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Comedy box office · Week 50 · Dec 8–14, 2024

Comedy Box Office, Week 50 of 2024: Comedy Releases of Dec 8–14

How Could I Live Without You? (2024) is the highest-grossing comedy movie released in week 50 of 2024 (Dec 8–14), with $7.9M worldwide, ahead of Riders (2024) at $1M and Young Werther (2024) at $98.5K. 5 comedy films released that week report a worldwide gross, $9M in all, <1% of it from the US & Canada. That is up 13% on Week 49, 2024, whose releases took $8M. By language, Hungarian leads with $7.9M across 1 comedy release.

week 50 releases with a gross
5
combined worldwide
$9M
How Could I Live Without You? (2024), the #1
$7.9M
vs Week 49, 2024
+13%
Top 5

What Were the Biggest Comedy Hits of Week 50 of 2024?

How Could I Live Without You? (2024) leads with $7.9M, 87% of the total. The top 5 together took $9M, almost all of what the 5 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. How Could I Live Without You? (2024) movie poster Number 1
    $7.9M How Could I Live Without You? (2024)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  2. Riders (2024) movie poster Number 2
    $1M Riders (2024)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Young Werther (2024) movie poster Number 3
    $98.5K Young Werther (2024)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. Vulgar (2024) movie poster Number 4
    $15.9K Vulgar (2024)
    $15.9K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  5. Soodhu Kavvum 2: Nadum Naatu Makkalum… (2024) movie poster Number 5
    $14.6K Soodhu Kavvum 2: Nadum Naatu Makkalum… (2024)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Comedy Release of Week 50 of 2024, 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 50 of 2024 (Dec 8–14).

  1. 1 How Could I Live Without You? (2024) movie poster
    How Could I Live Without You? (2024) Dec 12, 2024 · Hungarian · Music, Comedy, Romance $7.9M worldwide
    Dec 12, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.9M
  2. 2 Riders (2024) movie poster
    Riders (2024) Dec 9, 2024 · Thai · Comedy, Horror $1M worldwide
    Dec 9, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M
  3. 3 Young Werther (2024) movie poster
    Young Werther (2024) Dec 13, 2024 · English · Comedy, Romance $98.5K worldwide
    Dec 13, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $98.5K
  4. 4 Vulgar (2024) movie poster
    Vulgar (2024) Dec 13, 2024 · Latvian · Comedy, Romance, Drama $15.9K worldwide
    Dec 13, 2024 US and Canada: $15.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $15.9K
  5. 5 Soodhu Kavvum 2: Nadum Naatu Makkalum… (2024) movie poster
    Soodhu Kavvum 2: Nadum Naatu Makkalum… (2024) Dec 13, 2024 · Tamil · Thriller, Comedy, Crime $14.6K worldwide
    Dec 13, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.6K
Earlier years

How Does Week 50 of 2024 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 50, 2019 earned the most: $886.5M from 10 films, led by Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). Week 50, 2024 took $9M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 50, 2015 Dec 6–12 10 films 10 $147.9M – The Big Short (2015) $133.4M
Week 50, 2016 Dec 4–10 12 films · +364% 12 $685.9M +364% La La Land (2016) $509.2M
Week 50, 2017 Dec 10–16 5 films · −56% 5 $299.5M −56% Ferdinand (2017) $296.1M
Week 50, 2018 Dec 9–15 9 films · +42% 9 $424.6M +42% Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) $393.6M
Week 50, 2019 Dec 8–14 10 films · +109% 10 $886.5M +109% Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) $801.7M
Week 50, 2020 Dec 6–12 10 films · −92% 10 $71.8M −92% The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms (2020) $36.7M
Week 50, 2021 Dec 5–11 12 films · −58% 12 $29.8M −58% The Duke (2021) $14.2M
Week 50, 2022 Dec 4–10 7 films · +80% 7 $53.6M +80% Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical (2022) $37.3M
Week 50, 2023 Dec 10–16 9 films · +1426% 9 $818.6M +1426% Wonka (2023) $634.5M
Week 50, 2024 Dec 8–14 5 films · −99% 5 $9M −99% How Could I Live Without You? (2024) $7.9M
FAQ

Comedy Box Office Week 50 of 2024: 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 5 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing comedy movie in week 50 of 2024 (Dec 8–14)?

How Could I Live Without You? (2024) leads with $7.9M worldwide. Next come Riders (2024) at $1M and Young Werther (2024) at $98.5K.

How much did comedy movies released in week 50 of 2024 (Dec 8–14) earn?

5 comedy films released in week 50 of 2024 (Dec 8–14) report a worldwide gross, $9M in all, or $1.8M per film on average. Week 49, 2024 releases took $8M.

How many comedy movies released in week 50 of 2024 (Dec 8–14) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, How Could I Live Without You? (2024), earned $7.9M.

How much of the Week 50, 2024 Comedy box office came from the US and Canada?

$15.9K of the $9M total, or <1%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 4 films of the 5 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 50, 2024 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 50 of 2024 (Dec 8–14). 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 50, 2024 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.