The table below lists the top-grossing Comedy movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Comedy films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Comedy movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.
| Year | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | 209 | ||||
| 2029 | 6 | ||||
| 2027 | 1 | ||||
| 2026 | 2 | ||||
| 2025 | 72 | ||||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 653 | $95,833,333 | $3,061,134,543 | Kung Fu Panda 4 |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 745 | $51,711,204 | $3,476,957,096 | Barbie |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 675 | $34,691,460 | $2,039,746,339 | Du Xing Yue Qiu (独行月球) |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 433 | $44,275,018 | $1,218,331,621 | Cruella |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 488 | $13,776,500 | $716,465,500 | Stand by Me Doraemon 2 |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 532 | $24,327,778 | $2,617,688,961 | Pokémon: Detective Pikachu |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 612 | $25,115,385 | $3,839,478,514 | Green Book |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 516 | $25,260,870 | $2,883,769,422 | Never Say Die |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 515 | $22,002,439 | $3,590,530,739 | Ghostbusters |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 438 | $19,038,511 | $4,468,444,412 | Pitch Perfect 2 |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 206 | $15,253,333 | $3,447,152,916 | 22 Jump Street |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 182 | $21,008,143 | $3,443,628,363 | The Hangover 3 |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 190 | $19,895,003 | $3,952,831,054 | Ted |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 161 | $28,905,882 | $3,136,465,615 | The Hangover Part II |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 119 | $27,956,977 | $2,849,496,307 | Little Fockers |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 130 | $26,865,833 | $2,685,186,342 | The Hangover |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 190 | $24,124,483 | $3,709,593,297 | Sex and the City |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 181 | $23,344,297 | $3,020,402,723 | Wild Hogs |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 126 | $19,510,481 | $2,927,849,484 | The Devil Wears Prada |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 118 | $29,717,703 | $2,254,757,660 | Wedding Crashers |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 111 | $26,029,545 | $2,373,771,436 | Meet the Fockers |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 96 | $25,468,500 | $3,310,226,141 | Bruce Almighty |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 74 | $20,271,053 | $1,560,160,283 | Austin Powers in Goldmember |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 77 | $25,083,333 | $2,259,635,619 | American Pie 2 |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 75 | $26,048,696 | $2,816,853,109 | Meet the Parents |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 63 | $23,658,061 | $1,649,245,672 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 82 | $18,852,941 | $1,552,423,048 | Doctor Dolittle |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 71 | $25,347,889 | $1,935,850,520 | Liar Liar |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 71 | $20,744,444 | $1,691,552,447 | The Nutty Professor |
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 57 | $20,355,000 | $1,556,097,165 | Casper |
