# List of highest-grossing R-rated films

This is a list of the highest-grossing R-rated films. An R-rated film is a film that has been assessed as having material which may be unsuitable for children under the age of 17 by the Motion Picture Association; the MPA writes "Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian". The R-rating applies to the United States, with similar ratings given in TV-MA for television and home-video releases, as well as other countries such as 14A and 18A in Canada, 15 or 18 in the United Kingdom and MA 15+ in Australia. All lists in this article are unadjusted for inflation.

## Highest-grossing R-rated films

The following are the top 50 highest grossing R-rated films of all time. As the only two R-rated films to gross $1 billion worldwide, Deadpool & Wolverine and
Joker sit among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time.
    † Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 21 February 2025 in theaters around the world.
| Rank | Film | Year | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Deadpool & Wolverine | 2024 | $1,338,073,645 |
| 2 | Joker | 2019 | $1,078,751,311 |
| 3 | Oppenheimer | 2023 | $976,968,205 |
| 4 | Deadpool 2 | 2018 | $785,896,609 |
| 5 | Deadpool | 2016 | $782,612,155 |
| 6 | The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | $741,847,937 |
| 7 | It | 2017 | $704,242,888 |
| 8 | Detective Chinatown 3 | 2021 | $686,257,563 |
| 9 | Logan | 2017 | $619,021,436 |
| 10 | The Passion of the Christ | 2004 | $612,054,428 |
| 11 | The Hangover Part II | 2011 | $586,764,305 |
| 12 | Fifty Shades of Grey | 2015 | $569,651,467 |
| 13 | Ted | 2012 | $549,368,315 |
| 14 | American Sniper | 2014 | $547,326,372 |
| 15 | Detective Chinatown 2 | 2018 | $544,068,574 |
| 16 | The Revenant | 2015 | $532,938,302 |
| 17 | The Mermaid | 2016 | $525,018,479 |
| 18 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | $515,390,883 |
| 19 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train | 2020 | $507,127,293 |
| 20 | Saving Private Ryan | 1998 | $485,035,085 |
| 21 | The Intouchables | 2011 | $484,857,330 |
| 22 | Troy | 2004 | $483,152,040 |
| 23 | It Chapter Two | 2019 | $473,093,228 |
| 24 | Gladiator | 2000 | $465,516,248 |
| 25 | The Hangover | 2009 | $465,487,583 |
| 26 | The Matrix | 1999 | $465,377,200 |
| 27 | Pretty Woman | 1990 | $463,406,268 |
| 28 | Gladiator II | 2024 | $458,868,874 |
| 29 | Lucy | 2014 | $458,863,600 |
| 30 | 300 | 2007 | $456,068,181 |
| 31 | The Last Samurai | 2003 | $454,627,263 |
| 32 | The Exorcist | 1973 | $441,306,145 |
| 33 | John Wick: Chapter 4 | 2023 | $440,157,245 |
| 34 | A Star Is Born | 2018 | $434,888,866 |
| 35 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | 2003 | $433,371,112 |
| 36 | The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | $427,344,031 |
| 37 | Bad Boys for Life | 2020 | $426,505,244 |
| 38 | Django Unchained | 2012 | $425,368,238 |
| 39 | Mad Max: Fury Road | 2015 | $415,261,382 |
| 40 | Sex and the City | 2008 | $415,253,641 |
| 41 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | 2015 | $414,351,546 |
| 42 | The King's Speech | 2010 | $414,242,458 |
| 43 | The Bodyguard | 1992 | $411,006,740 |
| 44 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | 2017 | $410,902,662 |
| 45 | The Wolf of Wall Street | 2013 | $407,039,432 |
| 46 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | 2024 | $404,527,051 |
| 47 | Prometheus | 2012 | $403,354,469 |
| 48 | Enter the Dragon | 1973 | $400,000,000 |
| 49 | 1917 | 2019 | $390,411,425 |
| 50 | Fifty Shades Darker | 2017 | $381,545,846 |
$^{NA}$Have achieved less than 3% of their total gross in the United States and Canada.

