 US and Canada: $3.3M Rest of the world: $187.7K Worldwide: $3.5M - 105
Sep 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.5M - 106
Nov 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.3M - 107
Jan 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.3M - 108
Jun 12, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.2M - 109
May 12, 2023 US and Canada: $744.2K Rest of the world: $2.5M Worldwide: $3.2M - 110
Jul 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.2M - 111
Apr 21, 2023 US and Canada: $87K Rest of the world: $3M Worldwide: $3.1M - 112
Oct 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.1M - 113
Nov 29, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3M - 114
Jan 12, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9M - 115
Aug 18, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M - 116
Jan 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M - 117
Dec 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M - 118
Feb 23, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M - 119
Apr 28, 2023 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $1.1M Worldwide: $2.7M - 120
Apr 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M - 121
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (2023)Nov 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Nov 17, 2023 · Japanese · Horror, Fantasy, Mystery $2.6M worldwide - 122
Mar 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M - 123
Apr 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M - 124
Sep 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M - 125
Nov 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M - 126
Jul 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3M - 127
Dec 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3M - 128
Jul 14, 2023 US and Canada: $244.8K Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $2.3M - 129
Mar 16, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 130
May 12, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 131
Jul 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 132
Mar 17, 2023 US and Canada: $2.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.1M - 133
Oct 25, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 134
Jan 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 135
Jan 2, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 136
Jul 14, 2023 US and Canada: $15.1K Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $2.1M - 137
Sep 15, 2023 US and Canada: $306.4K Rest of the world: $1.8M Worldwide: $2.1M - 138
May 12, 2023 US and Canada: $1.5M Rest of the world: $571.1K Worldwide: $2M - 139
Aug 25, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 140
Jun 15, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 141
2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 142
Jan 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 143
Jan 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 144
Dec 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 145
Dec 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 146
Jan 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 147
Apr 21, 2023 US and Canada: $1.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.8M - 148
Mar 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 149
Oct 23, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 150
Dec 15, 2023 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $45.8K Worldwide: $1.7M
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)