Hollywood’s latest heartthrob, Sydney Sweeney, may have her breakout role as Cassie in Euphoria, but it was her 2023’s, Anyone But You, that brought her world fame and put her on the international radar. Since then, Sweeney has done many projects, but Anyone But You continues to be a career-defining choice for the young starlet and her co-star, which also became a staple for romantic comedies. It is recognized by the industry senior actors, like Jason Bateman, and decision-making figures like Warner Bros. CEOs.

The success of long-awaited romantic comedy, Anyone But You, is now serving as an idol to look to in its genre by big studios who are inspired and willing to gamble more.

Actor and director Jason Bateman has long been in the industry and is aware of how the business runs. For the latest episode of his podcast, Smartless, he invited Michael De Luca, who is Warner Bros. Motion Pictures’ Co-Chair and CEO, and Pamela Abdy, who serves as the CEO of Warner Bros Entertainment. During the show, De Luca spoke to Bateman on rare comedy movies working well, pointing out, “Anyone But You came out and worked.”

In this episode, the guests, and Jason Bateman and the other hosts, talked about how the perspective and acceptance around the latest comedy movie releases have changed. As per Michael De Luca, a lot of comedy has gone to live on streaming and TikTok in short form, which does not do well for the studios financially. But he also thinks that there still exists a theatrical audience who wants to get the cinema's large-screen experience. He also gave the example of Jennifer Lawrence's movie, No Hard Feelings, to convey his point.

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This surely is a big win for the Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell starrer which turned out to be a profitable commercial success.

The Will Gluck romantic comedy, starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, was very well received at the box office. The movie was made on a $25 million budget, but it managed to earn an amazing $220.3 million. In fact, given its slow but steady growing fandom among the audience, Sony Pictures even released an extended version of the film on February 9, 2024, especially for Valentine’s Day. It was loosely based on William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, but became very famous for its musical end credits.

Surely the movie was a career-changing project for both Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, who till then had been making their names with other projects. After that Sweeney has starred in a ton of projects and is ready to amaze once again with her upcoming thriller, Echo Valley. But the movie's commercial success has given the fans hope that they might be graced with a sequel soon, and the studios hope to maintain their belief in more theatrical releases of romantic movies.

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