The 10 Highest-Grossing Romantic Comedies Ever | TheRichest
A lot of the most beloved films of all time fall into the Rom-com category, however despite the money it brings in to the movie industry, people still think that it is unimportant, fluffy and inconsequential. The movie genre may lack the substance movie fans are looking for but rom-coms are supposed to be light and exist to entertain the moviegoers. Rom-coms are seen as movies geared toward the female audience and that target market really do take time to go out and watch movies. Therefore it is not surprising that rom-com movies has brought in billions annually to the movie industry and here are the top 10 highest grossing Rom-Com movies of all time.
10 Knocked Up
Knocked Up starring Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen lands at the tenth place with $148,761,765 domestic gross and $219,000,000 worldwide box office. The movie which was released by Universal on June 1, 2007 is about a rising journalist, Alison Scott, who hit serious complications when she had a one night stand with an irresponsible slacker, Ben Stone. The night they spent together resulted in a pregnancy which they both eventually decided to keep.
9 Crazy Rich Asians
Crazy Rich Asians is the only film released in the last five years to make the cut in the list with $174,532,921 domestic gross and $238 million worldwide box office results. The movie released by Warner Bros. last August 15, 2018 is about Rachel Chu who is happy to come along to the wedding of her boyfriend’s best friend held in Singapore. She was in for a big surprise when she found out that her boyfriend is extremely wealthy and is even considered one of Singapore’s most eligible bachelors. When Rachel was thrust into the spotlight, she has no other choice but to contend with the jealous socialites.
8 Runaway Bride
Two decades after the release of the film, Runaway Bride is still one of the highest grossing films in the movie history with $152,257,509 domestic gross and $309,000,000 worldwide box office. The movie released by Paramount Pictures on July 30, 1999 is about Maggie Carpenter played by Julia Roberts who has left grooms at the altar three times. She was then branded the runaway bride by a jaded journalist Graham played by Richard Gere. When his facts were called into question he decided to go visit Maggie in order to save his reputation.
7 Sex and the City
Sex and the City lands the seventh spot with domestic box office results of $152,647,258 and $311 million worldwide box office. The movie released by Warner Bros on May 30, 2008 revolves around the aftermath of the earlier adventures of Carrie Bradshaw and her girl friends. Four years after adventures, all of them are now in a committed relationship with Carrie finally committing with Big in a relationship.
6 As Good As It Gets
As Good as it Gets is still in the game among the top romantic comedy film in the movie history with $148,478,011 domestic gross and $314.1 million worldwide box office. The movie released by Sony Pictures on December 24, 1997 is about Melvin Udall played by Jack Nicholson who is an obsessive-compulsive romantic fiction writer. He is rude to everyone he meets especially to his gay neighbor Simon played by Greg Kinnear. However he started to soften when he has to look after Simon’s dog.
5 The Proposal
Twelve years after its release, the movie The Proposal, is still one of the unbeatable romantic comedy films in history landing at fifth spot with $163,958,031 domestic gross and $317.4 million worldwide box office. The movie released by Walt Disney Studios on June 19, 2019 is about the high powered book editor Margaret Tate played by Sandra Bullock who stated that she was engaged to her hapless assistant Andrew Paxton played by Ryan Reynolds when she was faced with deportation back to her home country, Canada.
4 Jerry Maguire
The classic movie Jerry Maguire is still on top with $153,952,592 domestic box office and $318,631,017 worldwide box office. The movie released by Sony Pictures on December 13, 1996 is about slick sports agent Jerry Maguire played by Tom Cruise who experienced a crisis of conscience when he pens a heartfelt company-wide memo which prompted him to be fired. He is desperate to hang on to athletes that he is representing. He then started his own management firm and only the single mother Dorothy Boyd played by Renee Zellweger has joined him in his new venture.
3 There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary is still on the pedestal as one of the best rom-com film with $176,484,651 domestic gross and $344,424,894 worldwide box office. The movie released by 20th Century Fox on July 15, 1998 is about Ted played by Ben Stiller whose dream prom date with Mary played by Cameron Diaz never happened because of an embarrassing injury in her house. A few years down the road, Ted decided to hire someone to track down Mary so he can start to reconnect with her.
2 What Women Want
Over twenty years since it was release, the film What Women Want is still in among the most loved rom-com movie of all time with $182,805,123 domestic box office results and $347 million worldwide box office. The movie released by Paramount Pictures on December 15, 2000 is about the chauvinistic advertising executive which acquires the ability to hear what women were thinking. He attempted to use this power to bring down his influential female boss but instead he began to fall in love with her.
1 My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Ten years since the release, the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding is still unbeatable as the highest grossing romantic comedy film of all time with $241,438,208 domestic gross and $379,870,751 worldwide box office. The movie released by IFC films on April 19, 2002 is about everyone on the Portokalos family who is worried about Toula played by Nia Vardalos. Toula is still single at 30 years old who is working at the Greek restaurant owned by her parents, Dancing Zorba's. After taking the job offered by her aunt in a traveling agency, she met and fell in love with Ian Miller who is tall, handsome but not Greek.
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