## Highest-grossing R-rated animated films

The following is a list of R-rated animated films that have surpassed $1 million at the box office; TV-MA-rated, the television equivalent of the Motion Picture Association R-rating, is also included on the list. 2016 is the most frequent year with two films, and over two-thirds were released after the year 2000.
| Rank | Film | Year | Worldwide gross | Domestic gross |
| 1 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train | 2020 | $507,119,058 | $49,505,008 |
| 2 | Sausage Party | 2016 | $140,705,322 | $97,685,686 |
| 3 | Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time | 2021 | $93,763,012 | $810,744 |
| 4 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | 1999 | $83,137,603 | $52,037,603 |
| 5 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village | 2023 | $72,000,000 | $10,117,806 |
| 6 | Akira | 1988 | $49,000,000 | $553,171 |
| 7 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Hashira Training | 2024 | $44,354,825 | $17,657,658 |
| 8 | Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street | 2002 | $24,387,667 | |
| 9 | The End of Evangelion | 1997 | $22,537,729 | $1,302,300 |
| 10 | Pink Floyd – The Wall | 1982 | $22,265,763 | $22,244,207 |
| 11 | Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel - III. Spring Song | 2020 | $20,150,000 | $200,000 |
| 12 | Heavy Metal | 1981 | $20,063,636 | $546,545 |
| 13 | Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel - II. Lost Butterfly | 2019 | $19,790,000 | $420,595 |
| 14 | Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower | 2017 | $17,422,935 | $193,833 |
| 15 | Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth | 1997 | $15,455,713 | |
| 16 | Waltz with Bashir | 2008 | $13,912,289 | $2,283,849 |
| 17 | The Peasants | 2023 | $10,064,347 | $155,188 |
| 18 | A Scanner Darkly | 2006 | $7,659,918 | $5,501,616 |
| 19 | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | 2011 | $7,579,282 | $177,802 |
| 20 | American Pop | 1981 | $6,000,000 | |
| 21 | Anomalisa | 2015 | $5,706,168 | $3,759,286 |
| 22 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters | 2007 | $5,520,368 | $5,520,368 |
| 23 | Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul | 2020 | $4,971,635 | |
| 24 | Batman: The Killing Joke | 2016 | $4,462,034 | $3,775,000 |
| 25 | Waking Life | 2001 | $3,176,880 | |
| 26 | Spriggan | 2017 | $3,149,387 | |
| 27 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | 2001 | $3,007,903 | $1,000,000 |
| 28 | Renaissance | 2006 | $2,401,413 | |
| 29 | Resident Evil: Damnation | 2012 | $2,325,035 | |
| 30 | Ghost in the Shell | 1995 | $2,287,714 | $889,074 |
| 31 | Appleseed | 2004 | $1,650,432 | $129,135 |
| 32 | Resident Evil: Vendetta | 2017 | $1,596,320 | |
| 33 | Heavy Traffic | 1974 | $1,500,000 | |
| 34 | Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King | 2012 | $1,348,352 | |
| 35 | I Lost My Body | 2019 | $1,136,431 | |
| 36 | Memoir of a Snail | 2024 | $1,129,047 | $610,454 |
$^{NA}$Not American films, achieving less than 3% of their total gross in the United States and Canada.

