List of highest-grossing live-action comedy films

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This is a list of the highest-grossing live-action comedy films. For animated comedy films, see the list of highest-grossing animated films.

Ryan Reynolds (left) and Dwayne Johnson (right) each starred in three of the ten highest‑grossing live-action comedy films (both pictured 2018).

Highest-grossing comedy films

The following is a list of the top 50 highest-grossing live-action comedy films of all time. Barbie, Deadpool & Wolverine and Aladdin are among the top 50 highest-grossing films of all time. The majority of films released after 2000, with all films released after 1987. 2018 and 2024 are the most frequent years, with five films each on the list. Deadpool and Detective Chinatown are the most frequent franchises, with three films each.

† Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 7 August 2026 in theaters around the world.
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Rank Film Year Gross Ref
1 Barbie 2023 $1,447,038,421 [1]
2 Deadpool & Wolverine 2024 $1,338,073,645 [2]
3 Aladdin 2019 $1,050,693,953 [3]
4 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2017 $962,544,585 [4]
5 A Minecraft Movie 2025 $961,187,780 [5]
6 Hi, Mom2021$841,674,419[6]
7 Jumanji: The Next Level 2019 $801,693,929 [7]
8 Deadpool 22018$785,046,920[8]
9 Deadpool2016$783,112,979[9]
10 Hobbs & Shaw2019$760,732,926[10]
11 The Devil Wears Prada 2 †2026$690,296,671[11]
12 Detective Chinatown 32021$686,257,563[12]
13 Men in Black 32012$654,213,485[13]
14 Hancock 2008 $629,443,428 [14]
15 Mamma Mia! 2008 $610,002,542 [15]
16 Men in Black1997$589,390,539[16]
17 The Hangover Part II2011$586,764,305[17]
18 Night at the Museum2006$574,482,479[18]
19 The Mermaid2016$553,810,228[19]
20 Ted2012$549,368,315[20]
21 Detective Chinatown 22018$544,185,156[21]
22 Meet the Fockers2004$522,657,936[22]
23 Detective Chinatown 19002025$508,922,947[23]
24 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2024 $492,162,604 [24][25]
25 Mr. & Mrs. Smith 2005 $487,287,646 [26]
26 The Intouchables2011$484,873,045[27]
27 Bruce Almighty2003$484,592,874[28]
28 YOLO 2024 $479,597,304 [29]
29 Home Alone1990$477,063,114[30]
30 The Hangover2009$469,310,836[31]
31 Pretty Woman1990$463,406,248[32]
32 Successor2024$460,400,000[33]
33 Moon Man2022$460,237,662[34]
34 Detective Pikachu 2019 $451,453,444 [35]
35 Dying to Survive 2018 $451,183,391 [36]
36 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice2024$451,100,435[37]
37 Men in Black II 2002 $445,135,288 [38]
38 Mrs. Doubtfire1993$441,286,195[39]
39 Bad Boys for Life 2020 $426,505,244 [40]
40 Sex and the City2008$418,765,321[41]
41 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian2009$413,106,170[42]
42 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 2022 $405,421,518 [43][44]
43 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 2018 $395,044,706 [45]
44 What Women Want2000$374,111,707[46]
45 Hitch2005$371,594,210[47]
46 There's Something About Mary1998$369,884,651[48]
47 My Big Fat Greek Wedding2002$368,744,044[49]
48 Hello Mr. Billionaire2018$366,961,907[50]
49 Notting Hill1999$364,015,475[51]
50 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb2014$363,204,635[52]
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Box office ticket sales

See also: List of films by box office admissions

The following is a list of comedy films by estimated tickets sold at the worldwide box office. The following films sold more than 50 million tickets worldwide.

