Black Comedy Movies Index

The table below lists the top-grossing Black Comedy movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Black Comedy films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Black 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		17
2025	Annual Stats	10	$10,000,000	$15,411,165	Companion
2024	Annual Stats	12		$27,984,035	Wicked Little Letters
2023	Annual Stats	18	$86,203,077	$243,367,900	Poor Things
2022	Annual Stats	18	$22,800,000	$111,368,616	The Menu
2021	Annual Stats	18	$5,000,000	$7,553,050	Zola
2020	Annual Stats	20		$20,737,330	Promising Young Woman
2019	Annual Stats	27	$10,600,000	$747,717,380	Crazy Alien (疯狂的外星人)
2018	Annual Stats	23	$26,640,000	$319,045,891	The Favourite
2017	Annual Stats	28	$14,100,000	$338,389,040	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2016	Annual Stats	13	$21,740,000	$146,622,972	War Dogs
2015	Annual Stats	36	$10,125,000	$39,446,569	American Ultra
2014	Annual Stats	24	$14,120,000	$260,890,287	Horrible Bosses 2
2013	Annual Stats	23	$33,400,000	$808,051,869	The Wolf of Wall Street
2012	Annual Stats	24	$26,614,286	$292,572,587	Dark Shadows
2011	Annual Stats	21	$13,428,571	$177,143,647	50/50
2010	Annual Stats	12	$9,897,143	$172,533,814	Kick-Ass
2009	Annual Stats	12	$11,887,500	$142,144,254	The Men Who Stare at Goats
2008	Annual Stats	9	$13,900,000	$211,183,149	Burn After Reading
2007	Annual Stats	6	$6,217,500	$56,745,141	Death at a Funeral
2006	Annual Stats	6	$8,750,000	$63,659,782	Thank You For Smoking
2005	Annual Stats	12	$58,333,333	$235,062,338	Fun with Dick & Jane
2004	Annual Stats	6	$40,000,000	$204,891,894	The Stepford Wives
2003	Annual Stats	4	$20,666,667	$87,395,286	Bad Santa
2002	Annual Stats	5	$33,000,000	$30,559,513	The Rules of Attraction
2001	Annual Stats	7	$29,300,000	$109,562,976	The Royal Tenenbaums
2000	Annual Stats	7	$20,500,000	$168,183,741	Snatch
1999	Annual Stats	13	$13,635,000	$279,219,249	Three Kings
1998	Annual Stats	12	$11,062,500	$138,695,389	The Players Club
1997	Annual Stats	9	$6,008,333	$47,637,409	Grosse Pointe Blank
1996	Annual Stats	8	$33,800,000	$334,147,793	Striptease
1995	Annual Stats	4	$13,000,000	$35,386,240	To Die For
1994		6	$13,000,000	$81,055,393	Natural Born Killers
1993		7	$47,000,000	$97,447,680	Addams Family Values
1992		3	$31,500,000	$178,014,455	Death Becomes Her
1991		6	$2,500,000	$57,648,301	Problem Child 2
1990		9		$157,886,422	Problem Child
1989		9	$2,300,000	$140,333,441	The War of the Roses
1988		4		$7,180,751	Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
1987		7	$13,000,000	$241,069,333	Good Morning Vietnam
1986		5	$475,000	$106,399,152	Ruthless People
1985		5	$9,750,000	$57,556,504	Prizzi's Honor
1984		1		$6,139,896	The Pope of Greenwich Village
1983		1		$2,536,242	The King of Comedy
1982		5		$36,947,552	Deathtrap
1981		2		$44,783,293	Neighbors
1980		1		$101,300,000	Stir Crazy
1978		1		$32,334,477	The End
1976		2	$3,000,000	$24,200,000	Family Plot
1974		2		$610	Phantom Of The Paradise
1971		2		$1,551	Harold and Maude
1970		2	$10,750,000	$106,511,863	M*A*S*H
1967		2		$34,774	La Chinoise
1966		2		$39,736,689	Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
1965		1		$12,000,000	How to Murder Your Wife
1964		1	$1,800,000	$9,261,253	Dr. Strangelove
1962		1
1955		1	$1,200,000	$7,000,000	The Trouble with Harry
1949		1		$90,955	Kind Hearts and Coronets
1947		1		$66,081	Monsieur Verdoux
1944		1
Total	555	$18,663,419	$7,420,846,974	The Wolf of Wall Street

The table below shows the highest-grossing Black Comedy movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Black Comedy movies beginning with that letter.

Index	Total Movies	Average Production Budget	Combined Worldwide Box Office	No. 1 Movie
1	2		$6,388	100 Bloody Acres
3	1	$28,000,000	$41,146,935	30 Minutes or Less
4	1
5	1	$8,000,000	$41,334,735	50/50
8	1	$3,000,000	$4,002,884	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
A	26	$20,005,556	$483,333,385	American Hustle
B	51	$17,600,000	$601,274,642	Burn After Reading
C	28	$22,000,000	$632,255,984	Crazy Alien (疯狂的外星人)
D	48	$23,173,529	$638,576,385	Dark Shadows
E	11	$11,500,000	$76,668,486	The End
F	27	$24,113,636	$440,909,158	Fun with Dick & Jane
G	18	$9,550,000	$226,156,449	Good Morning Vietnam
H	23	$17,916,667	$169,912,520	Horrible Bosses 2
I	18	$8,675,000	$152,128,068	I, Tonya
J	12	$8,500,000	$129,585,209	Jojo Rabbit
K	18	$21,000,000	$112,266,329	Kick-Ass
L	24	$14,083,333	$154,535,727	The Ladykillers
M	39	$32,142,857	$427,167,908	Mars Attacks!
N	13	$26,000,000	$191,532,505	The Nice Guys
O	9	$10,966,667	$66,813,584	Observe and Report
P	29	$6,950,000	$583,970,380	Parasite (기생충)
R	27	$20,025,385	$347,043,039	Ruthless People
S	55	$17,900,000	$585,314,712	Striptease
T	32	$12,707,500	$467,532,810	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
U	5		$501,839	Undir trénu
V	8	$25,333,333	$107,284,764	Vice
W	21	$28,800,000	$725,622,322	The Wolf of Wall Street
Y	4	$4,000,000	$8,651,874	Your Friends and Neighbors
Z	3	$5,000,000	$5,317,953	Zola