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 of America; the MPAA writes "Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian".

Highest-grossing R-rated films

 indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 29 January 2021.

Rank	Peak	Film	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref.
1	1	Joker	$1,074,251,311	2019	[1][2]
2	1	Deadpool 2	$785,046,920	2018	[3]
3	1	Deadpool	$782,612,155	2016	[4]
4	1	The Matrix Reloaded	$741,846,459	2003	[5]
5	3	It	$700,381,748	2017	[6]
6	3	Logan	$619,021,436	2017	[7]
7	2	The Passion of the Christ	$612,054,428	2004	[8]
8	3	The Hangover Part II	$586,764,305	2011	[9]
9	4	Fifty Shades of Grey	$569,651,467	2015	[10]
10	6	The Mermaid^NA	$553,810,228	2016	[11]
11	4	Ted	$549,368,315	2012	[12]
12	5	American Sniper	$547,426,372	2014	[11]
13	11	Detective Chinatown 2^NA	$544,061,916	2018	[11]
14	7	The Revenant	$532,950,503	2015	[11]
15	1	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	$520,884,847	1991	[11]
16	5	Troy	$497,409,852	2004	[11]
17	2	Saving Private Ryan	$482,349,603	1998	[11]
18	18	It Chapter Two	$473,093,228	2019	[13]
19	6	The Hangover	$467,517,116	2009	[11]
20	3	The Matrix	$465,343,787	1999	[11]
21	1	Pretty Woman	$463,406,268	1990	[14]
22	5	Gladiator	$460,583,960	2000	[11]
23	13	Lucy	$458,863,600	2014	[15]
24	9	300	$456,068,181	2007	[16]
25	7	The Last Samurai	$454,627,263	2003	[17]
26	1	The Exorcist	$441,306,145	1973	[18]
27	25	A Star Is Born	$434,888,866	2018	[19]
28	7	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	$433,371,112	2003	[20]
29	9	The Matrix Revolutions	$427,344,031	2003	[21]
30	6	The Intouchables^NA	$426,588,510	2011	[11]
31	31	Bad Boys for Life	$425,514,702	2020	[22]
32	18	Django Unchained	$425,368,238	2012	[23]
33	14	Sex and the City	$415,253,641	2008	[24]
34	23	Kingsman: The Secret Service	$414,351,546	2015	[25]
35	17	The King's Speech	$414,242,458	2010	[26]
36	4	The Bodyguard	$411,006,740	1992	[27]
37	30	Kingsman: The Golden Circle	$410,902,662	2017	[28]
38	20	Prometheus	$403,354,469	2012	[29]
39	23	The Wolf of Wall Street	$392,000,694	2013	[30]
40	39	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	$389,314,867	2019	[31]
41	31	Fifty Shades Darker	$381,545,846	2017	[32]
42	5	True Lies	$378,882,411	1994	[33]
43	16	Slumdog Millionaire	$377,910,544	2008	[34]
44	30	Mad Max: Fury Road	$375,209,362	2015	[35]
45	38	Fifty Shades Freed	$371,985,018	2018	[36]
46	7	There's Something About Mary	$369,884,651	1998	[37]
47	28	Gone Girl	$369,330,363	2014	[38]
48	48	1917	$368,275,255	2019	[39]
49	6	Die Hard with a Vengeance	$366,236,538	1995	[40]
50	44	The Nun	$365,550,119	2018	[41]

^NANot 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 29 January 2021.

