Matthew McConaughey is rolling in the dough thanks to “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.”
The actor revealed that his 2003 rom-com co-starring Kate Hudson is “by far” his biggest money-maker today.
“”How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ is the gift that keeps on giving,’” he said on Thursday’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast.
Matthew McConaughey (seen here) revealed that he makes the most residuals from “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.” Josh Horowitz/Youtube
McConaughey (seen above with co-star Kate Hudson) called the 2003 rom-com “the gift that keeps on giving.” ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection
McConaughey called the beloved movie “probably my favorite rom-com I’ve done and a lot of people love that rom-com.”
“And it still pays the best mailbox money of any film I’ve ever done,” he added. “By far. By lengths.”
The 56-year-old also divulged which month of the year he’d rake in the most money from the film.
“When it used to be just DVDs or cable, every March I’d get a big check because Valentine’s Day,” he shared.
McConaughey went on, “But, I mean, look: the movie for me, for that genre, let me just own that genre. ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Day’ … that’s a real anchor in the rom-com genre through time.”
McConaughey (pictured above kissing Hudson in the film) also called the beloved movie is “favorite rom-com” ever. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection
“It still pays the best mailbox money of any film I’ve ever done,” McConaughey said. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection
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Directed by Donald Petrie, “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” follows women’s magazine columnist Andie Anderson (Hudson) who tries to drive a new boyfriend, ad exec Ben Barry (McConaughey) away in ten days for an article.
Ben, meanwhile, secretly makes a bet with his co-workers that he can make Andie fall in love with him in the same timeframe.
The film cemented McConaughey, who was already in 2001’s “The Wedding Planner,” as one of the go-to actors for 2000s rom-coms.
He went on to star in “Failure to Launch,” “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” and “Fool’s Gold,” the last of which reunited him with Hudson, 47.
Afterwards, McConaughey’s career shifted to more serious roles, including his Oscar-winning turn in 2013’s “Dallas Buyers Club.”
McConaughey and Hudson (seen above) starred in the beloved 2003 rom-com. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection
The film cemented McConaughey (seen here) as one of the leading men of the rom-com genre in the 2000s Getty Images
McConaughey, who has always spoken highly of his “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” experience, previously revealed that a fortune teller approached him on the street and convinced him to do the film.
“He immediately goes, ‘There’s a movie you’re considering right now. It’s a romantic comedy. You have to do this or it will be one of the biggest regrets of your life. It is going to be a blast, it is going to be an incredible experience and it is going to make a bunch of money,’” he recalled in a 2014 Vanity Fair interview.
McConaughey said while he initially thought the “studio hired” the mystery man to sway his decision, the advice stuck with him.
“I laughed at the thought, but I also remember taking a more serious consideration,” he explained. “I think I even accepted the offer the next day.”
McConaughey (pictured here) worked with Hudson again in 2008’s “Fool’s Gold.” GC Images
McConaughey’s career later shifted to more serious roles, including his Oscar-winning turn in “Dallas Buyers Club” (seen above). ©Focus Features/Courtesy Everett Collection
Hudson, meanwhile, previously called working with McConaughey on the film “truly an amazing experience.”
“It’s like, you have great loves of your life, and then, like, as actresses I think you have great loves in your work,” she told Vanity Fair last year. “And he’s one of my great loves.”
Hudson added, “I feel really lucky that I got to experience that with someone as talented and as fun as Matthew.”
