The Best David Zucker Movies, Ranked
16 credits from 1980 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is Scary Movie 3 (2003) with $221M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest David Zucker Box Office Hits
David Zucker's films have made $772M worldwide in total. Scary Movie 3 (2003) is the biggest hit at $221M, ahead of Scary Movie 4 (2006) ($178M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Scary Movie 3 2003 · Comedy $221M $110M dom. - 2
Scary Movie 4 2006 · Comedy $178M $90.7M dom. - 3
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear 1991 · Comedy $86.9M $86.9M dom. - 4
Airplane! 1980 · Comedy $83.5M $83.5M dom. - 5
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 · Action $78.8M $78.8M dom. - 6
Ruthless People 1986 · Comedy $71.6M $71.6M dom. - 7
Top Secret! 1984 · Comedy $20.5M $20.5M dom. - 8
My Boss's Daughter 2003 · Comedy $18.2M $15.6M dom. - 9
BASEketball 1998 · Sport $7.03M $7.03M dom. - 10
An American Carol 2008 · Fantasy $7.01M $7.01M dom.
The Best David Zucker Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre David Zucker has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 8 films, and Scary Movie 3 (2003) is the pick of them.
The Best David Zucker Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of David Zucker's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2000s.
The Latest David Zucker Movies
The most recent films David Zucker is credited on, newest first — starting with Groundhog Town (2023). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Groundhog Town 2023 · Director - An American Carol 2008 · Director
- Scary Movie 4 2006 · Director
- Scary Movie 3 2003 · Director
- My Boss's Daughter 2003 · Director
- BASEketball 1998 · Director
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For Goodness Sake 1993 · Director - The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear 1991 · Director
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 · Director
- Ruthless People 1986 · Director
- Top Secret! 1984 · Director
- Airplane! 1980 · Director
The Best David Zucker Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest David Zucker films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing David Zucker movie?
Scary Movie 3 (2003) made the most at the box office, with $221M worldwide, followed by Scary Movie 4 (2006) with $178M. Together, David Zucker's films with box office figures have made $772M.
What is the best David Zucker comedy movie?
Scary Movie 3 (2003) is the best-rated of David Zucker's comedy films. In other genres: An American Carol (fantasy), BASEketball (sport) and The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (action).
What is the newest David Zucker movie?
The newest film on David Zucker's filmography is When We Went MAD! (2025), with David Zucker as Self.
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