List of highest-grossing comedy films

This is a list of the highest-grossing comedy films, animated films do not count as they got their own list see List of highest-grossing animated films.

## Highest-grossing comedy films[edit]

The following is a list of highest grossing comedy films of all time. Only Barbie sits along the highest grossing films of all time being 14th place. 2018 was the most frequent year with 3 films. 50% of films have placed since 2000 and all had a theatrical run since 1987. Meet the Parents is the most frequent franchise with 3 films.

Indicates films playing in theaters as of 6 October 2023

Rank | Film | Gross | Year | Ref

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1  | Barbie †  | $1,441,820,453  | 2023  | [1]
2  | Hi, Mom | $841,674,419 | 2021 | [2]
3  | Deadpool 2 | $785,046,920 | 2018 | [3]
4  | Deadpool | $783,112,979 | 2016 | [4]
5  | Detective Chinatown 3 | $686,257,563 | 2021 | [5]
6  | Men in Black 3 | $624,026,776 | 2012 | [6]
7  | Men in Black | $589,390,539 | 1997 | [7]
8  | The Hangover Part II | $586,764,305 | 2011 | [8]
9  | The Mermaid | $553,810,228 | 2016 | [9]
10  | Ted | $549,368,315 | 2012 | [10]
11  | Detective Chinatown 2 | $544,185,156 | 2018 | [11]
12  | Meet the Fockers | $522,657,936 | 2004 | [12]
13  | The Intouchables | $484,873,045 | 2011 | [13]
14  | Bruce Almighty | $484,592,874 | 2003 | [14]
15  | Home Alone | $477,063,114 | 1990 | [15]
16  | The Hangover | $469,310,836 | 2009 | [16]
17  | Moon Man | $460,237,662 | 2022 | [17]
18  | Mrs. Doubtfire | $441,286,195 | 1993 | [18]
19  | Sex and the City | $418,765,321 | 2008 | [19]
19  | Back to the Future | $389,053,797 | 1985 | [20]
20  | Shazam! | $365,971,656 | 2019 | [21]
21  | The Hangover Part III | $362,000,072 | 2013 | [22]
22  | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | $358,994,850 | 1992 | [23]
23  | Rain Man | $354,825,435 | 1988 | [24]
24  | The Mask | $351,583,407 | 1994 | [25]
25  | The Flintstones | $341,631,208 | 1994 | [26]
26  | Never Say Die | $334,530,869 | 2017 | [27]
27  | Back to the Future Part II | $331,950,002 | 1989 | [28]
28  | 22 Jump Street | $331,333,876 | 2014 | [29]
29  | Meet the Parents | $330,444,045 | 2000 | [30]
30  | Green Book | $329,704,599 | 2018 | [31]
31  | Crocodile Dundee | $328,203,506 | 1986 | [32]
32  | Crazy Alien | $327,598,891 | 2019 | [33]
33  | The Devil Wears Prada | $326,706,115 | 2006 | [34]
34  | Green Book | $321,752,656 | 2018 | [35]
35  | Beverly Hills Cop | $316,360,478 | 1984 | [36]
36  | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $312,016,928 | 1999 | [37]
37  | Little Fockers | $310,650,585 | 2010 | [38]
38  | The Ex-File 3: The Return of the Exes | $307,592,427 | 2017 | [39]
39  | Liar Liar | $302,710,615 | 1997 | [40]
39  | Beverly Hills Cop II | $299,965,036 | 1987 | [41]
40  | My Best Friend's Wedding | $299,288,605 | 1997 | [42]
41  | Look Who's Talking | $296,999,813 | 1989 | [43]
42  | Austin Powers in Goldmember | $296,938,801 | 2002 | [44]
43  | Ghostbusters | $296,578,797 | 1984 | [45]
44  | Sex and the City 2 | $290,745,055 | 2010 | [46]
45  | Bridesmaids | $306,442,085 | 2011 | [47]
46  | Coming to America | $288,752,301 | 1988 | [48]
47  | Pitch Perfect 2 | $287,144,079 | 2015 | [49]
48  | Wedding Crashers | $288,485,135 | 2005 | [50]
49  | Casper | $287,928,194 | 1995 | [51]
50  | Scary Movie | $278,019,771 | 1999 | [52]

## Highest-grossing comedy film by year[edit]

The following is a list of highest grossing comedy film by year, Meet the Parents tops the list more then any other franchise with all three films on the list.

A film has made more the $100 million every year since 1983, and over $250 ever year since 2021 and over $500,$750 million every year since 2022.

2023 was the top grossing overall film of the year.

Year  | Film  | Worldwide gross  | Budget  | Ref.

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2023 | Barbie †  | $1,441,820,453  | $145,000,000  | [1]
2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | $760,928,081 | $250,000,000 | [53]
2021 | Hi, Mom | $841,674,419 | $59,000,000 | [54]
2020 | Bad Boys for Life | $426,505,244 | $90,000,000 | [55]
2019 | The Upside | $125,856,180 | $37,500,000 | [56]
2018 | Deadpool 2 | $785,896,609 ($734,546,611) | $110,000,000 | [57]
2017 | Pitch Perfect 3 | $185,400,345 | $45,000,000 | [58]
2016 | Deadpool | $782,836,791 | $58,000,000 | [59]
2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | $287,144,079 | $29,000,000 | [60]
2014 | Ride Along | $154,468,902 | $25,000,000 | [61]
2013 | Grown Ups 2 | $246,984,278 | $80,000,000 | [62]
2012 | Men in Black III | $654,213,485 | $225,000,000 | [63]
2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | $1,045,713,802 | $250,000,000 | [64]
2010 | Meet the Parents: Little Fockers | $310,650,585 | $110,000,000 | [65]
2009 | The Hangover | $469,310,836 | $35,000,000 | [16]
2008 | Mamma Mia! | $609,841,637 | $52,000,000 | [66]
2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | $961,691,209 | $300,000,000 | [67]
2006 | Night at the Museum | $574,481,229 | $110,000,000 | [68]
2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | $487,287,646 | $110,000,000 | [69]
2004 | Meet the Fockers | $522,657,936 | $80,000,000 | [12]
2003 | Bruce Almighty | $484,592,874 | $81,000,000 | [14]
2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $368,744,044 | $5,000,000 | [70]
2001 | Ocean's Eleven | $297,795,726 ($297,718,711) | $85,000,000 | [71]
2000 | What Women Want | $374,111,707 | $70,000,000 | [72]
1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $313,701,294 | $33,000,000 | [73][74]
1998 | There's Something About Mary | $369,884,651 | $23,000,000 |
1997 | As Good as It Gets | $314,178,011 | $50,000,000 |
1996 | The Nutty Professor | $273,961,019 | $54,000,000
1995 | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | $212,385,533 | TBA | [75][76]
1994 | The Mask | $351,583,407 | $23,000,000 | [77]
1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $441,286,195 | $25,000,000 | [18]
1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | $358,994,850 | $28,000,000 | [78]
1991 | City Slickers | $179,000,000 | $27,000,000 | [79][80]
1990 | Home Alone | $477,063,114 | $18,000,000 | [15]
1989 | Look Who's Talking | $296,999,813 | $7,500,000
1988 | Coming to America | $288,752,301 | $36,000,000 | [81]
1987 | Three Men and a Baby | $240,000,000 | $11,000,000 | [82][83]
1986 | Crocodile Dundee | $328,203,506 | TBA | [84]
1985 | Back to the Future | $389,053,797 ($381,109,762) | $19,000,000 | [85]
1984 | Beverly Hills Cop | $316,360,478 | $13,000,000 | [36][86]
1983 | Trading Places | $90,404,800 | $15,000,000 | [87]
1982 | Tootsie | $177,200,000 | $21,000,000 | [88]
1981 | Arthur | $95,461,682 | $7,000,000 | [89]
1980 | 9 to 5 | $103,290,500 | $10,000,000 | [90]
1979 | The Jerk | $100,000,000 | $4,000,000 | [91]
1978 | Animal House | $141,607,219 ($120,098,342) | TBA | [92]
1977 | Smokey and the Bandit | $300,000,000 | $3,500,000 | [93][94]
