Regarding the OP: Yes, American and international moviegoers have interesting taste in comedy. Yes, those movies do make a lot of money:
Look at the
scary movies:
Movie Nameomgomgomg US Grossomgomgomg Worldwide Grossomgomgomg Budgetomgomgomg
Scary Movie $157,019,771 $277,200,000 $19,000,000
Scary Movie 2 $71,277,420 $141,189,101 $45,000,000
Scary Movie 3 $110,000,082 $155,200,000 $45,000,000
Scary Movie 4 $90,710,620 $178,710,620 $40,000,000
If you look at the others you listed, they made a lot of money as well.