WHAT IS A BLOCKBUSTER COMEDY?
April 4, 2007
One of our goals at Ripple Effect Management is to mine Blockbuster Comedies. We want to find scripts that will make people laugh, yet have real emotion.
The all-time blockbuster comedies are always original comedies that are extremely profitable for the studios because of the moderate budgets:
Here’s a list of the top Blockbuster Comedies after adjusting for inflation:
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)
24 Trading Places (Paramount Pictures / 1983) $90,404,800 $208,704,018
25 Stripes (Columbia Pictures / 1981) $85,297,000 $196,912,405
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