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Film Year Ticket sales (est.) Ref
Shaolin Temple 1982 500,994,065 [a]
Sesame Official (Qi pin zhi ma guan) [zh] 1980 500,000,000 [57]
Caravan 1971 319,000,000 [58]
Sholay (Embers) 1975 250,021,329 [b]
Awaara (The Vagabond) 1951 230,100,000 [c]
The Flying Son-in-Law (Fei lai de nü xu) 1982 199,500,000 [67]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2017 188,400,000 [68]
Aladdin 2019 161,600,000 [69]
Deadpool 2016 156,900,000 [70]
Barbie 2023 152,200,000 [71]
Deadpool 2 2018 152,100,000 [72]
Disco Dancer 1982 135,000,000 [d]
Some Like It Hot 1959 134,828,303 [76][77]
Deadpool & Wolverine 2024 127,100,000 [78]
The Sting 1973 123,048,854 [e]
Jumanji: The Next Level 2019 122,600,000 [82]
Hi, Mom 2021 121,002,451 [83][84][85]
Hobbs & Shaw 2019 116,800,000 [86]
Detective Chinatown 2 2018 105,500,000 [87]
Bobby 1973 105,400,000 [f]
Men in Black 1997 96,543,325 [g]
Detective Chinatown 3 2021 95,136,767 [94]
The Mermaid 2016 92,766,699 [95][56]
Dying to Survive 2018 89,042,600 [96]
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears 1980 85,020,845 [97]
A Minecraft Movie 2025 82,600,000 [98]
Ghostbusters 1984 82,375,218 [h]
Beverly Hills Cop 1984 82,060,394 [i]
Home Alone 1990 81,491,808 [j]
Maine Pyar Kiya 1989 79,700,000 [110]
The Diamond Arm 1969 76,700,751 [111]
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 2018 76,600,000 [112]
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style 1967 76,540,000 [113]
Moon Man 2022 74,628,237 [114]
Detective Chinatown 1900 2025 74,330,123 [115]
Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! 1994 73,962,000 [116]
Men in Black 3 2012 73,500,000 [117]
Mera Naam Joker (My Name is Joker) 1970 73,100,000 [118]
YOLO 2024 72,584,067 [119]
Coolie 1983 70,000,000 [120]
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures 1965 69,600,000 [121]
Hancock 2008 68,703,429 [k]
Detective Pikachu 2019 66,600,000 [127]
Gentlemen of Fortune 1971 65,000,000 [128]
Ted 2012 64,500,000 [129]
Afonya 1975 62,200,000 [130]
Men in Black II 2002 60,951,117 [l]
The Hangover 2009 56,600,000 [134]
The Devil Wears Prada 2 † 2026 56,300,000 [135]
Night at the Museum 2006 52,700,000 [136]
Rush Hour 2 2001 52,517,920 [m]
Ganga Jamna 1961 52,500,000 [62]
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar 1978 52,500,000 [62]
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 2009 50,700,000 [142]
The Intouchables 2011 50,200,000 [143]
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Timeline of highest-grossing films

At least 20 films have held the title of highest-grossing comedy film.

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Year Title Record-setting gross Ref
1924 The Navigator $680,406 [144]
1925 The Gold Rush $4,000,000 [145]
1931 City Lights $4,250,000 [146]
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington $9,000,000 [147]
1944 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek $9,000,000 [148]
1945 The Bells of St. Mary's $21,337,978 [149]
1951 Awaara (The Vagabond) $30,660,000 [n]
1959 Some Like It Hot $49,200,000 [150]
1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World $60,000,000 [151]
1967 The Graduate $104,675,450 [152]
1972 The Way of the Dragon (Return of the Dragon) $130,000,000 [153]
1973 The Sting $257,000,000 [154][155]
1977 Smokey and the Bandit $300,000,000 [156][157]
1984 Beverly Hills Cop $316,360,478 [158]
1986 Crocodile Dundee $328,203,506 [159]
1990 Home Alone $476,684,675 [30]
2003 Bruce Almighty $484,592,874 [28]
2004 Meet the Fockers $522,657,936 [22]
2006 Night at the Museum $579,446,407 [160]
2017 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle $962,544,585 [4]
2019 Aladdin $1,050,693,953 [3]
2023 Barbie $1,447,038,421 [1]
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Highest-grossing films by year

The following is a list of highest-grossing comedy films by year. Both Deadpool and Meet the Parents tops the list more than any other franchise, with all three films on the list.

A film has made more than $100 million every year since 1983, over $250 million every year since 2021, and over $500-$750 million every year since 2022.

In 2023, Barbie was the top-grossing overall film of the year.

