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Just a Minute: Top Ten Highest Grossing Rom-Coms

Chase Barnett, Kyle Gaskin, Andrew Wiemann

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Hold up just a minute. This is Chase. I'm here with Kyle and Andrew and it is the month of love. Oh,  that sounds that's very sensual. It's quite sensual. It's making me rethink a lot of stuff in my life when you talk like that Chase. We're bringing you another short episode and you know what you guys are doing today?

No, tell us please.  So you guys are gonna be guessing the top 10 rom coms. It is the month of Valentine's Day So we thought we would what a joy heartstrings here. Don't touch my leg. What a blessing. I'm gonna pull your leg Don't touch my leg like that.   Does anybody remember the last time we played one of these games and who won? , yeah for Halloween. Mm hmm  I thought it was just IMDb. It was either top grossing all time or like top IMDb movies. He won one of them. I won the other.  Didn't you split the rubber match too?

Yeah, I think so. So you guys are still undecided on who's the king of guessing. We split the rubber match and we agreed that we had to go suck each other off in the hallway afterwards. No, no. Winner,  if I lost, , he had to suck me off. If I won, , I had to suck him off. He had to suck me off. But we tied, so we sucked each other off.

We sucked each other off, yeah.  Simultaneously. All right. , so there you have it.  We agreed with each other's assholes Exactly. That was really tough. Yeah, and they had to take pto the last time.  Took a long time So we're gonna guess i've got Mojos, which we use for the Regularly, that's, those are my people.

The regularly scheduled podcast. God, yeah, the best. Are we, are we ready to start? Sure, I don't, sure. Okay. I'm going to be awful at this, but.  Do we want to flip a coin on who goes first, or should we just yell out one of the answers and whoever gets one right first gets to go? I say we just yell shit out.

Okay, here we go. All right, so top 10 highest grossing, , romantic comedies. Saving Private Ryan. What about Love Actually? I was gonna say Love Actually. I was gonna say that first. I said it first. No, no, no, no, no. You ruined it with the joke.

So Andrew went with Love Actually and it's not in the top 10. It's not? Are you serious? Not in the top 10. Okay. You've Got Mail.  You've Got Mail is not there. 500 Days of Summer. Sleepless in Seattle. Sleepless in Seattle is not there. 500 Days of Summer. It's 500 days and summer's not there. , forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Not there. , Zack and Mary make a porno. Not there. That's a great, that's a great one. , . Fuck. Schindler's List. 

That's what everyone in the car is saying. Are we on Schindler's List? Are we on there? Is this rom coms or is this romance? Or is this war? I was gonna say the notebook but that's on a comedy. The notebook can't, if it's a rom com, the notebook can't be on there because it's not a rom com. It's not on there.

Okay, then I don't. What the fuck? All right, let's start one at a time.  Because I'm losing my place.   Andrew, you're wrong the most. So Kyle, what's your next guess? I don't have a lot, man. Put me in a corner, Jesus. There's a lot, like we just went through quite a few, like I don't, rom coms? Yeah, rom coms.

That's what we said a million times. Failure to launch.  Failure to launch is not on there.  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  No, but I'll give you another guess. Can you give, can you give us some hints? Yeah, the rom coms. Yeah, fuck you, give us a hint. Think about Matthew McConaughey. Oh, I just said that.

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Not on there. 

Made in Manhattan. Not made in Manhattan. What? You just said Matthew McConaughey. We just said all of his movies. I was just saying, think in that same space. Think you should read them off and we should give you a reaction to each one. I have no, I have no clue. We have no fucking idea.  All right, so here's how we're gonna play this. So since you're, you're both really struggling right now, I'm  going to just pull a random one and give you a hint and whoever can, Yell it's gonna get it. 

Right. So this movie star Seth Rogen in it.  Oh Knocked up knocked up number 10. Andrew gets that one made a hundred and forty eight million at the box office Okay, we should have thought about that one Kyle to be I was gonna say that Yeah, I remember the name of the movie and then This hint for this one is it's based off a TV show  , Very popular TV show in the  early 2000s.

Frasier. I think more romcom. TV show, can you give us any hints about that TV show? Is it a sitcom?  Is there someone in it? I think it was on HBO at the time. I never watched it. You gave us a name, Seth Rogen. Sex and the City. Sex and the City comes in at number 8.  With  152 million at the box office.