## Highest-grossing R-rated films by year

    † indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 21 February 2025.
| Year | Title | Worldwide gross | Budget |
| 1969 | Easy Rider | $16,900,000 | $400,000 |
| 1970 | M*A*S*H | $30,000,000 | $3,025,000 |
| 1971 | The French Connection | $26,300,000 | $1,800,000 |
| 1972 | The Godfather | $86,300,000 | $7,200,000 |
| 1973 | The Exorcist | $441,306,145 | $11,000,000 |
| 1974 | Blazing Saddles | $45,200,000 | $2,600,000 |
| 1975 | One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest | $59,200,000 | $400,000 |
| 1976 | The Omen | $60,922,980 | $2,800,000 |
| 1977 | Saturday Night Fever | $237,113,184 | $3,500,000 |
| 1978 | National Lampoon's Animal House | $120,091,123 | $3,000,000 |
| 1979 | Alien | $101,718,022 | $11,000,000 |
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers | $115,229,890 | $30,000,000 |
| 1981 | Stripes | $85,297,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 1982 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $129,795,554 | $6,000,000 |
| 1983 | Flashdance | $92,921,203 | $7,000,000 |
| 1984 | Beverly Hills Cop | $316,360,478 | $15,000,000 |
| 1985 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $300,400,432 | $25,500,000 |
| 1986 | Platoon | $138,545,632 | $6,000,000 |
| 1987 | Fatal Attraction | $320,145,693 | $14,000,000 |
| 1988 | Rain Man | $354,825,435 | $25,000,000 |
| 1989 | Lethal Weapon 2 | $227,853,986 | $30,000,000 |
| 1990 | Pretty Woman | $463,406,268 | $14,000,000 |
| 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | $520,884,847 | $102,000,000 |
| 1992 | The Bodyguard | $411,006,740 | $25,000,000 |
| 1993 | Schindler's List | $322,243,445 | $22,000,000 |
| 1994 | True Lies | $378,882,411 | $115,000,000 |
| 1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | $366,236,538 | $90,000,000 |
| 1996 | The Rock | $335,062,621 | $75,000,000 |
| 1997 | Air Force One | $315,156,409 | $85,000,000 |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | $482,349,603 | $70,000,000 |
| 1999 | The Matrix | $465,343,787 | $63,000,000 |
| 2000 | Gladiator | $460,583,960 | $103,000,000 |
| 2001 | Hannibal | $351,692,268 | $87,000,000 |
| 2002 | 8 Mile | $242,875,078 | $41,000,000 |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | $741,847,937 | $150,000,000 |
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | $611,899,420 | $30,000,000 |
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | $288,467,645 | $40,000,000 |
| 2006 | The Departed | $291,465,034 | $90,000,000 |
| 2007 | 300 | $456,068,181 | $65,000,000 |
| 2008 | Sex and the City | $418,765,321 | $65,000,000 |
| 2009 | The Hangover | $465,764,086 | $35,000,000 |
| 2010 | The King's Speech | $410,867,243 | $15,000,000 |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | $586,764,305 | $80,000,000 |
| 2012 | Ted | $549,368,315 | $50,000,000 |
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | $392,000,694 | $100,000,000 |
| 2014 | American Sniper | $547,426,372 | $59,000,000 |
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Grey | $569,651,467 | $40,000,000 |
| 2016 | Deadpool | $782,612,155 | $58,000,000 |
| 2017 | It | $700,381,748 | $35,000,000 |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 | $734,546,611 | $110,000,000 |
| 2019 | Joker | $1,074,251,311 | $55,000,000 |
| 2020 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train | $506,523,013 | $15,765,750 |
| 2021 | Detective Chinatown 3 | $686,257,563 | $116,630,000 |
| 2022 | Bullet Train | $239,141,352 | $90,000,000 |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | $976,120,348 | $100,000,000 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $1,338,073,645 | $200,000,000 |

## Timeline of highest-grossing R-rated films

Since 1953, eleven films have held the record of highest-grossing R-rated film.
| Title | Released | Record established | Record-setting gross |
| Mom and Dad | 1945 | 1956* | $80,000,000 |
| Mom and Dad | 1945 | 1969* | $100,000,000 |
| The Godfather | 1972 | 1972 | $243,862,778 |
| The Exorcist | 1973 | 1979** | $329,017,945 |
| Rain Man | 1988 | 1988 | $354,825,435 |
| Pretty Woman | 1990 | 1990 | $463,406,268 |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | 1991 | $516,950,043 |
| The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | 2003 | $741,847,937 |
| Deadpool | 2016 | 2016 | $782,612,155 |
| Deadpool 2 | 2018 | 2018 | $785,896,609 |
| Joker | 2019 | 2019 | $1,074,251,311 |
| Deadpool & Wolverine | 2024 | 2024 | $1,338,073,645 |
$^*$Mom and Dad was released in 1945, but reached $80M in 1955. Some estimates put its total gross by the end of the 1960s to be $100 million.
$^{**}$The Godfather was overtaken by Jaws (rated PG) as the highest-grossing film of all-time in 1976. The Exorcist only overtook The Godfather on one of its many re-releases, beginning in 1976. It is not known on exactly which re-release The Exorcist surpassed The Godfather in worldwide gross, but in the United States and Canada it happened in 1979.