| 1994 | 71 | $23,918,167 | $2,122,072,857 | The Flintstones | |
| 1993 | 49 | $18,650,000 | $1,767,059,131 | Mrs. Doubtfire | |
| 1992 | 62 | $21,888,889 | $1,832,274,983 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | |
| 1991 | 53 | $14,904,600 | $1,307,843,994 | The Addams Family | |
| 1990 | 55 | $21,918,571 | $1,336,122,923 | Home Alone | |
| 1989 | 63 | $16,800,000 | $1,548,752,704 | Look Who's Talking | |
| 1988 | 73 | $24,625,000 | $2,033,331,603 | Rain Man | |
| 1987 | 65 | $19,450,000 | $1,365,589,305 | Beverly Hills Cop II | |
| 1986 | 53 | $16,995,000 | $1,195,750,303 | Crocodile Dundee | |
| 1985 | 50 | $672,181,465 | Cocoon | ||
| 1984 | 51 | $11,833,333 | $1,390,017,836 | Beverly Hills Cop | |
| 1983 | 44 | $8,416,667 | $711,305,657 | Trading Places | |
| 1982 | 43 | $6,700,000 | $696,457,619 | Tootsie | |
| 1981 | 30 | $9,425,000 | $488,239,841 | Stripes | |
| 1980 | 38 | $9,257,667 | $798,056,296 | 9 to 5 | |
| 1979 | 32 | $16,166,667 | $459,632,522 | 1941 | |
| 1978 | 18 | $9,000,000 | $552,968,557 | National Lampoon’s Animal House | |
| 1977 | 11 | $2,000,000 | $347,990,889 | Smokey and the Bandit | |
| 1976 | 12 | $4,400,000 | $177,778,021 | The Bad News Bears | |
| 1975 | 17 | $2,800,000 | $194,185,320 | Shampoo | |
| 1974 | 11 | $2,700,000 | $236,283,117 | Blazing Saddles | |
| 1973 | 11 | $3,750,000 | $219,033,369 | The Sting | |
| 1972 | 10 | $2,000,000 | $75,446,478 | What's Up, Doc? | |
| 1971 | 4 | $2,000,000 | $807 | Trafic | |
| 1970 | 19 | $1,000,000 | $35,846,521 | The Boatniks | |
| 1969 | 14 | $88,779,548 | The Love Bug | ||
| 1968 | 14 | $187,402,401 | Funny Girl | ||
| 1967 | 6 | $12,000,000 | $45,822,024 | Casino Royale | |
| 1966 | 15 | $56,892,708 | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | ||
| 1965 | 12 | $94,673,783 | That Darn Cat! | ||
| 1964 | 11 | $560,000 | $43,375,632 | A Shot in the Dark | |
| 1963 | 10 | $23,724,273 | Son of Flubber | ||
| 1962 | 7 | $9,230,769 | Bon Voyage! | ||
| 1961 | 9 | $74,802,464 | The Parent Trap | ||
| 1960 | 8 | $15,436,508 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | ||
| 1958 | 5 | $23,319,421 | Auntie Mame | ||
| 1957 | 6 | $2,144 | A King in New York | ||
| 1956 | 4 | $4,552,303 | Bus Stop | ||
| 1955 | 4 | $47,313 | The Ladykillers | ||
| 1954 | 7 | $3,690,531 | Casanova's Big Night | ||
| 1952 | 5 | $383 | Monkey Business | ||
| 1951 | 7 | $38,217 | The Lavender Hill Mob | ||
| 1950 | 2 | $10,135,000 | Father of the Bride | ||
| 1949 | 7 | $11,321 | Rendez-vous de juillet | ||
| 1948 | 3 | $44 | The Bishop's Wife | ||
| 1947 | 6 | ||||
| 1946 | 6 | ||||
| 1945 | 6 | ||||
| 1944 | 3 | $16,300,163 | Going My Way | ||
| 1943 | 4 | $3,499 | The Palm Beach Story | ||
| 1942 | 3 | ||||
| 1941 | 7 | $4,000,000 | Buck Privates | ||
| 1940 | 7 | $3,252,332 | Road to Singapore | ||
| 1939 | 6 | $277,699 | The Rules of the Game | ||
| 1938 | 4 | $45,922 | Block-Heads | ||
| 1937 | 3 | ||||
| 1936 | 10 | $1,500,000 | $266,420 | Modern Times | |
| 1935 | 5 | ||||
| 1934 | 6 | ||||
| 1933 | 8 | $200,000 | $2,200,673 | She Done Him Wrong | |
| 1932 | 1 | ||||
| 1931 | 5 | $60,731 | City Lights | ||
| 1930 | 2 | ||||
| 1929 | 2 | $500,000 | |||
| 1928 | 5 | $4,121 | Steamboat Bill, Jr. | ||
| 1927 | 4 | ||||
| 1926 | 4 | ||||
| 1925 | 1 | ||||
| 1924 | 1 | ||||
| 1923 | 1 | ||||
| 1921 | 1 | $2,641,588 | The Kid | ||
| 1919 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 9,498 | $23,424,903 | $102,321,562,132 | Barbie | |