Obviously, I'm rounding here, but it is. Don't, hey, don't, don't round anymore. Don't. I'm gonna round. I'm not reading the exact. You're cutting corners. It's not gonna happen here. You're cutting corners. , number nine here,

stars Julia Roberts.  Oh, , pretty woman. Not pretty woman. What? And pretty woman is number four. Okay. So I didn't know. I said that we both said the same time. I got up for you. I started before you. I did not listen to it again. And I will have started pretty woman. It's not like for this. Andrew. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I will kill you. Andrew, I will kill you. You had not finished saying your entire sentence before I No, before I started, I started it. We both  get, I started it credit, I would it pre Pretty woman. Nope. Pre pretty woman. No. Exactly my point. I started it before you. We both, it doesn't matter if you started before me.

I said it during con, concurrently with you. This goes on a turn by turn basis. We can't speak over each other. We will walk. I wait to walk out of this room right now. If we do not count that for both of us. We both said the same thing at the same exact time as the me walk out. No,  no, no. End the daily episode.

As the mediator here,  As the mediator here,  I already have a side you're gonna take, so fuck your face. It has to be split. You both said it at the same time. I started it before him.



As the mediator  I do have to give you both credit for that one, but I'll give an extra point. I,  I. Andrew,  I'll give an extra point. No. For the person that guesses what I was actually referencing at number 9. 

Yeah, I don't remember what you were referencing. So I said Julia Roberts, you both guessed Pretty Woman. Pretty Woman came in at 4th, all time. So now if you, the person steal Magnolia's,  was Julie Robertson still? I think she was. Think she was, but that's not really, that's not really Louise's. Not that's, that's not really a comedy.

That's a sad Right, exactly. But like I, it threw me off there. Aaron b Kovich. It's not Aaron Brockovich, Brockovich, whatever. That's not even a, that's just a thing. That's just a thing. , what else is Julia Roberts in? I just can't think of any other Julia Roberts movie that is not Pretty Woman. It has Richard Gere in it as well. Oh! Oh! Uh! Richard Gere as well? Yeah. . Yeah, I'm not gonna get this one. No, no, no. It's the only one I can think of that's Pretty Woman. Officer and a Gentleman.  No. No? 

Just tell us.  It's Runaway Bride. Oh yeah, I would not have gotten that, no. So Runaway Bride comes in at number 9 at 152 million. Damn. So we've got 10  Knocked Up,  9, Runaway Bride, 8, Sex and the City, , and then number 4, we did Pretty Woman. So I'm gonna give you a hint for number 7, again, whoever yells it out.

  Think Ryan Reynolds on this one. Just friends. Not just friends. Green Lantern. 

There was no comedy in that at all. That was one of the worst movies of all time. Uh, also a Sandra Bullock,  the proposal, the proposal at number seven. Kyle gets that one. Good, good.  All right. So I think it's Kyle to Andrew one at this point, but with the one we tied, we don't get to count as a point. So it's one to one.

Yes. So. This next one was a more recent film and I'm being recent like 2018  crazy Rich Asians. Fuck. Yeah. That's a rom com? Yeah, that's what they're listing it as. Yeah, it's definitely a rom com. It's actually not a bad movie. So yeah, that comes in at number six, Crazy Rich Asians.

Is Mr. and Mrs. Smith on this? Hold on. 100. I'm, I'm, I'm. It's not. 174 million at the box office  oh, great numbers. So let's look at the top five here. We already got Pretty Woman knocked out at number four. . What about number five? This, this one has Ben Stiller in it. 

Oh, , Meet the Parents? Not Meet the Parents. Along Came Polly? Not Along Came Polly. That's a great movie. That is a, that is really funny.  Oh,  Ben Stiller movie.  Oh, she's all, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, fuck me. You're right on it.

, it's not she's all that, , I know exactly what you're talking about.  I can't remember the name. It's with him and what's this? Not Elizabeth Smart. It's , it's from the 90s It's Drew Barrymore. That's in it. Mm hmm. Oh Fuck,  I don't if you said the name I'd be like, oh, okay.

