The last decade hasn’t been particularly kind to comedy movies. Of the Top 50 highest-grossing comedies of all time, just seven of them were released in the last 10 years. Compare that to the Top 50 ...

(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as ...

A German slapstick comedy Western parody, a kabuki drama from Japan, an Indian historical action epic, a satire anthology ...

Paramount’s slapstick comedy The Naked Gun is off to a strong start at the box office. The movie opened in third place in North America, earning $17 million from 3,344 theaters, which was right on ...

Some people argue that the comedy film is dead. Their logic is that superhero movies and other blockbuster franchises have crowded studio comedies out of the cineplex, while indie comedies bomb when ...

Forty years ago this month, a low-budget, whimsical comedy made in South Africa opened in art-house theaters across the United States. A proto-mockumentary by a director who wrote, shot, and edited ...

Some of the funniest movies out there are also some of the least profitable — just ask Luke Wilson. From a raunchy summer camp classic to a heartfelt tale about sex dolls, these comedy flops lost ...

After 30 years in the game, The Divine Comedy’s louche mastermind Neil Hannon has marked the occasion with a sumptuous re-mastered 12 CD box set: Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time – Thirty Years of The ...

China's booming Lunar New Year box office is undergoing a surprise shakeup, but both films are forecast to finish their runs with over $700 million apiece — an unprecedented outcome for two movies ...