RUNAWAY BRIDE

Marshall capitalized on the chemistry between Roberts and Gere, who starred in this 1999 romantic comedy. Roberts played Maggie Carpenter, who left three men at the altar ( four, if you count Gere’s Homer Eisenhower “Ike” Graham). Graham, a journalist who gets fired after writing an error- filled, scathing story about Carpenter, tries to redeem himself by writing an in- depth piece about the runaway bride — only to fall in love with her. It’s another unconventional relationship with an unconventional, if predictably happy, ending. The film earned more than $ 309 million worldwide.

RON BATZDORFF, PARAMOUNT PICTURES Richard Gere and Julia Roberts were rom- com perfect — and not for the first time.