| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $50,504,655 | 1,494 | $9,077,324 | 1,391 | Dec 18, 1987 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | The Original Kings of Comedy | $38,182,790 | 1,082 | $11,053,832 | 847 | Aug 18, 2000 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $36,299,720 | 1,277 | $7,780,693 | 1,277 | Mar 12, 1982 | Columbia Pictures |
| 4 | Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain | $32,244,051 | 892 | $10,030,463 | 876 | Jul 3, 2013 | Lionsgate |
| 5 | Kevin Hart: What Now? | $23,591,043 | 2,567 | $11,767,210 | 2,567 | Oct 14, 2016 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat | $19,184,820 | 774 | $7,374,049 | 752 | Aug 2, 2002 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | $16,156,776 | 1,411 | $3,701,609 | 1,411 | Oct 28, 1983 | Columbia Pictures |
| 8 | Martin Lawrence: You So Crazy | $10,184,701 | 517 | $2,521,746 | 417 | Apr 29, 1994 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 9 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $7,706,436 | 287 | $1,908,420 | 98 | Sep 9, 2011 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 10 | Divine Madness | $5,318,098 | 127 | $769,787 | 127 | Sep 26, 1980 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | The Fluffy Movie: Unity Through Laughter | $2,827,393 | 432 | $1,311,446 | 432 | Jul 25, 2014 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 12 | Comedian | $2,751,988 | 244 | $60,224 | 4 | Oct 11, 2002 | Miramax |
| 13 | DysFunktional Family | $2,255,000 | 602 | $1,079,797 | 602 | Apr 4, 2003 | Miramax |
| 14 | Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic | $1,324,339 | 57 | $128,000 | 7 | Nov 11, 2005 | IDP Distribution |
| 15 | Without You I'm Nothing | $1,218,730 | - | - | - | May 4, 1990 | New Line Cinema |
| 16 | Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want | $1,210,967 | 8 | $33,671 | 2 | Aug 4, 2000 | - |
| 17 | Margaret Cho: Notorious C.H.O. | $1,033,395 | 26 | $13,188 | 1 | Jun 28, 2002 | Wellspring Media |
| 18 | Dice Rules | $637,327 | - | - | - | May 17, 1991 | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 19 | Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie | $604,856 | - | - | - | Jan 10, 2003 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland | $603,894 | 962 | $464,170 | 962 | Feb 8, 2008 | Picturehouse |
| 21 | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | $579,854 | - | - | - | Sep 27, 1991 | Orion Classics |
| 22 | Steve Harvey: Don't Trip... He Ain't Through with Me Yet | $319,021 | 56 | $164,926 | 54 | Mar 17, 2006 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 23 | Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert | $66,903 | 14 | $38,867 | 14 | Oct 3, 2008 | - |
| 24 | Margaret Cho: Assassin | $40,123 | 8 | $15,001 | 8 | Sep 2, 2005 | Regent Releasing |
| 25 | The Comedians of Comedy | $549 | 2 | $354 | 2 | Nov 11, 2005 | Vitagraph Films |