## Top 20 highest grossing R-rated film series and franchises

Some of the listed franchises have also released films with other ratings. Only R-rated films are included here. Only franchises with at least two R-rated films are listed.
| Rank | Series | Total worldwide box office | No. of films | Average of films | Highest-grossing film |
| 1 | X-Men | $3,525,828,218 | 4 | $881,457,055 | Deadpool & Wolverine ($1,338,073,382) |
| Deadpool series $2,906,806,782 3 $968,935,594 Deadpool & Wolverine ($1,338,073,382) 1 Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) $1,338,073,382 2 Deadpool 2 (2018) $785,896,609 3 Deadpool (2016) $782,836,791 ||||||
| Logan (2017) $619,021,436 ||||||
| 2 | The Conjuring Universe | $2,402,537,783 |
| 1 | The Nun (2018) | $366,038,956 |
| 2 | The Conjuring 2 (2016) | $321,788,219 |
| 3 | The Conjuring (2013) | $320,290,989 |
| 4 | Annabelle: Creation (2017) | $306,515,884 |
| 5 | The Nun II (2023) | $269,467,073 |
| 6 | Annabelle (2014) | $257,619,282 |
| 7 | Annabelle Comes Home (2019) | $231,252,591 |
| 8 | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) | $206,431,050 |
| 9 | The Curse of La Llorona (2019) | $123,133,739 |
| 3 | Alien | $1,858,965,659 |
| 1 | Prometheus (2012) | $403,354,469 |
| 2 | Romulus (2024) | $350,865,342 |
| 3 | Covenant (2017) | $240,891,763 |
| 4 | Alien vs. Predator (film) (2004) | $177,400,000 |
| 5 | Resurrection (1997) | $161,376,068 |
| 6 | Alien 3 (1992) | $159,814,498 |
| 7 | Aliens (1986) | $131,060,248 |
| 8 | Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem (2007) | $128,884,494 |
| 9 | Alien (1979) | $105,318,777 |
| 4 | The Matrix | $1,789,251,650 |
| 1 | Reloaded (2003) | $741,847,937 |
| 2 | The Matrix (1999) | $463,517,383 |
| 3 | Revolutions (2003) | $427,343,298 |
| 4 | Resurrections (2021) | $156,543,032 |
| 5 | The Hangover | $1,416,248,289 |
| 1 | The Hangover Part II (2011) | $586,764,305 |
| 2 | The Hangover (2009) | $467,483,912 |
| 3 | The Hangover Part III (2013) | $362,000,072 |
| 6 | Detective Chinatown | $1,356,285,654 |
| 1 | Detective Chinatown 3 (2021) | $686,257,563 |
| 2 | Detective Chinatown 2 (2018) | $544,185,156 |
| 3 | Detective Chinatown (2016) | $125,842,935 |
| 7 | Fifty Shades | $1,322,263,368 |
| 1 | Grey (2015) | $568,810,483 |
| 2 | Darker (2017) | $381,543,436 |
| 3 | Freed (2018) | $371,909,449 |
| 8 | Terminator | $1,292,704,949 |
| 1 | Judgment Day (1991) | $519,843,345 |
| 2 | Rise of the Machines (2003) | $433,371,112 |
| 3 | Dark Fate (2019) | $261,119,292 |
| 4 | The Terminator (1984) | $78,371,200 |
| 9 | Batman | $1,285,216,627 |
| 1 | Joker (2019) | $1,074,354,306 |
| 2 | Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) | $206,400,287 |
| 3 | The Killing Joke (2016) | $4,462,034 |
| 10 | Bad Boys | $1,243,628,584 |
| 1 | Bad Boys for Life (2020) | $425,514,702 |
| 2 | Ride or Die (2024) | $403,367,302 |
| 3 | Bad Boys II (2003) | $273,339,556 |
| 4 | Bad Boys (1995) | $141,407,024 |