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Year Film Worldwide gross Budget Ref
2026The Devil Wears Prada 2 †$690,296,671$100,000,000[11][161]
2025A Minecraft Movie$961,187,780$150,000,000[5]
2024Deadpool & Wolverine$1,338,073,382$200,000,000[2]
2023Barbie$1,447,038,421$145,000,000[1]
2022Moon Man$460,237,662$8,200,000[162]
2021Hi, Mom$841,674,419$59,000,000[6]
2020Bad Boys for Life$426,505,244$90,000,000[40]
2019Aladdin$1,050,693,953$183,000,000[3]
2018Deadpool 2$785,896,609 ($734,546,611)$110,000,000[163]
2017Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle$962,544,585$90,000,000[4]
2016Deadpool$782,836,791$58,000,000[164]
2015Pitch Perfect 2$287,144,079$29,000,000[165]
2014Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb$363,204,635$127,000,000[52]
2013Grown Ups 2$246,984,278$80,000,000[166]
2012Men in Black III$654,213,485$225,000,000[167]
2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides$1,045,713,802$250,000,000[168]
2010Meet the Parents: Little Fockers$310,650,585$110,000,000[169]
2009The Hangover$469,310,836$35,000,000[31]
2008Hancock$629,443,428$150,000,000[14]
2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End$961,691,209$300,000,000[170]
2006Night at the Museum$574,481,229$110,000,000[171]
2005Mr. & Mrs. Smith$487,287,646$110,000,000[26]
2004Meet the Fockers$522,657,936$80,000,000[22]
2003Bruce Almighty$484,592,874$81,000,000[28]
2002Men in Black II$445,135,288$140,000,000[38]
2001Ocean's Eleven$450,728,529$85,000,000[172]
2000What Women Want$374,111,707$70,000,000[173]
1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me$313,701,294$33,000,000[174][175]
1998There's Something About Mary$369,884,651$23,000,000
1997Men in Black$589,390,539$90,000,000[16]
1996The Nutty Professor $273,961,019$54,000,000
1995Jumanji$262,821,940$65,000,000[176]
1994The Mask$351,583,407$23,000,000[177]
1993Mrs. Doubtfire$441,286,195$25,000,000[39]
1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New York$358,994,850$28,000,000[178]
1991City Slickers$179,000,000$27,000,000[179][180]
1990Home Alone$477,063,114$18,000,000[30]
1989Look Who's Talking$296,999,813$7,500,000
1988Coming to America$288,752,301$36,000,000[181]
1987Three Men and a Baby$240,000,000$11,000,000[182][183]
1986Crocodile Dundee$328,203,506TBA[159]
1985The Jewel of the Nile$75,973,200$25,000,000[184]
1984Beverly Hills Cop$316,360,478$13,000,000[158][185]
1983Trading Places$90,404,800$15,000,000[186]
1982Tootsie$241,000,000$21,000,000[187][188]
1981The Cannonball Run$160,000,000$16,000,000[189][190]
19809 to 5$103,290,500$10,000,000[191]
1979The Jerk$100,000,000$4,000,000[192]
1978Animal House$141,607,219 ($120,098,342)TBA[193]
1977Smokey and the Bandit$300,000,000$3,500,000[156][157]
1976The Pink Panther Strikes Again$75,000,000TBA[194]
1975The Rocky Horror Picture Show$115,322,757$1,400,000[195]
1974Blazing Saddles$119,617,265TBA[196]
1973The Sting$257,000,000$5,500,000[154][155]
1972The Way of the Dragon (Return of the Dragon)$130,000,000$130,000 [153][197]
1971Bedknobs and Broomsticks$17,871,174$6,500,000[198][199]
1970M*A*S*H$81,600,000$3,500,000[200]
1969The Love Bug$51,264,022$5,000,000[201][202]
1968Funny Girl$58,707,416TBA[203]
1967The Graduate$105,015,008 ($104,675,450)TBA[152]
1966The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming$21,693,114$3,900,000[204][205]
1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines$31,111,111TBA[206]
1964My Fair Lady$72,632,653$17,000,000[207]
1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World$60,000,000$9,400,000[151]
1962That Touch of Mink$12,923,077TBA[208]
1961The Absent-Minded Professor$25,300,000TBA[209]
1960The Apartment$24,000,000$3,000,000[210]
1959Some Like It Hot$49,200,000$2,900,000[150]
1958Auntie Mame$23,200,000$2,900,000[211]
1957Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?$4,900,000$1,050,000[212][213][214][215]
1956The Teahouse of the August Moon$8,925,000$3,926,000[[212][216]
1955 Mister Roberts$21,200,000$2,300,000[217][218]
1954Sabrina$4,000,000TBA[219]
1953How to Marry a Millionaire$8,000,000$1,300,000[220] [221]
1952Singin' in the Rain$7,241,009$2,540,000[222]
1951Awaara (The Vagabond)$30,660,000?[n]
1950Father of the Bride$6,084,000$1,215,000[212][223]
1949I Was a Male War Bride$4,100,000TBA[224][225]
1948The Paleface$4,500,000$2,000,000[226][227]
1947Welcome Stranger$6,100,000$1,961,000[228][229]
1946Margie$4,100,000$1,680,000[230][228][229]
1945The Bells of St. Mary's$21,337,978$1,300,000[149][231]
1944The Miracle of Morgan's Creek$9,000,000$775,000[148][232]
1943Thousands Cheer$5,886,000$1,568,000[212]
1942Road to Morocco$3,800,000TBA[233]
1941Ball of Fire$2,641,000TBA[234][235]
1940The Great Dictator$5,000,000$2,200,000[236][237][234][235]
1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington$9,000,000TBA[147]
1938You Can't Take It with You$2,137,575 $1,644,736[238]
1937The Awful Truth$3,000,000TBA[239]
1936Follow the Fleet$2,727,000$747,000[240]
1935Top Hat$3,200,000$609,000[240]
1934It Happened One Night$3,200,000$325,000[241][242]
1933I'm No Angel$2,250,000$225,000[243][244]
1932Movie Crazy$1,439,000$675,353[245][246][146]
1931City Lights$4,250,000TBA[146]
1930Animal Crackers$3,100,000TBA[247]
1929Welcome Danger$3,000,000$979,828[248][249]
1928The Circus$3,800,000TBA[250]
1927The General$474,264TBA[251]
1925The Gold Rush$4,000,000$923,000[145][229]
1924The Navigator$680,406$385,000[144][229]
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Biggest opening weekends