Yeah, but no, it's not  No, I know. I know what this is. It's not Drew Barrymore. By the way, it's not Drew Barrymore Cameron Cameron. Yes Yes, and it has Dylan in it the Dylan guy  Matt Dylan. Yes. Yep.  Andrew, how do you not know this? I feel like this is a movie you would have watched. It's a great movie It's a fucking hilarious. It's really funny

. There's something about Mary. That's it. Okay. There's something about Mary. 176 million at the box office. Yeah. For a, I mean, and these are, we should say these are all really high for romantic comedies.  And usually the budgets are super small for these movies. , so we know number four.

 Andrew and Kyle are now tied at two a piece going into the top three here  number three, here's your hint for this one.  Will Smith.  Hitch. Yeah Nailed it  Hitch made 179 at the box. And you know why he do you know why is because Will was in it Yeah, it was and because what was that? Oh three Yeah, that was, that was a long time ago.

I was still in grade school. Yeah.  But I remember it being a good movie. I don't know if it really is, but, , and number two, 2000. Mel Gibson,  what Women Want. Yep.  What was it? What Women, what Women Want.  I don't know if I like that one. A whole bunch. It's a little weird. Helen Hunt, you know, also in it. Mm-hmm

.  182 million. So there's not much separating them. Damn, 182 million for a rom com? Yeah, but again, like the top five  they're separated by six million a piece. Like it's Not, there's not  a huge gap. , and then number one, ,  It's about a wedding.  My big fat Greek wedding?

Fuck. Nailed it. Do you wanna, so now I want you to take That was a huge one. It made, that one made 210 million dollars. What do you think, Andrew?  I bet it was closer to 300, , like 2 75 maybe. It made 241 million for box office. Yeah, we split the difference. People love that movie. That was a very beloved movie.

 Like that is people, people adore it. I mean, it is a good movie. It's a funny movie. It's okay. I make lamb  . You're vegetarian. I make lamb. , I am. Yeah, that one set a lot of records too. So it is the number one highest grossing. Rom com of all time. So, and then that, and all the numbers I pulled to were just domestic.

I didn't pull their worldwide. , but just for fun fact here, big fat Greek wedding worldwide made 368 million.  Jesus Christ. Holy fuck. That's why nobody in that movie ever did anything again. They didn't have to. They didn't have to. Yeah, and if they signed the right contract, they were doing royalties. So, and I do want to take this time, what's your favorite rom com, Kyle? 

Probably forgetting Sarah Marshall. Yeah, That's a great one. It's such a good movie. It's underrated.  I'm still trying to get Erika to watch it because I think she'd really enjoy it but  it hits all the right notes and like the characters are real as fuck and there's some wonderful performances from ancillary characters like Paul Rudd And, Russell Brand, , Russell, that was one of Russell Brand's greatest performances ever.

Excuse me, Miss, I was, , didn't know if you'd find my, my flip flop. It's like, it's like a, it's like a mirror image of the other. It's like, it's, it's evil twins, so to speak. That was like a continuation of him from Get Him to the Greek. Like, it was that same character. No, no, Get Him to the Greek was, it was the other way around.

Yeah, Get Him to the Greek was the sequel. Came after, yeah. Was it actually? Yeah, it was, yeah. It was a spin off, , with him and Jonah Hill. Oh, shit, I did know that, yes. But his character in Get Him to the Greek, , I don't think he was as funny in Get Him to the Greek as he was. No, he was more jaded and more burnt out.

There were some fun, a lot of, I mean, Get Him to the Greek is a hilarious movie, but I think favorite rom com of all time is definitely Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Andrew, what about you? I really like Knocked Up. Knocked Up is a great movie. , but I also like the, like the, Is it the sequel or the yeah the sequel this is 40.

This is 40 is really good. I think it's hilarious It's paul rudd and amy. Is it amy man? Is that her? Is that her last name? I think so.   That one's great. There are some outtakes there with melissa mccarthy That will have you  rolling like some deleted scenes where she's in the principal's office talking about how she's gonna  Tie a cord or rope and take this student's father around town and drag him for the entire scene And then, you know, there was, there was a moment where like, it's a meeting between, you know, parents and the principal and, , the principal is like, I don't remember her, her, her character's name.

