Cook made the bulk of his income on the road with his lucrative Isolated Incident Global Thermo Comedy Tour. 2 is Dane Cook, who raked in an estimated $21 million during the 12-month period. He's bolstered his income with DVD and puppet sales and will soon roll out a memoir, All By My Selves: Peanut, Achmed, and Me.įollowing Dunham at No.
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Though his short-lived Comedy Central series took a ratings tumble at this time last year, concert tracker Pollstar named him North America's top touring comic for the second year in a row. The remainder of her income came from her collection of bestselling books.Īmong the other "haves" is puppeteer Jeff Dunham, who tops our list care of the $22.5 million he banked over the last year. But Handler earned more than twice as much on the road as she did on her show. Like McHale and Tosh, she has a nightly show, E!'s Chelsea Lately, to showcase her humor and build a following. Take Chelsea Handler, who earned $19 million in the 12-month period ending in June, putting her No. These shows, be they Tosh's Tosh.0 on Comedy Central or McHale's The Soup on E!, are as much marketing vehicles as they are moneymakers-and in many cases, far more the former than the latter. Increasingly the "haves" are strengthening their acts and their income with work on other platforms, most commonly TV. "It's become more haves and have-nots, and less of the middle." The stand-up business "mirrors what's happening in our country," says Williams. Earlier this year he began packaging together on certain nights three of the four members of what was once the popular Blue Collar Comedy troupe, offering fans three comedians for the price of one. Williams has had to get creative promoting his clients, who include Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy. Parallel Entertainment Chief Executive J.P. But in his experience, top acts are still able to sell out arenas around the country without much trouble, including rising stars like Daniel Tosh and Joel McHale, who are poised to make this list in the future. He expects more acts to adjust their ticket prices and venue sizes, while audience members will continue to wait longer to purchase their tickets and remain unwilling to shell out for just anyone. "The ones who get hurt are the comedians who don't realize that they have to adapt the environment they're currently in."
"To stay on top in this economy, you've got to work a lot harder," saysĬomedy President Geof Wills of a business he calls Darwinian. In Pictures: America's 10 Top-Earning Comedians
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