This list charts films the biggest worldwide openings for comedy films. Since films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday following the movie's release. Figures prior to the year 2002 are not available. Country-by-country variations in release dates are not taken into account.

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Rank Film Year Opening weekend Ref
1Deadpool & Wolverine2024$444,300,000 [252]
2 Barbie 2023 $356,300,000 [253]
3Deadpool 22018$300,386,357 [254]
4Deadpool2016$264,711,361
5Hi, Mom2021$195,000,000 [255]
6 Men In Black 3 2012 $189,884,945 [254]
7 Dying to Survive 2018 $152,163,428 [256]
8 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 2022 $141,000,000 [257]
9 Jumanji: The Next Level 2019 $112,600,000 [258]
10 Sonic the Hedgehog 2020 $101,000,000 [259]
11 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2017 $100,000,000 [260]
12 Rush Hour 2 2001 $70,670,104 [261]
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Highest-grossing film franchises

The following is a list of highest grossing film series. Deadpool sits atop the list with $2.9 billion and has the best average with over $968 million per film.

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Highest-grossing comedy film franchises and film series[§] (The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show".)
Rank Series Total worldwide gross No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Shaolin Temple:
    • China – 500,000,000[53][54]
    • Hong Kong – 700,000[55]
    • South Korea – 294,065[56]
  2. [b]
    Sholay:
    • Up until 1985 – 250 million[59]
      • Sholay released in following territories up until 1985 – India, Brazil, Portugal, United States, Soviet Union (where it sold 60 million tickets)[60]
    • European re-releases (2005–2015) – 21,329[61]
  3. [c]
    Awaara:
  4. [d]
    Disco Dancer admissions:
    • India – 15 million[73][74]
    • Soviet Union – 120 million[75]
  5. [e]
    The Sting:
    • United States and United Kingdom – 100,229,200[79]
    • France, Germany, Italy, Spain – 22,487,149[80]
    • South Korea – 329,335[56]
    • Czech Republic, Denmark, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland – 3,170[81]
  6. [f]
    Bobby admissions:
    • India – 42.5 million[62]
    • Soviet Union – 62.9 million[88]
  7. [g]
    Men in Black admissions:
    • United States and Canada – 54,616,700[89]
    • Europe – 33,507,046[90]
    • Japan – 6,000,000[91][92]
    • Brazil – 1,757,473[93]
    • South Korea – 662,106[56]
  8. [h]
    Ghostbusters admissions:
    • United States and Canada – 71,173,700[99]
    • France, Germany, Italy – 8,046,600[100]
    • Denmark and Spain – 2,763,555[101]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 344,420[56]
    • United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden (2002–2018) – 46,943[102]
  9. [i]
    Beverly Hills Cop admissions:
    • United States, Spain, Denmark – 69,103,402[103]
    • France, Germany, Italy – 7,499,810[104]
    • United Kingdom – 3,000,000[105]
    • Japan – 2,200,000[106][92]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 257,182[56]
  10. [j]
    Home Alone admissions:
    • United States, Canada, Spain – 70,521,419[107]
    • France, Germany, Italy – 10,032,435[108]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 869,820[56]
    • United Kingdom, Belgium, Romania, Switzerland (1996–2018) – 68,134[109]
  11. [k]
    Hancock admissions:
    • United States – 31,747,400[122]
    • Brazil, China, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom – 15,784,552[123]
    • France – 3,078,077[124]
    • Other European countries – 12,769,882[125]
    • South Korea – 2,723,518[56]
    • Japan – 2,600,000[126][92]
  12. [l]
    Men in Black II admissions:
    • United States and Canada – 33,915,900[122]
    • United Kingdom – 5,100,000[131]
    • Other European countries – 18,084,027[132]
    • Japan – 3,000,000[133][92]
    • South Korea – 851,190[56]
  13. [m]
    Rush Hour 2 admissions:
    • United States – 42,000,000[137]
    • Germany and France – 3,759,907[138]
    • United Kingdom – 2,700,000[139]
    • Other European countries – 2,233,662[140]
    • Japan – 1,400,000[141][92]
    • Seoul City (South Korea) – 424,351[56]
  14. [n]
    See Awaara § Box office

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