She's like, you, you can't say this shit. She's like, oh, shut the fuck up, Jill. You're ugly. That's why your husband died. He hated you.  So good. If you have a moment to look up those outtakes, , please do. Yeah, hilarious. All those are so good.   I do love Long Cane Pauly. Long Cane Pauly is a good one.

Long Cane Pauly I think is my favorite rom com. I think it's just so much fun. But I mean, forgetting to Sarah Marshall, if I had like a top three  it would be right there too. Yeah, I would have said forgetting Sarah Marshall, but I don't want to you know Be unoriginal here. So would you say I love you man is a rom com.

Oh, well, would you say it's a rom com? So I love you man. So kind I mean it kind of is it is a rom com. Yeah  I think you would have to because like it is about like a relation. It's just that kind of a different rom com But you know, we just hit on a lot of those movies are Judd Apatow movies Yeah, so Judd Apatow is the king of rom coms.

Yes. I mean super bad not a rom com, but   are you guys interested in the top 20 of these?

I know we went through the top 10, but if we're, we're picking here, 11 is as good as it gets at 148 million, , Bringing Down the House at 132. Bringing Down the House, was that the dancing movie? Steve Martin. Steve Martin, Queen Latifah.

Yeah, Bringing Down the House, Silver Linings Playbook, Coming to America, Sweet Home Alabama at 15. That is Reese Witherspoon and what's his name? That one guy. From,   Hospital Show. Yeah. Hospital. No, what's his name? Patrick Dempsey. Patrick Dempsey. No, it's not Patrick Dempsey. Yes, he is. It's not in that movie.

Yes, it is. I don't think it is. Yes it is.

It is Patrick Dempsey. Yeah. Who's the other guy that's in that?  Josh Lucas. That's what it is, Josh Lucas. Yeah, that's who she ends up with. Yeah, she ends up with Josh Lucas. Because Patrick Dempsey's a piece of shit. But Patrick Dempsey is like the the hunk that they put in there, . So. Is that when he was doing Grey's Grey's Cognatomy?

Yeah. I think he had just left Grey's Anatomy, so. It was right at the peak of that. I don't know. Number 16, My Best Friend's Wedding. Number 17, Sleepless in Seattle. 18, Mr. Deeds. Oh, Mr. Deeds.  19, Something's Gotta Give. And number 20, 50 First Dates. Another Adam Sandler. So Adam Sandler is grounding out the back half of that one.

Yeah.  Oh, you know what is another great romantic comedy? Y'all ever heard of 50 50?  No. That's with Seth Rogen. That's with Joseph Gordon Levitt. Joseph Gordon Levitt. Yes, yes. And he gets cancer and his wife leaves him. So funny. And then he, then he finds another love. It's a darker romantic comedy, but it's definitely a romantic comedy.

You know what shocks me too, even looking at this list, Forgetting Sarah Marshall came in at 66. , top grossing. And they filmed all of that in Hawaii. They did. That budget was high. . I didn't think it did poorly, but it was definitely more raunchy. Love actually came in at 70.   So that's it. That's  our movies and our recommendations for this month of love. We hope that you find love out there and if you don't, then you can love Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It's a great movie. Or our podcast. Or our podcast. Like, subscribe, send it to everyone else that you know.

Tell them that we have the best recommendations and that these guys right next to me, even though Kyle shattered Andrew today. Know a lot about rom coms. Yeah, it's Andrew's favorite genre. If you know people had a conscious here it would have been a tie, but you know, I'm sitting with a bunch of  Derelicts who clearly don't.

Let's do this. Andrew gets a point for pretty woman. What is that biggest stand now? I think it's five. Yeah, you still win. Does he? Yeah, I think he was like two points ahead of you. No, he wasn't  That that my big fat greek wedding right now right right there at the end put me Right right in line with him that I think you were a point down when you made that Oh, see, he wasn't even keeping track like a good mediator should so we'll guess we'll never know ass kicks The bias is strong in this one right here  anyway, so It looks like we're moving on.

Andrew, what are we doing next? I don't know.  Kyle, what are we doing next? Who fucking knows. , well, that's it. We hope you have a great month of love. Thanks for listening to Hold Up Just a Minute, Look Around the Corner. Follow us on social media, so you can find out what movie we're doing next.

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