Matthew McConaughey continues to enjoy financial success from the popular film “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.”
The star disclosed that this 2003 romantic comedy, where he shares the screen with Kate Hudson, remains his most lucrative project to date.
“‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ is truly the gift that keeps on giving,” McConaughey shared during Thursday’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast.
Calling it a cherished work, McConaughey expressed that it is “probably my favorite rom-com I’ve done, and it’s a fan favorite too.”
He continued, noting, “It still sends the most consistent residual checks of any film I’ve ever made. By a long shot.”
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.”
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, 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.”
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.”