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Comedy - Dark/Black 1982-Present Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 Horrible Bosses WB (NL) $117,538,559 3,134 $28,302,165 3,040 7/8/11 2 The War of the Roses Fox $86,888,546 1,559 $9,488,794 1,259 12/8/89 3 Ruthless People BV $71,624,879 1,114 $5,274,306 1,111 6/27/86 4 The Witches of Eastwick WB $63,766,510 1,337 $9,454,238 1,103 6/12/87 5 A Fish Called Wanda MGM $62,493,712 1,223 $115,418 3 7/15/88 6 Burn After Reading Focus $60,355,347 2,657 $19,128,001 2,651 9/12/08 7 The Cable Guy Sony $60,240,295 2,657 $19,806,226 2,657 6/14/96 8 Bad Santa Dim. $60,060,328 2,540 $12,292,952 2,005 11/26/03 9 The Stepford Wives Par. $59,484,742 3,057 $21,406,781 3,057 6/11/04 10 The Grand Budapest Hotel FoxS $59,301,324 1,467 $811,166 4 3/7/14 11 Death Becomes Her Uni. $58,422,650 1,866 $12,110,355 1,409 7/31/92 12 Throw Momma From the Train Orion $57,915,972 1,623 $7,318,878 1,477 12/11/87 13 Horrible Bosses 2 WB $54,445,357 3,400 $15,457,418 3,375 11/26/14 14 Death at a Funeral (2010) SGem $42,739,347 2,459 $16,217,540 2,459 4/16/10 15 Birdman FoxS $42,340,598 1,213 $424,397 4 10/17/14 16 The Ladykillers BV $39,799,191 1,589 $12,634,563 1,583 3/26/04 17 Little Shop of Horrors WB $38,748,395 1,183 $3,659,884 866 12/19/86 18 Mars Attacks! WB $37,771,017 1,955 $9,384,272 1,955 12/13/96 19 The 'Burbs Uni. $36,601,993 1,956 $11,101,197 1,952 2/17/89 20 Addicted to Love WB $34,673,095 2,021 $11,446,098 2,007 5/23/97 21 Grosse Pointe Blank BV $28,084,357 1,242 $6,870,397 1,227 4/11/97 22 The Big Hit Sony $27,007,143 2,149 $10,809,424 2,149 4/24/98 23 Nurse Betty USA $25,170,054 1,491 $7,145,950 1,459 9/8/00 24 Fargo Gram. $24,611,975 716 $730,265 36 3/8/96 25 Observe and Report WB $24,007,324 2,727 $11,017,334 2,727 4/10/09 26 Being John Malkovich USA $22,863,596 630 $637,721 25 10/29/99 27 Raising Arizona Fox $22,847,564 697 $36,240 1 3/13/87 28 The Player NL $21,706,101 452 $302,216 23 4/10/92 29 To Die For Sony $21,284,514 954 $386,510 11 9/29/95 30 Punch-Drunk Love SonR $17,844,216 1,293 $367,203 5 10/11/02 31 The Big Lebowski Gram. $17,451,873 1,235 $5,533,844 1,207 3/6/98 32 I Love You to Death TriS $16,186,793 1,095 $4,014,640 1,072 4/6/90 33 Drowning Mona Dest. $15,506,764 1,981 $5,802,229 1,981 3/3/00 34 American Psycho Lions $15,070,285 1,242 $4,961,015 1,236 4/14/00 35 Election Par. $14,902,041 827 $119,080 6 4/23/99 36 Envy DW $13,562,325 2,445 $6,160,886 2,445 4/30/04 37 Sugar & Spice NL $13,305,101 2,150 $5,891,176 2,150 1/26/01 38 Sunshine Cleaning Over. $12,062,558 642 $219,190 4 3/13/09 39 Surviving Christmas DW $11,663,156 2,755 $4,441,356 2,750 10/22/04 40 So I Married an Axe Murderer TriS $11,585,483 1,355 $3,466,930 1,349 7/30/93 41 The Ref BV $11,439,193 861 $3,044,097 701 3/9/94 42 After Hours