'Beverly Hills Cop' and Its Sequel Are Top Laughers on Hollywood.com's Highest Grossing Comedy Films of All Time List

'Beverly Hills Cop' and Its Sequel Are Top Laughers on Hollywood.com's Highest Grossing Comedy Films of All Time List

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Which films laughed their way all the way to the bank? Hollywood.com ( http://www.hollywood.com/ ) published the highest grossing comedies list by tallying total domestic box office receipts for all movies in the funny film genre, and then adjusted the performances to current U.S. average ticket prices to determine the final winners.

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The only post-millennium flick to break into the top 10 was "Meet the Fockers," while the earliest made comedy to place in the top 25 was 1974's "Blazing Saddles," coming in strong at number four. "Beverly Hills Cop" topped the chart, and its sequel released three years later locked up number nine. Evidenced by "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "Tootsie"'s high placements, films that star men pretending to be women have proven to be sure comedy hits.

Below is Hollywood.com's Top 25 Highest Grossing Domestic Comedy Films of All Time List:

Adjusted Gross
Rank Title Gross Domestic Domestic Box
Box Office Office(1)

1 Beverly Hills Cop
(Paramount / 1984) $234,760,478 $433,887,669

2 Home Alone
(20th Century Fox / 1990) $281,493,907 $413,257,012

3 Tootsie
(Columbia Pictures / 1982) $177,200,000 $409,075,093

4 Blazing Saddles
(Warner Brothers / 1974) $119,500,000 $404,656,100

5 National Lampoon's Animal House
(Universal Pictures / 1978) $141,600,000 $383,297,700

6 Mrs. Doubtfire
(20th Century Fox / 1993) $219,194,773 $321,796,582

7 Three Men and a Baby
(Touchstone Pictures / 1987) $167,780,960 $310,095,167

8 Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who
Shagged Me
(New Line Cinema / 1999) $205,444,716 $305,218,107

9 Beverly Hills Cop 2
(Paramount Pictures / 1987) $151,663,265 $280,306,213

10 Meet the Fockers
(Universal Pictures / 2004) $279,167,575 $279,167,575

11 Liar Liar
(Universal Pictures / 1997) $181,395,380 $269,489,309

12 There's Something About Mary
(20th Century Fox / 1998) $176,484,651 $262,193,704

13 My Big Fat Greek Wedding
(IFC Films / 2002) $241,437,427 $258,059,625

14 Porky's
(20th Century Fox / 1982) $111,289,673 $256,917,795

15 Home Alone 2
(20th Century Fox / 1992) $172,676,450 $253,503,724

16 Look Who's Talking
(Tristar Pictures / 1989) $136,950,770 $253,114,370

17 Bruce Almighty
(Universal Pictures / 2003) $242,589,580 $249,831,060

18 Big Daddy
(Columbia Pictures / 1999) $163,479,795 $242,873,093

19 The Waterboy
(Touchstone Pictures / 1998) $161,487,252 $239,912,879

20 9 to 5
(20th Century Fox / 1980) $103,290,500 $238,451,303

21 Coming to America
(Paramount Pictures / 1988) $128,113,607 $236,781,399

22 Stir Crazy
(Columbia Pictures / 1980) $101,300,000 $233,856,134

23 Austin Powers in Goldmember
(New Line Cinema / 2002) $213,079,163 $227,748,985

24 Trading Places
(Paramount Pictures / 1983) $90,404,800 $208,704,018

25 Stripes
(Columbia Pictures / 1981) $85,297,000 $196,912,405

TOTALS $4,287,081,722 $7,169,107,020

Hollywood.com also compiled a list of highest grossing movies that bridged the comedy genre with either action or romance. Below are the top 10 films from this cross-genre group:

Adjusted Gross
Rank Title Gross Domestic Domestic Box
Box Office Office(1)

1 The Sting
(Universal Pictures / 1973) $156,000,000 $570,514,300

2 The Graduate
(AVCO / 1967) $104,642,560 $547,295,400

3 American Graffiti
(Universal Pictures / 1973) $115,000,000 $420,571,400

4 Men In Black
(Columbia Pictures / 1997) $250,147,615 $371,630,787

5 Smokey and the Bandit
(Universal Pictures / 1977) $126,737,428 $363,730,700

6 M.A.S.H
(20th Century Fox / 1970) $81,600,000 $343,578,900

7 Crocodile Dundee
(Paramount Pictures / 1986) $169,014,205 $312,374,468

8 Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch
Stole Christmas
(Live Action) (Universal Pictures /
2000) $260,031,035 $299,590,487

9 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(Touchstone Pictures / 1988) $153,452,495 $283,613,093

10 Rush Hour 2
(New Line Cinema / 2001) $226,138,454 $248,113,039

TOTALS $1,642,763,792 $3,761,012,575

(1) Adjusted Gross Domestic Box Office figures are derived based on the
total domestic gross of the film, divided by average ticket price in
the year of release, multiplied by 2004 average ticket price ($6.21).
Average annual ticket prices source: MPAA.

Hollywood.com recently posted its Top 25 Highest Grossing Horror Films of all Time, available at http://www.hollywood.com/movies/feature/id/3466506

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