Meryl Streep is highest grossing actress in comedy

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - No joke: Meryl Streep is a big box office star as a comedian.

Though she has won more Oscars for her dramatic roles, Forbes reports that over the last five years, her comedies -- "Mamma Mia," "The Devil Wears Prada," "Julie & Julia," "It's Complicated" -- have earned $1.3 billion at the box office worldwide.

Despite "Sex and the City 2" underperforming both commercially and critically, Sarah Jessica Parker ranked No. 2 with $916 million. (The SATC sequel may have earned $95 million in the U.S., but it raked in an impressive $193 million overseas.)

No. 3: Katherine Heigl, whose comedies have earned $773 million over the last five years. Though her recent big screen efforts have tanked ("Killers," "Life as We Know It"), she has a shot at a comeback with her next project, "One for the Money," based on the popular Janet Evanovich series of Stephanie Plum novels.

Cameron Diaz comes in fourth with $768 million (she'll test her comedic box office chops later this year when she debuts "Bad Teacher," costarring her ex Justin Timberlake).

Anne Hathaway - who was just cast as "Catwoman" in the next Batman installment - rounds out the top 5. Her comedies - which include the mega-popular, "The Devil Wears Prada" - have earned $727 at the box office worldwide.