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Sports Comedy 1977-Present Family/kids movies excluded. Total Grosses Opening Weekends Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Total Theaters / Avg. Total Gross Release Date 1 The Longest Yard Par. $47,606,480 30.1% 3,634 $13,100 $158,119,460 5/27/05 2 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Sony $47,042,215 31.7% 3,803 $12,369 $148,213,377 8/4/06 3 The Waterboy BV $39,414,071 24.4% 2,664 $14,795 $161,491,646 11/6/98 4 Blades of Glory P/DW $33,014,202 27.8% 3,372 $9,790 $118,594,548 3/30/07 5 DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story Fox $30,070,196 26.3% 2,694 $11,161 $114,326,736 6/18/04 6 Nacho Libre Par. $28,309,599 35.3% 3,070 $9,221 $80,197,993 6/16/06 7 Kicking and Screaming Uni. $20,159,925 38.2% 3,455 $5,835 $52,842,724 5/13/05 8 The Benchwarmers SonR $19,656,429 32.8% 3,274 $6,003 $59,843,754 4/7/06 9 Bring It On Uni. $17,362,105 25.4% 2,380 $7,295 $68,379,000 8/25/00 10 Semi-Pro NL $15,075,114 45.0% 3,121 $4,830 $33,479,698 2/29/08 11 White Men Can't Jump Fox $14,711,124 19.3% 1,923 $7,650 $76,253,806 3/27/92 12 Leatherheads Uni. $12,682,595 40.4% 2,769 $4,580 $31,373,938 4/4/08 13 Here Comes the Boom Sony $11,816,596 26.1% 3,014 $3,921 $45,290,318 10/12/12 14 Bad News Bears Par. $11,382,472 34.6% 3,183 $3,576 $32,868,349 7/22/05 15 Balls of Fury Rog. $11,352,123 34.5% 3,052 $3,719 $32,886,940 8/29/07 16 The Replacements WB $11,039,214 24.7% 2,754 $4,008 $44,737,059 8/11/00 17 Stick It BV $10,803,610 40.1% 2,038 $5,301 $26,910,736 4/28/06 18 Tin Cup WB $10,128,834 18.8% 2,012 $5,034 $53,854,588 8/16/96 19 Major League Par. $8,836,265 17.7% 1,541 $5,734 $49,797,148 4/7/89 20 Mr. 3000 BV $8,679,028 39.8% 2,736 $3,172 $21,811,187 9/17/04 21 Happy Gilmore Uni. $8,514,125 21.9% 2,022 $4,210 $38,824,099 2/16/96 22 Eddie BV $8,041,972 25.6% 1,989 $4,043 $31,387,164 5/31/96 23 Wimbledon Uni. $7,118,985 41.9% 2,034 $3,499 $17,001,133 9/17/04 24 Cool Runnings BV $7,046,648 10.2% 1,387 $5,080 $68,856,263 10/1/93 25 Major League II WB $7,040,777 23.0% 2,167 $3,249 $30,626,182 4/1/94 26 Beerfest WB $7,031,228 36.6% 2,964 $2,372 $19,185,184 8/25/06 27 Summer Catch WB $7,018,593 35.5% 2,335 $3,005 $19,753,553 8/24/01 28 Necessary Roughness Par. $6,513,130 24.8% 1,695 $3,842 $26,255,594 9/27/91 29 Playing for Keeps FD $5,750,288 43.9% 2,837 $2,027 $13,102,272 12/7/12 30 Kingpin MGM $5,582,079 22.3% 1,956 $2,853 $25,023,434 7/26/96 31 The Comebacks FoxA $5,554,594 41.6% 2,812 $1,975 $13,349,927 10/19/07 32 Juwanna Mann WB $5,474,270 40.0% 1,325 $4,131 $13,670,733 6/21/02 33 Wildcats WB $5,472,905 20.8% 1,054 $5,192 $26,285,544 2/14/86 34 Ready to Rumble WB $5,257,778 42.4% 2,585 $2,033 $12,394,327 4/7/00 35 The Air Up