1976 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | $75,000,000 | TBA | [95]
1975 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | $115,322,757 | $1,400,000 | [96]
1974 | Blazing Saddles | $119,617,265 | TBA | [97]
1973 | The Sting | $257,000,000 | $5,500,000 | [98][99]
1972 | What's Up, Doc? | $66,000,000 | TBA | [100]
1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | $17,871,174 | $6,500,000 | [101][102]
1970 | M*A*S*H | $81,600,000 | $3,500,000 | [103]
1969 | The Love Bug | $51,264,022 | $5,000,000 | [104][105]
1968 | Funny Girl | $58,707,416 | TBA | [106]
1967 | The Graduate | $105,015,008 ($104,675,450) | TBA | [107]
1966 | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | $21,693,114 | $3,900,000 | [108][109]
1965 | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines | $31,111,111 | TBA | [110]
1964 | My Fair Lady | $72,632,653 | $17,000,000 | [111]
1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | $60,000,000 | $9,400,000 | [112]
1962 | That Touch of Mink | $12,923,077 | TBA | [113]
1961 | The Absent-Minded Professor | $25,300,000 | TBA | [114]
1960 | The Apartment | $24,000,000 | $3,000,000 | [115]
1959 | Some Like It Hot | $49,200,000 | $2,900,000 | [116]
1958 | Auntie Mame | $23,200,000 | $2,900,000 | [117]
1957 | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | $4,900,000 | $1,050,000 | [118][119][120][121]
1956 | The Teahouse of the August Moon | $8,925,000 | $3,926,000[ | [118][122]
1955 |  Mister Roberts | $21,200,000 | $2,300,000 | [123][124]
1954 | Sabrina | $4,000,000 | TBA | [125]
1953 | How to Marry a Millionaire | $8,000,000 | $1,300,000 | [126] [127]
1952 | Singin' in the Rain | $7,241,009 | $2,540,000 | [128]
1951 |  An American in Paris | $7,000,000 | $2,700,000 | [118]
1950 | Father of the Bride | $6,084,000 | $1,215,000 | [118][129]
1949 | I Was a Male War Bride | $4,100,000 | TBA | [130][131]
1948 | The Paleface | $4,500,000 | $2,000,000 | [132][133]
1947 | Welcome Stranger | $6,100,000 | $1,961,000 | [134][135]
1946 | Margie | $4,100,000 | $1,680,000 | [136][134][135]
1945 | The Bells of St. Mary's | $21,300,000 | $1,300,000 | [137][138]
1944 | The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | $9,000,000 | $775,000 | [139][140]
1943 | Thousands Cheer | $5,886,000 | $1,568,000 | [118]
1942 | Road to Morocco | $3,800,000 | TBA | [141]
1941 | Ball of Fire | $2,641,000 | TBA | [142][143]
1940 | The Great Dictator | $5,000,000 | $2,200,000 | [144][145][142][143]
1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | $9,000,000 | TBA | [146]
1938 | You Can't Take It with You | $2,137,575  | $1,644,736 | [147]
1937 | The Awful Truth | $3,000,000 | TBA | [148]
1936 | Follow the Fleet | $2,727,000 | $747,000 | [149]
1935 | Top Hat | $3,200,000 | $609,000 | [149]
1934 | It Happened One Night | $3,200,000 | $325,000 | [150][151]
1933 | I'm No Angel | $2,250,000 | $225,000 | [152][153]
1932 | Movie Crazy | $1,439,000 | $675,353 | [154][155][156]
1931 | City Lights | $4,250,000 | TBA | [156]
1930 | Animal Crackers | $3,100,000 | TBA | [157]
1929 | Welcome Danger | $3,000,000 | $979,828 | [158][159]
1928 | The Circus | $3,800,000 | TBA | [160]
1927 | The General | $474,264 | TBA | [161]
1925 | The Gold Rush | $4,000,000 | $923,000 | [162][135]
1924 | The Navigator | $680,406 | $385,000 | [163][135]

