--- description: From "Sleepless in Seattle" to "Silver Linings Playbook" title: These Are the Most Successful Romantic Comedies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc01175a02ac413ac/69878490cd6848721309a416/best-romantic-comedies-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See the 20 Most Successful Romantic Comedies by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 20, 2015 7:34 PM CUT  4\. Pretty Woman - $178,406,268 4\. Pretty Woman - $178,406,268Buena Vista by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 20, 2015 7:34 PM CUT All domestic box office grosses are according to [Box Office Mojo](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=romanticcomedy.htm "undefined").  20\. The Break-Up - $118,703,275 Universal  19\. 50 First Dates - $120,908,074 Columbia  18\. Something's Gotta Give - $124,728,738 Columbia  17\. Mr. Deeds - $126,293,452 Columbia  16\. Sleepless in Seattle - $126,680,884 TriStar  15\. My Best Friend's Wedding - $127,120,029 TriStar  14\. Sweet Home Alabama - $127,223,418 Disney  13\. Coming to America - $128,152,301 Paramount  12\. Silver Linings Playbook - $132,092,958 Weinstein Company  11\. Bringing Down the House - $132,716,677 Disney  10 As Good as It Gets - $148,478,011 Sony Pictures  9\. Knocked Up - $148,768,917 Universal  8\. Runaway Bride - $152,257,509 Paramount  7\. Sex and the City - $152,647,258 New Line Cinema  6\. The Proposal - $163,958,031 Disney  5\. There's Something About Mary - $176,484,651 20th Century Fox  4\. Pretty Woman - $178,406,268 Buena Vista  3\. Hitch - $179,495,555 Columbia  2\. What Women Want - $182,811,707 Paramount  My Big Fat Greek Wedding is back! IFC ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3752656/romantic-comedies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3752656/romantic-comedies/"},"headline":"See the 20 Most Successful Romantic Comedies","datePublished":"2015-03-20T19:34:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:04:57.538Z","description":"Pretty Woman is turning 25, take a look back at which romantic comedies made the most at the box office","url":"https://time.com/3752656/romantic-comedies/","keywords":["movies","photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc01175a02ac413ac/69878490cd6848721309a416/best-romantic-comedies-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc01175a02ac413ac/69878490cd6848721309a416/best-romantic-comedies-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MSDPRWO EC001","caption":"MSDPRWO EC001","creditText":"Buena Vista","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3752656/romantic-comedies/","name":"See the 20 Most Successful Romantic Comedies"}}]}] ```