Wknd Est: MU - 46.1M; The Heat - 40M; WWZ - 29.8M; WHD - 25.7M; MoS - 20.8M; (pg 104)

[CJohn]

She took the part from Tom Cruise. He did Knight and Day instead.

I am sure that movie wouldn't touch 300M with Cruise.

[baumer]

12/7/01	Ocean's Eleven	WB	$183,417,150	3,075	$38,107,822	3,075	1
7/20/01	America's Sweethearts	SonR	$93,607,673	3,011	$30,181,877	3,011	12
3/2/01	The Mexican	DW	$66,845,033	3,162	$20,108,829	2,951	18
3/17/00	Erin Brockovich	Uni.	$125,595,205	3,070	$28,138,465	2,848	5
7/30/99	Runaway Bride	Par.	$152,257,509	3,240	$35,055,556	3,158	3
5/28/99	Notting Hill	Uni.	$116,089,678	2,786	$21,811,180	2,747	8
12/25/98	Stepmom	Sony	$91,137,662	2,503	$19,142,440	2,358	13
8/8/97	Conspiracy Theory	WB	$75,982,834	2,806	$19,313,566	2,806	17
6/20/97	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony	$127,120,029	2,376	$21,678,377	2,134	4
12/6/96	Everyone Says I Love You	Mira.	$9,759,200	276	$131,678	3	34
10/11/96	Michael Collins	WB	$11,092,559	878	$182,221	6	33
2/23/96	Mary Reilly	Sony	$5,707,094	1,470	$2,812,620	1,470	36
8/4/95	Something to Talk About	WB	$50,865,589	1,787	$11,115,697	1,510	23
12/25/94	Ready to Wear	Mira.	$11,300,653	736	$2,026,295	736	32
7/1/94	I Love Trouble	BV	$30,806,194	1,746	$7,827,002	1,711	28
12/17/93	The Pelican Brief	WB	$100,768,056	2,022	$16,864,404	1,993	11
4/10/92	The Player (Cameo)	NL	$21,706,101	452	$302,216	23	-
12/11/91	Hook	TriS	$119,654,823	2,254	$13,522,535	2,197	7
6/21/91	Dying Young	Fox	$33,669,178	1,552	$9,725,885	1,552	27
2/8/91	Sleeping with the Enemy	Fox	$101,599,005	1,545	$13,777,943	1,406	10
8/10/90	Flatliners	Col.	$61,489,265	1,483	$10,034,685	1,319	22
3/23/90	Pretty Woman	BV	$178,406,268	1,811	$11,280,591	1,325	2
11/17/89	Steel Magnolias	TriS	$83,759,091	1,372	$5,425,440	480	14

 

[baumer]

That's a hell of a record.  Roberts was a goddess.

[The Futurist]

Not a fan personally but to say Julia Roberts has 15 minutes of fame...

 

*Shakes head*

 

That is not at all what I said.

 

She was huge when she was the lead in romantic comedies mostly.

 

Forgot Erin Brokovich & Sleeping with the Enemy but my point still stands, Julia Roberts became a huge star with romantic comedies.

Edited June 28, 2013 by The Futurist

[ecstasy]

All Roberts biggest hits are romantic comedies and she stopped being huge somewhere in the 2000's precisely when she stopped doing them.

 

Not all. Erin Brockavich, Sleeping With the Enemy, and The Pelican Brief are all over 100m.

[ban1o]

That is not at all what I said.

 

She was huge when she was the lead in romantic comedies mostly.

This is what you said 

Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Reese Witherspoon, Katherine Heigl, Anne Hathawy, they all had their 15 minutes of being the darling of america in a romantic comedy.

[ecstasy]

That is not at all what I said.

 

She was huge when she was the lead in romantic comedies mostly.

 

You said she had 15 minutes of fame. I think that's what most people take issue with.

[rockNrollaDIM]

That's a hell of a record.  Roberts was a goddess.

 

Seriously.

[John Marston]

I am sure that movie wouldn't touch 300M with Cruise.

 

 

didn't make 300m it made 275m. Knight and Day made 261m so not that far off

[baumer]

All Roberts biggest hits are romantic comedies and she stopped being huge somewhere in the 2000's precisely when she stopped doing them.

 

You mean when she won the oscar for best actress in that 125 million dollar grossing romantic comedy Erin Brockovich?  

[rockNrollaDIM]

The Pretty Woman and Runaway Bride numbers are out of this world. Those are both way over 200m with inflation.

[ban1o]

I get not liking Roberts but to compare with Katherine Heigl is ridiculous. 

[baumer]

You don't have to be a fan of someone to just say "Holy Shit!!"  

 

Roberts was the HOLY SHIT

[The Futurist]

I give up.

 

The point is you cannot be a big female star without a huge romantic comedy breakout.

there.

 

You counter examples won't change that fact.

[filmnerdjamie]

Heigl is someone who flamed out... by her own doing, mind you.

[Heretic]

No one can touch Roberts in her hey day.  She was huge beyond belief.

Oh yeaaaaaah

 

[baumer]

I get not liking Roberts but to compare with Katherine Heigl is ridiculous. 

 

Agreed.  If there was anyone who ever defined 15 minutes of fame, its her.  

[CJohn]

didn't make 300m it made 275m. Knight and Day made 261m so not that far off

It did 293M WW. I just rounded to 300M.

[baumer]

I give up.

 

The point is you cannot be a big female star without a huge romantic comedy breakout.

there.

 

You counter examples won't change that fact.

 

So you are saying that there will never be a female action star the way men are?  

 

Sure, I agree.  But why does that even matter?

[The Futurist]

You mean when she won the oscar for best actress in that 125 million dollar grossing romantic comedy Erin Brockovich?  

 

She got Brokovich because she was a huge star thanks to her romantic comedies and she had premium on any script in Hollywood at that time.