Year	Title	Worldwide gross	Budget	Ref.
1973	The Exorcist	$441,306,145 ($329,017,945)	$11,000,000	[42]
1977	Saturday Night Fever	$237,113,184	$3,500,000	[43]
1978	National Lampoon's Animal House	$120,091,123	$3,000,000	[44]
1979	Alien	$101,718,022	$11,000,000	[45]
1980	The Blues Brothers	$115,229,890	$30,000,000	[46]
1981	Stripes	$85,297,000	$10,000,000	[47]
1982	An Officer and a Gentleman	$129,795,554	$6,000,000	[48]
1983	Flashdance	$92,921,203	$7,000,000	[49]
1984	Beverly Hills Cop	$316,360,478	$15,000,000	[50]
1985	Rambo: First Blood Part II	$300,400,432	$25,500,000	[51]
1986	Platoon	$138,545,632	$6,000,000	[52]
1987	Fatal Attraction	$320,145,693	$14,000,000	[53]
1988	Rain Man	$354,825,435	$25,000,000	[54]
1989	Lethal Weapon 2	$227,853,986	$30,000,000	[55]
1990	Pretty Woman	$463,406,268	$14,000,000	[56]
1991	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	$520,884,847	$102,000,000	[57]
1992	The Bodyguard	$411,006,740	$25,000,000	[58]
1993	Schindler's List	$322,243,445	$22,000,000	[59]
1994	True Lies	$378,882,411	$115,000,000	[60]
1995	Die Hard with a Vengeance	$366,236,538	$90,000,000	[61]
1996	The Rock	$335,062,621	$75,000,000	[62]
1997	Air Force One	$315,156,409	$85,000,000	[63]
1998	Saving Private Ryan	$482,349,603	$70,000,000	[64]
1999	The Matrix	$465,343,787	$63,000,000	[65]
2000	Gladiator	$460,583,960	$103,000,000	[66]
2001	Hannibal	$351,692,268	$87,000,000	[67]
2002	8 Mile	$242,875,078	$41,000,000	[68]
2003	The Matrix Reloaded	$741,846,459	$150,000,000	[5]
2004	The Passion of the Christ	$611,899,420	$30,000,000	[69]
2005	Wedding Crashers	$288,467,645	$40,000,000	[70]
2006	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	$262,552,893	$18,000,000	[71]
2007	300	$456,068,181	$65,000,000	[72]
2008	Sex and the City	$418,765,321	$65,000,000	[73]
2009	The Hangover	$465,764,086	$35,000,000	[74][75]
2010	The King's Speech	$410,867,243	$15,000,000	[26]
2011	The Hangover Part II	$586,764,305	$80,000,000	[9]
2012	Ted	$549,368,315	$50,000,000	[76]
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	$392,000,694	$100,000,000	[77]
2014	American Sniper	$547,426,372	$59,000,000	[78]
2015	Fifty Shades of Grey	$569,651,467	$40,000,000	[79]
2016	Deadpool	$782,612,155	$58,000,000	[80]
2017	It	$700,381,748	$35,000,000	[81][82][83]
2018	Deadpool 2	$785,046,920	$110,000,000	[84]
2019	Joker	$1,074,251,311	$55,000,000	[85]
2020	Bad Boys for Life	$425,514,702	$90,000,000	[86]

Timeline of highest-grossing R-rated films

At least seven films have held the record of highest-grossing R-rated film at a certain time.

 indicates a new record film is still playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 29 January 2021.

Title	Established	Record-setting gross	Ref.
The Exorcist	1973	$441,306,145	[87]
Pretty Woman	1990	$463,406,268	[88]
Terminator 2: Judgment Day	1991	$520,884,847	[89]
The Matrix Reloaded	2003	$741,846,459	[90]
Deadpool	2016	$782,612,155	[80]
Deadpool 2	2018	$785,046,920	[84]
Joker	2019	$1,074,251,311	[85]

Top 25 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. A franchise must have at least two R-rated films to be listed.

 indicates that at least one film in the series is playing in the week commencing 29 January 2021.

Highest-grossing R-rated film series and franchises

(The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show")

Rank Series Total worldwide box office No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film

1 X-Men $2,187,181,335 3 $729,060,445 Deadpool 2 ($785,046,920) Deadpool series $1,568,159,899 2 $784,079,950 Deadpool 2 ($785,046,920) 1 Deadpool 2 (2018) $785,046,920 2 Deadpool (2016) $783,112,979 Logan (2017) $619,021,436

2 The Conjuring Universe $1,919,687,450 7 $274,241,064 The Nun ($365,550,119) 1 The Nun (2018) $365,550,119 2 The Conjuring 2 (2016) $320,392,818 3 The Conjuring (2013) $319,494,638 4 Annabelle: Creation (2017) $306,515,884 5 Annabelle (2014) $257,047,661 6 Annabelle Comes Home (2019) $228,552,591 7 The Curse of La Llorona (2019) $122,133,739

3 The Matrix $1,632,707,140 3 $544,235,713 The Matrix Reloaded ($741,846,459) 1 The Matrix Reloaded (2003) $741,846,459 2 The Matrix (1999) $463,517,383 3 The Matrix Revolutions (2003) $427,343,298

4 Deadpool $1,568,159,899 2 $784,079,950 Deadpool 2 ($785,046,920) 1 Deadpool 2 (2018) $785,046,920 2 Deadpool (2016) $783,112,979

