Comedy History of the comedy film Comedy dates

Comedy

History of the comedy film �Comedy dates back to the era of silent films in 1895, where the comedy style was slapstick and theatrical �Heavily influenced by Charlie Chaplin

Sub-Genres of the comedy film �Black comedy �Fish out of water �Surreal comedy �Mockumentary �Screwball comedy �Slapstick

Iconography of the comedy film

Actors/Directors associated with comedy films �Adam Sandler �Charlie Chaplin �Ben Stiller �Jack Black �Seth Rogan �Steve Carell

Box Office – Top 10 films of the Genre 1 2011 The Hangover Part II $586, 464, 305 $254, 464, 305 $332, 000 2 2004 Meet the Fockers $516, 567, 575 $279, 167, 575 $237, 400, 000 3 2012 Les Intouchables $484, 873, 045 $13, 182, 281 $471, 690, 764 4 2003 Bruce Almighty $484, 468, 608 $242, 704, 995 $241, 763, 613 5 1990 Home Alone $476, 684, 675 $285, 761, 243 $190, 923, 432 6 2009 The Hangover $465, 764, 086 $277, 322, 503 $188, 441, 583 7 1993 Mrs. Doubtfire $441, 286, 003 $219, 195, 051 $222, 090, 952 8 2008 Sex and the City $415, 247, 258 $152, 647, 258 $262, 600, 000 9 1988 Rain Man $412, 800, 000 $172, 825, 435 $239, 974, 565 10 2013 The Hangover 3 $362, 000, 072 $112, 200, 072 $249, 800, 000

Budgets – Top 10 films of the Genre

Critically acclaimed films related to the genre �Airplane! (1980, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker) �Groundhog Day (1983, Harold Ramis) �Zoolander (2001, Ben Stiller) �Modern Times (1936, Charlie Chaplin) �Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones)