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 "Domestic 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 | Domestic Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | 233 | ||||
| 2029 | 5 | ||||
| 2027 | 10 | ||||
| 2026 | 122 | $49,000,000 | $573,222 | Dream Team | |
| 2025 | Domestic Stats | 641 | $27,026,133 | $1,757,076,881 | Detective Chinatown 1900 (唐人街探案1900) |
| 2024 | Domestic Stats | 709 | $62,100,000 | $3,210,408,349 | Kung Fu Panda 4 |
| 2023 | Domestic Stats | 749 | $45,077,461 | $3,390,476,519 | Barbie |
| 2022 | Domestic Stats | 698 | $34,873,278 | $1,992,399,199 | Moon Man (独行月球) |
| 2021 | Domestic Stats | 453 | $40,795,848 | $1,291,747,144 | Cruella |
| 2020 | Domestic Stats | 491 | $19,397,083 | $716,758,827 | Stand by Me Doraemon 2 |
| 2019 | Domestic Stats | 536 | $24,327,778 | $2,750,996,881 | Pokémon: Detective Pikachu |
| 2018 | Domestic Stats | 614 | $25,115,385 | $3,963,924,097 | Green Book |
| 2017 | Domestic Stats | 516 | $25,260,870 | $2,923,667,094 | Never Say Die |
| 2016 | Domestic Stats | 519 | $21,483,333 | $3,628,262,122 | Ghostbusters |
| 2015 | Domestic Stats | 433 | $19,038,511 | $4,324,007,722 | Pitch Perfect 2 |
| 2014 | Domestic Stats | 211 | $15,253,333 | $3,364,031,953 | 22 Jump Street |
| 2013 | Domestic Stats | 184 | $21,008,143 | $3,445,306,346 | The Hangover 3 |
| 2012 | Domestic Stats | 193 | $19,793,043 | $3,565,082,150 | Ted |
| 2011 | Domestic Stats | 165 | $28,388,571 | $3,652,105,767 | The Hangover Part II |
| 2010 | Domestic Stats | 122 | $28,003,409 | $2,867,525,226 | Little Fockers |
| 2009 | Domestic Stats | 139 | $24,889,891 | $2,730,874,159 | The Hangover |
| 2008 | Domestic Stats | 189 | $25,071,150 | $3,750,788,238 | Sex and the City |
| 2007 | Domestic Stats | 189 | $24,454,846 | $3,682,441,487 | The Simpsons Movie |
| 2006 | Domestic Stats | 129 | $19,217,830 | $2,998,686,591 | The Devil Wears Prada |
| 2005 | Domestic Stats | 123 | $28,655,256 | $2,343,849,117 | Wedding Crashers |
| 2004 | Domestic Stats | 113 | $26,029,545 | $2,378,394,453 | Meet the Fockers |
| 2003 | Domestic Stats | 101 | $25,468,500 | $3,316,264,699 | Bruce Almighty |
| 2002 | Domestic Stats | 76 | $20,271,053 | $1,560,213,102 | Austin Powers in Goldmember |
| 2001 | Domestic Stats | 79 | $24,872,093 | $2,302,703,721 | American Pie 2 |
| 2000 | Domestic Stats | 76 | $26,048,696 | $2,816,853,109 | Meet the Parents |
| 1999 | Domestic Stats | 65 | $23,059,294 | $1,655,832,441 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me |
| 1998 | Domestic Stats | 84 | $18,852,941 | $1,552,904,372 | Doctor Dolittle |
| 1997 | Domestic Stats | 72 | $26,838,235 | $1,935,626,031 | Liar Liar |
| 1996 | Domestic Stats | 73 | $20,744,444 | $1,692,536,057 | The Nutty Professor |
| 1995 | Domestic Stats | 57 | $20,355,000 | $1,563,766,218 | Casper |
| 1994 | 71 | $23,918,167 | $2,122,357,831 | The Flintstones | |
| 1993 | 52 | $18,650,000 | $1,767,229,966 | Mrs. Doubtfire | |
| 1992 | 65 | $21,888,889 | $1,885,431,923 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | |
| 1991 | 54 | $14,904,600 | $1,307,825,619 | The Addams Family | |
| 1990 | 59 | $21,918,571 | $1,338,336,064 | Home Alone | |
| 1989 | 64 | $16,800,000 | $1,553,795,477 | Look Who’s Talking | |
