Anyone But You's box office success should be message to Hollywood to make more rom-coms

If you haven’t been paying attention, you might not have noticed what Anyone But You has been doing at the box office over the last couple months. The Sony Pictures romantic comedy starring Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) and Sydney Sweeney (Madame Web) in an R-rated adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing has been quietly raking in the big bucks.

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Since its release in December 2023, Anyone But You has made $190 million, well eclipsing its reported budget of $25 million. It’s also now the highest-grossing live-action adaptation of a Shakespeare work (although that doesn’t adjust for inflation for Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 movie, Romeo + Juliet).

‘ANYONE BUT YOU’ has become the highest grossing live-action William Shakespeare adaption with $190M

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Hopefully, this means Hollywood will get the message that audiences are clamoring for more fun rom-coms with charming leads.