| 11 | Resident Evil | $1,237,686,980 | 9 | $137,520,776 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter ($312,257,250) |
| Live-action series $1,233,229,454 6 $205,538,242 The Final Chapter ($312,257,250) 1 The Final Chapter (2017) $312,257,250 2 Afterlife (2010) $300,228,084 3 Retribution (2012) $240,004,424 4 Extinction (2007) $148,412,065 5 Apocalypse (2004) $129,342,769 6 Resident Evil (2002) $102,984,862 ||||||
| Animated series $4,487,010 3 $1,495,670 Damnation ($2,325,035) 1 Damnation (2012) $2,325,035 2 Vendetta (2017) $1,623,063 3 Degeneration (2008) $538,912 ||||||
| 12 | It | $1,173,474,976 | 2 | $586,737,488 | It ($700,381,748) |
| 1 | It (2017) | $700,381,748 |
| 2 | It Chapter Two (2019) | $473,093,228 |
| 13 | Saw | $1,128,720,386 |
| 1 | Saw III (2006) | $164,874,275 |
| 2 | Saw II (2005) | $147,748,505 |
| 3 | Saw IV (2007) | $139,352,633 |
| 4 | Saw 3D (2010) | $136,150,434 |
| 5 | Saw V (2008) | $113,864,059 |
| 6 | Saw X (2023) † | $111,828,698 |
| 7 | Saw (2004) | $103,096,345 |
| 8 | Jigsaw (2017) | $102,952,888 |
| 9 | Saw VI (2009) | $68,233,629 |
| 10 | Spiral (2021) | $40,618,920 |
| 14 | Die Hard | $1,052,554,898 |
| 1 | Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) | $366,101,666 |
| 2 | A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) | $304,654,182 |
| 3 | Die Hard 2 (1990) | $241,031,094 |
| 4 | Die Hard (1988) | $140,767,956 |
| 15 | John Wick | $1,027,157,969 |
| 1 | Chapter 4 (2023) | $440,146,694 |
| 2 | Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) | $326,709,727 |
| 3 | Chapter 2 (2017) | $171,539,887 |
| 4 | John Wick (2014) | $88,761,661 |
| 16 | American Pie | $989,475,386 |
| 1 | American Pie 2 (2001) | $287,553,595 |
| 2 | American Pie (1999) | $235,483,004 |
| 3 | American Reunion (2012) | $234,989,584 |
| 4 | American Wedding (2003) | $231,449,203 |
| 17 | Hannibal | $924,422,301 |
| 1 | Hannibal (2001) | $351,692,268 |
| 2 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | $272,742,922 |
| 3 | Red Dragon (2002) | $209,196,298 |
| 4 | Hannibal Rising (2007) | $82,169,884 |
| 5 | Manhunter (1986) | $8,620,929 |
| 18 | Gladiator | $924,385,122 | 2 | $462,192,561 | Gladiator ($465,516,248) |
| 1 | Gladiator (2000) | $465,516,248 |
| 2 | Gladiator II (2024) | $458,868,874 |
| 19 | Scream | $913,478,454 |
| 1 | Scream (1996) | $173,046,663 |
| 2 | Scream 2 (1997) | $172,363,301 |
| 3 | Scream VI (2023) | $168,961,389 |
| 4 | Scream 3 (2000) | $161,834,276 |
| 5 | Scream (2022) | $140,041,405 |
| 6 | Scream 4 (2011) | $97,231,420 |
| 20 | Paranormal Activity | $890,533,646 |
| 1 | Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) | $207,039,844 |
| 2 | Paranormal Activity (2007) | $193,355,800 |
| 3 | Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) | $177,512,032 |
| 4 | Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) | $142,817,992 |
| 5 | The Marked Ones (2014) | $90,904,854 |
| 6 | The Ghost Dimension (2015) | $78,903,124 |