## Timeline of highest-grossing comedy film[edit]

At least 10 films has hold the title of highest grossing comedy film.

Title  | Established  | Record-setting gross  | Ref

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Ghostbusters | 1984  | $229,242,989  | [164]
Beverly Hills Cop | 1985  | $316,360,478  | [36]
Crocodile Dundee | 1986  | $328,203,506  |
Home Alone | 1990  | $476,684,675  | [15]
Bruce Almighty | 2003  | $484,592,874  | [14]
Meet the Fockers | 2004  | $522,657,936  | [12]
Night at the Museum | 2006  | $579,446,407  | [165]
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | 2007  | $961,691,209  | [67]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | 2011  | $1,046,721,266  | [64]
Barbie †  | 2023  | $1,441,820,453  | [1]

## Comedy films by box office admissions[edit]

See also: List of films by box office admissions

The following is a list of comedy films by estimated tickets sold worldwide.

Film  | Year  | Ticket sales (est.)  | Notes

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Shaolin Temple | 1982  | 304,920,000  | [a]
Sholay (Embers)  | 1975  | 250,000,000  | [171]
Awaara (The Vagabond)  | 1951  | 217,000,000  | [b]
Disco Dancer | 1982  | 135,000,000  | [c]″
Back to the Future | 1985  | 90,184,478  | [d]
Ghostbusters | 1984  | 82,375,218  | [e]
Beverly Hills Cop | 1984  | 81,716,713  | [f]
Home Alone | 1990  | 81,491,808  | [g]

## Highest-grossing comedy film series and franchises[edit]

The following is a list of highest grossing film series. Men in Black sits top $1.9 billion, Deadpool has the best average with $784.1 million per film.

Highest-grossing comedy film franchises and film series[§] (The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show".) | Rank  | Series  | Total worldwide gross  | No. of films  | Average of films  | Highest-grossing film

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| 1  | Men in Black | $1,915,759,789  | 4  | $478,939,947  | Men in Black 3 ($624,026,776)

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1  | Men in Black 3 (2012) | $624,026,776

2  | Men in Black (1997) | $589,390,539

3  | Men in Black II (2002) | $441,818,803

4  | Men in Black: International (2019) | $253,890,701

5  | Men in Black II/Spider-Man (combo) | $6,632,970
| 2  | Deadpool | $1,568,159,899  | 2  | $784,079,950  | Deadpool 2 ($785,046,920)

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1  | Deadpool 2 (2018) | $785,046,920

2  | Deadpool (2016) | $783,112,979
| 3  | The Hangover | $1,416,248,289  | 3  | $472,082,763  | The Hangover Part II ($586,764,305)

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1  | The Hangover Part II (2011) | $586,764,305

2  | The Hangover (2009) | $467,483,912

3  | The Hangover Part III (2013) | $362,000,072
| 4  | Detective Chinatown | $1,356,285,654  | 4  | $339,071,414  | Detective Chinatown 3 ($686,257,563)

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1  | Detective Chinatown 3 (2021) | $686,257,563

2  | Detective Chinatown 2 (2018) | $544,185,156

3  | Detective Chinatown (2015) | $125,842,935
| 5  | Meet the Parents | $1,163,752,566  | 3  | $387,917,522  | Meet the Fockers ($522,657,936)

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1  | Meet the Fockers (2004) | $522,657,936

2  | Meet the Parents (2000) | $330,444,045

3  | Little Fockers (2010) | $310,650,585
| 6  | American Pie | $989,475,386  | 4  | $247,368,847  | American Pie 2 ($287,553,595)

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1  | American Pie 2 (2001) | $287,553,595

2  | American Pie (1999) | $235,483,004

3  | American Reunion (2012) | $234,989,584

4  | American Wedding (2003) | $231,449,203
| 7  | Back to the Future | $970,381,382  | 3  | $323,460,461  | Back to the Future ($389,053,797)

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1  | Back to the Future (1985) | $389,053,797

2  | Back to the Future Part II (1989) | $331,950,002

3  | Back to the Future Part III (1990) | $244,527,583

4  | Back to the Future Day (2015) | $4,850,000
| 8  | Ghostbusters | $931,368,963  | 4  | $232,842,241  | Ghostbusters (1984) ($295,212,467)

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|  | Original series | $702,221,454  | 3  | $234,073,818  | Ghostbusters (1984) ($295,212,467)

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1  | Ghostbusters (1984) | $295,212,467

2  | Ghostbusters II (1989) | $215,394,738

3  | Afterlife (2021) | $191,614,249
| Answer the Call (2016) | $229,147,509  |

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| 9  | Home Alone | $915,140,479  | 3  | $305,046,826  | Home Alone ($476,684,675)

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1  | Home Alone (1990) | $477,063,114

2  | Lost in New York (1992) | $358,994,850

3  | Home Alone 3 (1997) | $79,082,515
| 10  | Scary Movie | $896,555,030  | 5  | $179,311,006  | Scary Movie ($278,019,771)

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1  | Scary Movie (2000) | $278,019,771

2  | Scary Movie 3 (2003) | $220,673,217

3  | Scary Movie 4 (2006) | $178,262,620

4  | Scary Movie 2 (2001) | $141,220,678

5  | Scary Movie 5 (2013) | $78,378,744
| 11  | Ted | $763,103,098  | 2  | $381,551,549  | Ted ($400,062,763)

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1  | Ted (2012) | $549,368,315

2  | Ted 2 (2015) | $213,734,783
| 12  | Beverly Hills Cop | $735,534,503  | 3  | $245,178,168  | Beverly Hills Cop ($316,360,478)

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1  | Beverly Hills Cop (1984) | $316,360,478

