What was the most earning American parody movie?

Araneus

Data for Scary Movie (can't tell you whether it's the right answer though). Opening weekend (US): $42M Gross (2000): $157M Source: IMDB.com Apr 06 08, 11:55 PM

triviapaul

The film was released on July 7, 2000 and grossed $42,346,669 (USD) in the opening weekend in the box-office. It went on to gross a total of $157,019,771 at the domestic box-office and a world-wide total of $278,019,771. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Movie#Reception Budget $19,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend $42,346,669 (USA) (9 July 2000) (2,912 Screens) £2,887,451 (UK) (10 September 2000) (427 Screens) DEM 10,152,175 (Germany) (648 Screens) Gross $156,997,084 (USA) (19 November 2000) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175142/business Apr 07 08, 5:41 AM

billythebrit

Shrek is said to be a parody - 'Previous films and TV shows, such as Fractured Fairy Tales and The Princess Bride, have parodied the traditional fairy tale. However, Shrek itself has noticeably influenced the current generation of mainstream animated films. Particularly after Shrek 2, animated films began to incorporate more pop culture references'. The movies' more notable moments parody movies such as The Matrix, From Here to Eternity, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, ET, and Spiderman, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Legend of Zoro, Sound of Music, The Little Mermaid, and other Disney films and fairy stories, as well as popular culture - Farbucks Coffee = Starbucks Coffee Versarchery = Versace Abercrombie & Witch = Abercrombie & Fitch Even Joan Rivers makes an appearance! Shrek made $484,409,218 worldwide. Shrek 2 made $919,838,758 worldwide. Shrek the Third made $797.6 million worldwide. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek_2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek_the_Third Apr 07 08, 9:15 AM

Baloo55th

Billy has a good point - Shrek does parody a lot of stuff. That's why it has the adult appeal. The kids have a good old-fashioned fairy story, and the adults have a skit that the kids probably will miss. Everyone's happy. Ratatouille scores this way, too, but at $617,245,654 worldwide doesn't beat Shrek 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatouille_(film) Apr 07 08, 1:09 PM