There Mira. $5,240,859 24.9% 1,507 $3,477 $21,011,318 1/7/94 36 Mr. Baseball Uni. $5,240,375 25.1% 1,855 $2,825 $20,883,046 10/2/92 37 Ladybugs Par. $5,180,414 35.0% 1,528 $3,390 $14,796,494 3/27/92 38 Rebound Fox $5,033,848 29.9% 2,464 $2,042 $16,809,014 7/1/05 39 Bull Durham Orion $5,009,301 9.8% 1,238 $4,046 $50,888,729 6/17/88 40 Whip It FoxS $4,650,812 35.7% 1,721 $2,702 $13,043,363 10/2/09 41 The Cutting Edge MGM $4,478,919 17.8% 775 $5,779 $25,105,517 3/27/92 42 Caddyshack II WB $4,436,330 37.6% 1,556 $2,851 $11,798,302 7/22/88 43 The 6th Man BV $4,128,178 27.9% 1,227 $3,364 $14,772,788 3/28/97 44 Celtic Pride BV $3,809,248 41.2% 1,832 $2,079 $9,255,027 4/19/96 45 Play It to the Bone BV $3,427,761 40.6% 1,556 $2,202 $8,434,146 1/21/00 46 The Great White Hype Fox $3,349,481 41.8% 1,496 $2,238 $8,008,255 5/3/96 47 Aspen Extreme BV $3,342,613 41.6% 1,455 $2,297 $8,041,049 1/22/93 48 Back to the Beach Par. $3,265,660 24.9% 1,080 $3,023 $13,110,903 8/7/87 49 Caddyshack WB $3,142,689 7.9% 656 $4,790 $39,846,344 7/25/80 50 Mystery, Alaska BV $3,102,191 34.9% 1,673 $1,854 $8,891,623 10/1/99 51 BASEketball Uni. $3,086,105 43.9% 1,905 $1,620 $7,027,290 7/31/98 52 Who's Your Caddy? MGM/W $2,756,661 48.2% 1,019 $2,705 $5,713,425 7/27/07 53 Grind WB $2,511,403 49.0% 2,253 $1,114 $5,123,696 8/15/03 54 Major League: Back to the Minors WB $2,087,011 58.4% 2,322 $899 $3,572,443 4/17/98 55 Bend It Like Beckham FoxS $1,813,118 5.6% 1,002 $1,809 $32,543,449 8/1/03 56 Ski Patrol Triu $1,648,000 19.3% 515 $3,200 $8,533,973 1/12/90 57 Diggstown MGM $1,504,099 31.1% 733 $2,051 $4,836,637 8/14/92 58 The Scout Fox $1,458,837 54.1% 1,585 $920 $2,694,234 9/30/94 59 The Slugger's Wife Col. $1,314,993 70.0% 898 $1,464 $1,878,561 3/29/85 60 Goon Magn. $1,232,860 29.6% 241 $5,116 $4,168,528 2/24/12 61 Les Boys III Lions $721,350 20.3% 115 $6,272 $3,557,100 11/30/01 62 Men with Brooms Art. $656,619 15.5% 207 $3,172 $4,245,870 3/8/02 63 Les Boys Lions $436,174 9.5% 52 $8,387 $4,602,341 12/12/97 64 Artie Lange's Beer League Echo $302,908 64.2% 164 $1,847 $472,185 9/15/06 65 Les Boys 2 Lions $302,822 5.1% 88 $3,441 $5,974,732 12/11/98 66 Church Ball Hale $144,376 31.0% 40 $3,609 $464,991 3/17/06 67 The Hammer ICir $97,137 21.9% 20 $4,856 $443,591 3/21/08 68 Ping Pong Playa IFC $30,797 39.5% 9 $3,422 $77,907 9/5/08 69 Off the Lip Hann. $10,608 69.7% 31 $342 $15,217 5/7/04 70 Home Run Showdown Imag. $8,824 100.0% 1 $8,824 $8,824 7/27/12 AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only, 58 titles): $10,067,767 27.6% 2,086 $4,826 $36,466,794 - Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart. Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.

UPCOMING RELEASES Title (click to view) Studio Release Date Grudge Match WB 1/10/14