2  | Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) | $299,965,036

3  | Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) | $119,208,989
| 13  | Sex and the City | $709,510,376  | 2  | $354,755,188  | Sex and the City ($418,765,321)

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1  | Sex and the City (2008) | $418,765,321

2  | Sex and the City 2 (2010) | $290,745,055
| 14  | Austin Powers | $676,356,278  | 3  | $225,452,093  | The Spy Who Shagged Me ($312,016,858)

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1  | The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) | $312,016,858

2  | Goldmember (2002) | $296,655,431

3  | International Man of Mystery (1997) | $67,683,989
| 15  | Bruce Almighty | $659,033,598  | 2  | $329,516,799  | Bruce Almighty ($484,592,874)

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1  | Bruce Almighty (2003) | $484,592,874

2  | Evan Almighty (2007) | $174,440,724
| 16  | Crocodile Dundee | $607,248,390  | 3  | $202,416,130  | Crocodile Dundee ($328,203,506)

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1  | Crocodile Dundee (1986) | $328,203,506

2  | Crocodile Dundee 2 (1988) | $239,606,210

3  | Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) | $39,438,674
| 17  | Jump Street | $532,919,204  | 2  | $266,459,602  | 22 Jump Street ($331,333,876)

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1  | 22 Jump Street (2014) | $331,333,876

2  | 21 Jump Street (2012) | $201,585,328
| 18  | Looney Tunes | $482,387,456  | 3  | $160,795,819  | Space Jam ($250,180,384)

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Space Jam series

| $413,872,612  | 2  | $206,936,306  | Space Jam ($250,180,384)

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1  | Space Jam (1996) | $250,180,384

2  | A New Legacy (2021) | $163,692,228
|  | Back in Action (2003) | $68,514,844  |

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| 19  | The Mask | $411,501,829  | 2  | $205,750,915  | The Mask ($351,583,407)

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1  | The Mask (1994) | $351,583,407

2  | Son of the Mask (2005) | $59,918,422
| 20  | The Flintstones | $401,099,483  | 2  | $200,549,742  | The Flintstones ($341,631,208)

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1  | The Mask (1994) | $341,631,208

2  | Viva Rock Vegas (2000) | $59,468,275

## Biggest worldwide openings on record for comedy films[edit]

This list charts films the biggest worldwide openings for comedy films. Since films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday following the movie's release. Figures prior to the year 2002 are not available. Country-by-country variations in release dates are not taken into account.

Rank | Film | Year | Opening (USD)[193]

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1  | Barbie | 2023  | $356,300,000[194]
2 | Deadpool 2 | 2018 | $300,386,357
3 | Deadpool | 2016 | $264,711,361
4 | Men In Black 3 | 2012 | $189,884,945
5 | Men in Black: International | 2019 | $103,700,000

## See also[edit]

* List of highest-grossing films
* Lists of highest-grossing films

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Shaolin Temple admissions:
* China – 300 million[166]
* Japan – 3,925,538[167][168]
* Hong Kong – 700,000[169]
* South Korea (Seoul City) – 294,065[170]
2. ^ Awaara admissions:
* India – 17 million[172][173]
* China – 100 million[174]
* Soviet Union – 100 million[175]
3. ^ Disco Dancer admissions:
* India – 15 million[176][173]
* Soviet Union – 120 million[177]
4. ^ Back to the Future admissions:
* United States, Canada, Denmark – 59,434,344[178]
* France, Germany, Italy, Spain – 12,592,872[179]
* United Kingdom – 9,719,533[180]
* Japan – 8,078,180[181]
* South Korea (Seoul City) – 343,292[170]
* Other European territories (2011–2018) – 16,257[182]
5. ^ Ghostbusters admissions:
* United States and Canada – 71,173,700[183]
* France, Germany, Italy – 8,046,600[184]
* Denmark and Spain – 2,763,555[185]
* South Korea (Seoul City) – 344,420[170]
* United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden (2002–2018) – 46,943[186]
6. ^ Beverly Hills Cop admissions:
* United States, Canada, Denmark, Spain – 69,103,402[187]
* France, Germany, Italy – 7,499,810[188]
* United Kingdom – 2,620,211[189]
* Japan – 2,236,108[181]
* South Korea (Seoul City) – 257,182[170]
7. ^ Home Alone admissions:
* United States, Canada, Spain – 70,521,419[190]
* France, Germany, Italy – 10,032,435[191]
* South Korea (Seoul City) – 869,820[170]
* United Kingdom, Belgium, Romania, Switzerland (1996–2018) – 68,134[192]

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