Top US Grossing Comedies of 2011
The Change Up- Certificate 15
- A comedy in which a married father accidentally switches bodies with his best friend, leading to a series of wildly complex difficulties.
- Budget $52,000,000 est
- Took $13,531,115 on the first weekend in the USA over 2913 screens
Crazy, Stupid, love- Certificate 12A
- A father's life unravels while he deals with a marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children.
- Budget $50,000,000 est
- Took $19,104,303 on the first weekend in the USA over 3020 screens
Midnight in Paris- Certificate 12A
- A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
- Budget $30,000,000
- Took $599,003 on the first weekend in the USA over 6 screens
Top US Grossing Romance films of 2011
Three Musketeers- Certificate 12A
- The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
- Budget $75,000,000 est
- Took $8,674,452 over the opening weekend over 3017 screens
- Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.
- Budget $32,500,000
- Took $26,247,410 over the opening weekend over 2918 screens
As the genre of our film is a hybrid of both Romance and Comedy I have looked at the highest grossing films from the two genres. By looking at these it has let me understand what type of story lines sell well and are popular amongst the public. This will help progress our initial ideas into final ideas as we can see from this information what makes a good Rom-Com and will allow us to include the right situations to make it a success.
Information sourced from the IMDB website
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