WB $10,609,321 503 $45,435 1 9/13/85 43 Better Off Dead WB $10,297,601 650 $56,371 13 8/23/85 44 Lucky Numbers Par. $10,042,516 2,528 $4,536,625 2,497 10/27/00 45 Brazil Uni. $9,929,135 173 $30,099 1 12/18/85 46 Very Bad Things Poly $9,898,412 1,260 $3,245,853 1,260 11/27/98 47 Duplex Mira. $9,692,135 2,191 $4,617,128 2,189 9/26/03 48 A Serious Man Focus $9,228,768 262 $251,337 6 10/2/09 49 Bernie MNE $9,206,470 332 $85,805 3 4/27/12 50 Teaching Mrs. Tingle Mira. $8,951,935 1,710 $3,326,870 1,710 8/20/99 51 Nothing But Trouble WB $8,479,793 1,671 $3,966,240 1,671 2/15/91 52 Death to Smoochy WB $8,364,691 2,164 $4,266,463 2,164 3/29/02 53 Serial Mom Sav. $7,820,688 560 $2,040,450 502 4/13/94 54 Big Trouble BV $7,267,307 1,961 $3,545,204 1,961 4/5/02 55 The Rules of Attraction Lions $6,532,619 1,437 $2,532,410 1,437 10/11/02 56 Barton Fink Fox $6,153,939 189 $268,561 11 8/23/91 57 Folks! Fox $6,132,924 1,402 $2,177,518 1,402 5/1/92 58 Club Dread FoxS $5,001,708 1,807 $3,035,688 1,807 2/27/04 59 Passed Away BV $4,030,793 582 $1,506,887 582 4/24/92 60 A Shock to the System Cors $3,417,056 345 $1,002,158 345 3/23/90 61 Jawbreaker Sony $3,117,085 801 $1,603,425 801 2/19/99 62 The Butcher Boy WB $1,995,911 90 $135,606 9 4/3/98 63 Heathers NW $1,108,462 54 $177,247 35 3/31/89 64 Parents Vest $870,532 94 $277,952 94 1/27/89 65 The Last Supper Sony $459,749 40 $33,824 6 4/5/96 66 Swimming with Sharks Trim. $382,928 13 $34,703 4 4/21/95 67 Buffalo Soldiers Mira. $354,421 24 $30,977 6 7/25/03 68 Out Cold (1989) Hemd $294,266 142 $201,499 142 3/3/89 69 Citizen Ruth Mira. $285,112 23 $26,709 6 12/13/96 70 Breakfast of Champions BV $178,278 11 $42,326 7 9/17/99 71 John Dies at the End Magn. $141,951 19 $12,467 1 1/25/13 72 God Bless America Magn. $122,550 15 $27,308 14 5/11/12 73 Consuming Passions Gold. $118,206 5 $5,373 1 4/6/88 74 Eulogy Lions $75,076 22 $41,788 22 10/15/04 75 The Details RTWC $63,595 73 $18,528 14 11/2/12 76 Sightseers IFC $61,782 10 $7,384 2 5/10/13 77 Cheap Thrills Drft. $59,424 18 $18,638 2 3/21/14 78 Dirty Love First $36,099 44 $23,281 44 9/23/05 79 Garmento Spn $19,402 1 $3,611 1 6/6/03 80 Coldblooded IRS $16,198 5 $8,423 5 9/15/95 81 Rid of Me SD $11,740 2 $2,070 1 11/18/11 82 Buzzkill Indic. $5,860 1 n/a 1 1/20/12 83 Burke and Hare IFC $4,833 1 $947 1 9/9/11 84 Between Us Mont. $4,380 - n/a - 6/14/13 - A Farewell to Fools Mont. n/a - n/a - 3/7/14 - Home Sweet Hell VE n/a - n/a - 3/13/15 - They're Watching Ampl. n/a - n/a - 3/25/16 TOTAL (All Movies): $1,694,219,924 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $20,169,285 1,097 $4,179,328 943 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $1,605,446,898 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $30,873,979 1,694 $8,304,790 1,837 - Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.