Just when you thought Sandra Bullock was only good for one horrible guilty pleasure movie after another, she makes movie history.  The Blind Side is the first female-led movie to gross more than 200 Million at the box office domestically.  Additionally, The Proposal grossed 164 Million domestically at the box office making Bullock the hottest Hollywood commodity at the moment. 

None of the previous films in which Bullock had top solo billing had reached $200 million, nor have any of the solo starring efforts of the likes of Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie or Reese Witherspoon. 

Roberts' "Erin Brockovich" -- the film most often compared with "Blind Side" -- grossed $125.6 million domestically. Streep's "The Devil Wears Prada" fashioned $124.7 million at the domestic box office.

Variety Explains,

Bullock's accomplishment is part of a gender revolution at the domestic box office. Until recent hits like the "Twilight" pics and "Sex and the City," Hollywood studios thought only fanboys could generate big grosses, not femmes. (At the same time, it's not lost on distribs that the top-grossing film of all time, James Cameron's "Titanic," was probably fueled by women who saw the movie numerous times.)

 

 

Bullock's films have grossed $1.72 billion domestically. That compares with $2.31 billion for Roberts, $1.54 billion for Streep and $1.44 billion for Jolie.

Source: Variety