What is a ‘Blockbuster Comedy’?

The all-time blockbuster comedies are always original comedies that are extremely profitable for the studios because of the moderate budgets:

Here’s a list of the top Blockbuster Comedies after adjusting for inflation:

1 Beverly Hills Cop (Paramount / 1984) $234,760,478 $433,887,669
2 Home Alone (20th Century Fox / 1990) $281,493,907 $413,257,012
3 Tootsie (Columbia Pictures / 1982) $177,200,000 $409,075,093
4 Blazing Saddles (Warner Brothers / 1974) $119,500,000 $404,656,100
5 National Lampoon’s Animal House (Universal Pictures / 1978) $141,600,000 $383,297,700
6 Mrs. Doubtfire (20th Century Fox / 1993) $219,194,773 $321,796,582
7 Three Men and a Baby (Touchstone Pictures / 1987) $167,780,960 $310,095,167
8 Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me (New Line Cinema / 1999) $205,444,716 $305,218,107
9 Beverly Hills Cop 2 (Paramount Pictures / 1987) $151,663,265 $280,306,213
10 Meet the Fockers (Universal Pictures / 2004) $279,167,575 $279,167,575
11 Liar Liar (Universal Pictures / 1997) $181,395,380 $269,489,309
12 There’s Something About Mary (20th Century Fox / 1998) $176,484,651 $262,193,704
13 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (IFC Films / 2002) $241,437,427 $258,059,625
14 Porky’s (20th Century Fox / 1982) $111,289,673 $256,917,795
15 Home Alone 2 (20th Century Fox / 1992) $172,676,450 $253,503,724
16 Look Who’s Talking (Tristar Pictures / 1989) $136,950,770 $253,114,370
17 Bruce Almighty (Universal Pictures / 2003) $242,589,580 $249,831,060
18 Big Daddy (Columbia Pictures / 1999) $163,479,795 $242,873,093
19 The Waterboy (Touchstone Pictures / 1998) $161,487,252 $239,912,879
20 9 to 5 (20th Century Fox / 1980) $103,290,500 $238,451,303
21 Coming to America (Paramount Pictures / 1988) $128,113,607 $236,781,399
22 Stir Crazy (Columbia Pictures / 1980) $101,300,000 $233,856,134
23 Austin Powers in Goldmember (New Line Cinema / 2002)
24 Trading Places (Paramount Pictures / 1983) $90,404,800 $208,704,018
25 Stripes (Columbia Pictures / 1981) $85,297,000 $196,912,405

One of our goals at Ripple Effect Management is to mine Blockbuster Comedies. We want to find scripts that will make people laugh, yet have real emotion.

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Ripple Effect Management Opens Beverly Hills Office

Ripple Effect Management, the literary management company, announces the opening of new offices in Beverly Hills, California.

“Our goal is to discover material that the movie-going audience will love to see,” says Doug White, lit manager. “The industry is getting killed from bad scripts. Our goal is to never go out with a spec unless we know it has $150 million potential at the box office.”

Ripple Effect will also produce movies outside of the studio system. “We are also raising our second round of financing to produce motion pictures in the $20-30 million range,” says Alisha Dickenson, co-head of the Beverly Hills office.

Ripple Effect Management Offices:

Beverly Hills
468 N. Camden Drive, 2nd Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310-860-7508

New York
575 Lexington Ave 4th Floor
New York, NY 10022
212-847-9808

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