Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, when movie lovers’ thoughts turn to romance films. Older folks might think of putting on Casablanca; Gen X’ers, Say Anything. What does it say about the millennial generation that the most popular love story of their time involves a young lady, a vampire and a werewolf?
To compile our list, we looked at the top-grossing romantic movies as classified by Box Office Mojo over the past three years and added up each couple’s total U.S.box office. While StewPatz have an advantage because they appeared in three high-grossing movies together during our time frame, there were other actors who also did well.
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Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling
$60 million
Ranking ninth just behind Hemsworth and Cyrus are Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling. The couple lit up the screen last year in The Lucky One, also based on a Sparks book — the film grossed $60 million. Efron, best known for playing Troy in the High School Musical movies, played an Iraq war vet looking for a woman whose photo he believed helped save his life. The success of the film should help Efron move beyond his teen heartthrob status.
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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth
$63 million
Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus place eighth with $63 million for The Last Song. The 2010 film was not only a hit with romance fans, it also sparked a real-life love story: Cyrus and Hemsworth, who met on the set, are now engaged to be married.
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Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler
$103 million
Jennifer Aniston's comedic timing helped elevate Just Go With It above the typical Adam Sandler comedy. The film doubled its $103 million U.S. gross overseas.
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Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum
$125 million
Channing Tatum is a big draw in romantic weepies. He appears twice on our list. His highest earner was The Vow which brought in $125 million in the U.S. and another $71 million overseas.
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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
$1.17 billion
Romance is at the center of the Twilight franchise and that lands Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson at the top of our list. For this list, we're only looking at domestic box office revenue from the last three years but Twilight has brought in $3.3 billion overall at the global box office.
