Kate Hudson’s most financially successful live-action film remains the 2003 romantic comedy “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” which grossed around $178 million at the worldwide box office when it was released. Her second-highest-grossing film is “You, Me and Dupree,” followed by “Bride Wars” and “Fool’s Gold,” the latter of which reunited her with her “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” co-star, Matthew McConaughey. Hudson’s top five, meanwhile, is capped off by the Mark Wahlberg-led disaster drama “Deepwater Horizon.”
That Peter Berg-directed 2016 film is one of the non-rom-coms featured on the list of Hudson’s 10 highest-grossing movies, which also includes the 2005 horror flick “The Skeleton Key” and the 2009 romantic musical “Nine.” Her top 10 is, however, rounded out by a pair of comedies: 2011’s “Something Borrowed” and 2004’s “Raising Helen.” So it’s not hard to see why most moviegoers associate Hudson primarily with her work in the rom-com genre. Not only has she made a large number of rom-coms, but many of them also rank as her most successful films to date.
While most of these comedies weren’t received well critically, their strong box office performances speak for themselves. The fact that Hudson is still getting roles in films like “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” and shows like “Truth Be Told” further proves how much of an impact she made throughout the 2000s. It also makes it a bit easier to get over some of the parts that she’s lost out on over the years, including Kat in “10 Things I Hate About You.” At this point, it seems safe to say that she’s done well enough without them.