5 The Hangover $1,416,248,289 3 $472,082,763 The Hangover Part II ($586,764,305) 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 Alien $1,330,700,317 7 $190,100,045 Prometheus ($403,354,469) 1 Prometheus (2012) $403,354,469 2 Covenant (2017) $240,891,763 3 Resurrection (1997) $161,376,068 4 Alien 3 (1992) $159,814,498 5 Aliens (1986) $131,060,248 6 Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem (2007) $128,884,494 7 Alien (1979) $105,318,777

7 Fifty Shades $1,322,263,368 3 $440,754,456 Grey ($568,810,483) 1 Grey (2015) $568,810,483 2 Darker (2017) $381,543,436 3 Freed (2018) $371,909,449

8 Terminator $1,292,704,949 4 $323,176,237 Judgment Day ($519,843,345) 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 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 $4,496,291 3 $1,498,764 Damnation ($2,325,035) 1 Damnation (2012) $2,325,035 2 Vendetta (2017) $1,632,341 3 Degeneration (2008) $538,915

10 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

11 Batman $1,075,635,297 2 $537,817,649 Joker ($1,071,173,263) 1 Joker (2019) $1,071,173,263 2 The Killing Joke (2016) $4,462,034

12 Die Hard $1,052,554,898 4 $263,138,725 Die Hard with a Vengeance ($366,101,666) 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

13 American Pie $989,475,386 4 $247,368,847 American Pie 2 ($287,553,595) 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

14 Saw $976,272,768 8 $122,034,096 Saw III ($164,874,275) 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 (2004) $103,096,345 7 Jigsaw (2017) $102,952,888 8 Saw VI (2009) $68,233,629

15 Hannibal $924,422,301 5 $184,884,460 Hannibal ($351,692,268) 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

16 Paranormal Activity $890,533,646 6 $148,422,274 Paranormal Activity 3 ($207,039,844) 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

17 Bad Boys $840,261,282 3 $280,087,094 Bad Boys for Life ($425,514,702) 1 For Life (2020) $425,514,702 2 Bad Boys II (2003) $273,339,556 3 Bad Boys (1995) $141,407,024

18 Kingsman $825,254,208 2 $412,627,104 The Secret Service ($414,351,546) 1 The Secret Service (2014) $414,351,546 2 The Golden Circle (2017) $410,902,662

19 Rambo $819,363,590 5 $163,872,718 Rambo: First Blood Part II ($300,400,432) 1 Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) $300,400,432 2 Rambo III (1988) $189,015,611 3 First Blood (1982) $125,212,904 4 Rambo (2008) $113,244,290 5 Rambo: Last Blood (2019) $91,490,353

20 Ted $763,103,098 2 $381,551,549 Ted ($400,062,763) 1 Ted (2012) $549,368,315 2 Ted 2 (2015) $213,734,783

21 Beverly Hills Cop $735,534,503 3 $245,178,168 Beverly Hills Cop ($316,360,478) 1 Beverly Hills Cop (1984) $316,360,478 2 Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) $299,965,036 3 Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) $119,208,989

22 Sex and the City $709,510,376 2 $354,755,188 Sex and the City ($418,765,321) 1 Sex and the City (2008) $418,765,321 2 Sex and the City 2 (2010) $290,745,055

23 Final Destination $665,080,639 5 $133,016,128 The Final Destination ($186,167,139) 1 The Final Destination (2009) $186,167,139 2 Final Destination 5 (2011) $157,887,643 3 Final Destination 3 (2006) $117,719,158 4 Final Destination (2000) $112,880,294 5 Final Destination 2 (2003) $90,426,405

24 Halloween $620,527,025 11 $56,411,548 Halloween ($253,688,035) 1 Halloween (2018) $253,688,035 2 Halloween (2007) $80,249,467 3 Halloween (1978) $70,000,000 4 H20: 20 Years Later (1998) $55,041,738 5 Halloween II (2009) $39,421,467 6 Resurrection (2002) $37,664,855 7 Halloween II (1981) $25,533,818 8 The Return of Michael Myers (1988) $17,768,757 9 The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) $15,116,634 10 Season of the Witch (1982) $14,400,000 11 The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) $11,642,254

25 Scream $604,382,926 4 $151,095,732 Scream ($173,046,663) 1 Scream (1996) $173,046,663 2 Scream 2 (1997) $172,363,301 3 Scream 3 (2000) $161,834,276 4 Scream 4 (2011) $97,138,686

See also

• Lists of highest-grossing films
  • List of highest-grossing horror films

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External links

• "All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies". The Numbers.