{"id":8508,"date":"2018-02-14T16:26:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T16:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=8508"},"modified":"2024-03-01T14:51:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T14:51:54","slug":"the-10-highest-grossing-romantic-comedies-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/14\/the-10-highest-grossing-romantic-comedies-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 highest-grossing romantic comedies ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valentines Day is designed to be spent with your loved ones, and to get you in a mushy mood, we\u2019ve crunched some numbers to find the most popular rom-coms ever. These movies smashed the box office with their soppy stories, so what better day to revisit them?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b7BUqE_NWMs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>10. As Good as it Gets<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Box office:<\/strong> \u00a3107,158,691<\/p>\n<p>The 1997 James L. Brooks rom-com, starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt saw both win the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively. Nicholson portrays Melvin Udall, a best-selling author who alienates himself from almost everyone he meets, except for Carol (Hunt) who can tolerate him. There are plenty of ups and downs \u201d\u201c mainly due to Melvin\u2019s behaviour \u201d\u201c but it wouldn\u2019t be a rom-com if it didn\u2019t have a happy ending!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cv01Mcdf8rI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>9. Knocked Up<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Box office: <\/strong>\u00a3107,368,642<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the things we do in the heat of the moment end up having the greatest consequences, as we come to learn in <em>Knocked Up<\/em>. As you can probably guess, someone ends up pregnant \u201d\u201c that someone being Katherine Heigl\u2019s character Alison. She drunkenly ends up with Ben (Seth Rogan) and discovers she\u2019s with child a few weeks later. They have little in common but try their best to make it work as parents. Judd Apatow knocks it out of the park once again, with a quirky classic that bagged him a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Writers Guild of America Awards.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ay8QC6tL7k0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>8. Runaway Bride<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Box office: <\/strong>\u00a3109,886,408<\/p>\n<p>Being left at the altar on your wedding day is embarrassing \u201d\u201c but it might be even more embarrassing to jilt three different people! Rom-com royalty Julia Roberts fills the shoes of Maggie Carpenter, who earns a name for herself after running away from three different weddings due to fear of marriage. Her story is picked up by a journalist, who has to meet Maggie in order to straighten out a few issues in his reporting \u201d\u201c the columnist in question is Richard Gere as Ike. In getting his facts straight, he learns more about Maggie\u201d\u00a6 and you can probably guess the rest.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g9Mx2OLnoGI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>7. Sex and the City<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Box office: <\/strong>\u00a3110,167,696<\/p>\n<p>After six seasons, then four years away, we were itching to know what Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda were up to. And boy, was there plenty to catch up on! Samantha moved to the West Coast, Miranda was engrossed in work while Charlotte was engrossed in motherhood and Carrie began planning her wedding to the infamous Big. The wedding doesn\u2019t quite go as planned but Carrie does getting her wedding in the end, complete with a pair of fabulous Manolo Blahniks!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GhsnMiA6c40\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>6. The Proposal<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Box office: <\/strong>\u00a3118,330,841<\/p>\n<p>The prospect of losing your job and being deported is enough to make you marry someone you barely know, right? Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) comes up with this scheme, persuading her assistant to marry her so she isn\u2019t deported to Canada; but they\u2019ll need to be convincing. She puts in the ground work and goes back to Andrew\u2019s (Ryan Reynolds) home town to learn about him but doesn\u2019t expect to fall in love in the end.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uYFwrK8qCOk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>5. There\u2019s Something About Mary<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Box office:<\/strong> \u00a3127,371,481<\/p>\n<p><em>There\u2019s Something About Mary<\/em> is your typical all-American 1990s rom-com, which is why we love it! Ted (Ben Stiller) fluffs his chances with his dream girl, Mary (Cameron Diaz\u201d\u00a6 we told you it was very 90s!) and loses touch with her. He does his best to track her down years later but he\u2019s got a few competitors for Mary\u2019s affections. It\u2019s quirky, funny and very of the era. Fill your boots, 90s fans!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jvd3TjJaf3c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>4. Pretty Woman<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Box office: <\/strong>\u00a3128,814,909<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re making a big mistake, if you\u2019ve not seen this classic \u201d\u201c huge! No? Too much? Anyway\u201d\u00a6 Richard Gere and Julia Roberts join forces once again for the 1990 treasure <em>Pretty Woman<\/em>. A businessman, Edward Lewis and an escort, Vivian Ward, come together to create a dysfunctional love story for the ages. Although their arrangement is initially meant to be strictly business, you can\u2019t fight feelings \u201d\u201c Edward ends up being the shining knight in a white limo, rather than a white horse. It was one of the highest grossing films of 1990s and still sits high on the rom-com list.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dMaq_pfxs-0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>3. Hitch<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Box office:<\/strong> \u00a3129,544,493<\/p>\n<p><em>Hitch<\/em> tells the story of Alex Hitchens, a dating coach who helps his client Albert working on his dating skills \u201d\u201c with a view to creating a long-term relationship. To make the story as believable as possible, Will Smith was recruited as Hitch, whereas his unlucky-in-love client is fittingly played by Kevin James. Hitch ends up falling in love himself; which of course hits a number of bumps along the way, as the course of true love doesn\u2019t run smooth! Of course, Hitch is a pro, and both men end up with the women of their dreams.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VFwHs7fEUNs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>2. What Women Want<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Box office: <\/strong>\u00a3131,937,807<\/p>\n<p>If someone else could hear your innermost thoughts, wouldn\u2019t you be terrified? Mel Gibson gains the gift of being able to hear what the women around him are thinking; a power that could very easily be abused. But, Nick (Gibson) uses his new-found ability to get closer to his daughter and repair his working relationship with the ladies who grew to loathe him. Talks of a remake, <em>What Men Want<\/em>, have floated around \u201d\u201c most recently in 2017, with Taraji P. Henson earmarked as the star.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dZmrMJmAfF0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>1. My Big Fat Greek Wedding<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Box office:<\/strong>\u00a3174,249,386<\/p>\n<p>The 2002 film, written and starring Nia Vardalos, wasn\u2019t an instant success \u201d\u201c the rise of <em>My Big Fat Greek Wedding was <\/em>slow and steady. It\u2019s still the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time, and by quite a stretch. Protagonist Toula isn\u2019t what her family hoped she\u2019d be; 30 years old, unmarried and without children, still living at home. Her confidence is knocked so she gains some independence \u201d\u201c and ends up meeting her future husband. Slight issue\u201d\u00a6 he\u2019s not Greek. A sequel was released in 2016, cleverly titled <em>My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2<\/em>, but it couldn\u2019t match the success of the original.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>What better way to celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day than with a movie that\u2019ll make you laugh and cry in equal measure? Get ordering these soppy classics for your better half \u00a0&#8211; they\u2019re cheaper than a dozen roses! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/film-and-tv\/\">Buy secondhand DVDs and Blu-Rays<\/a> at musicMagpie to save on your next rom-com night in!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentines Day is designed to be spent with your loved ones, and to get you in a mushy mood, we\u2019ve crunched some numbers to find the most popular rom-coms ever. These movies smashed the box office with their soppy stories, so what better day to revisit them? 10. 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