| 1988 | 76 | $24,625,000 | $2,036,313,196 | Rain Man | |
| 1987 | 66 | $19,450,000 | $1,390,498,591 | Beverly Hills Cop II | |
| 1986 | 58 | $14,164,500 | $1,236,252,117 | Crocodile Dundee | |
| 1985 | 51 | $1,000,000 | $672,782,407 | Cocoon | |
| 1984 | 52 | $11,833,333 | $1,402,708,608 | Beverly Hills Cop | |
| 1983 | 45 | $8,416,667 | $711,532,884 | Trading Places | |
| 1982 | 43 | $6,700,000 | $696,457,646 | Tootsie | |
| 1981 | 37 | $9,425,000 | $475,344,355 | Stripes | |
| 1980 | 45 | $9,257,667 | $882,428,621 | 9 to 5 | |
| 1979 | 35 | $16,166,667 | $503,532,803 | 1941 | |
| 1978 | 23 | $9,000,000 | $617,359,582 | National Lampoon’s Animal House | |
| 1977 | 14 | $2,000,000 | $364,994,070 | Smokey and the Bandit | |
| 1976 | 14 | $4,400,000 | $228,857,085 | Silver Streak | |
| 1975 | 19 | $2,800,000 | $194,236,841 | Shampoo | |
| 1974 | 14 | $2,700,000 | $311,596,248 | Blazing Saddles | |
| 1973 | 13 | $3,750,000 | $219,037,773 | The Sting | |
| 1972 | 10 | $2,000,000 | $75,499,985 | What’s Up, Doc? | |
| 1971 | 4 | $2,000,000 | $807 | Trafic | |
| 1970 | 21 | $1,000,000 | $35,847,662 | The Boatniks | |
| 1969 | 15 | $88,792,812 | The Love Bug | ||
| 1968 | 15 | $187,403,893 | Funny Girl | ||
| 1967 | 7 | $12,000,000 | $102,539,356 | Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner | |
| 1966 | 16 | $56,892,708 | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | ||
| 1965 | 14 | $94,673,783 | That Darn Cat! | ||
| 1964 | 11 | $560,000 | $43,403,724 | A Shot in the Dark | |
| 1963 | 12 | $1,000,000 | $61,324,273 | Tom Jones | |
| 1962 | 7 | $9,230,769 | Bon Voyage! | ||
| 1961 | 8 | $74,702,242 | The Parent Trap | ||
| 1960 | 9 | $15,436,508 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | ||
| 1959 | 3 | $29,000,000 | The Shaggy Dog | ||
| 1958 | 5 | $23,335,132 | Auntie Mame | ||
| 1957 | 6 | $2,144 | A King in New York | ||
| 1956 | 6 | $4,552,581 | Bus Stop | ||
| 1955 | 6 | $21,247,313 | Mister Roberts | ||
| 1954 | 8 | $3,695,924 | Casanova's Big Night | ||
| 1953 | 1 | ||||
| 1952 | 5 | $383 | Monkey Business | ||
| 1951 | 9 | $38,217 | The Lavender Hill Mob | ||
| 1950 | 3 | $10,135,088 | Father of the Bride | ||
| 1949 | 7 | $11,321 | Rendez-vous de juillet | ||
| 1948 | 4 | $44 | The Bishop's Wife | ||
| 1947 | 6 | ||||
| 1946 | 6 | ||||
| 1945 | 7 | ||||
| 1944 | 2 | $16,300,163 | Going My Way | ||
| 1943 | 4 | $3,499 | The Palm Beach Story | ||
| 1942 | 4 | ||||
| 1941 | 7 | $4,000,000 | Buck Privates | ||
| 1940 | 12 | $3,252,332 | Road to Singapore | ||
| 1939 | 8 | $277,699 | The Rules of the Game | ||
| 1938 | 5 | $45,922 | Block-Heads | ||
| 1937 | 4 | ||||
| 1936 | 11 | $1,500,000 | $266,420 | Modern Times | |
| 1935 | 6 | ||||
| 1934 | 7 | ||||
| 1933 | 10 | $200,000 | $2,200,673 | She Done Him Wrong | |
| 1932 | 2 | ||||
| 1931 | 5 | $62,161 | City Lights | ||
| 1930 | 2 | ||||
| 1929 | 2 | $500,000 | $59 | The Cocoanuts | |
| 1928 | 5 | $4,121 | Steamboat Bill, Jr. | ||
| 1927 | 5 | $516 | The General | ||
| 1926 | 5 | ||||
| 1925 | 2 | $147,088 | The Gold Rush | ||
| 1924 | 1 | ||||
| 1923 | 1 | ||||
| 1921 | 1 | $2,641,588 | The Kid | ||
| 1919 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 10,496 | $23,317,170 | $106,011,961,911 | Barbie | |