The 8 Highest-Grossing R-Rated Movies on movie.guru

Ranked purely by worldwide gross, biggest last. Box office isn't quality, so I'll tell you which ones earned it and which ones just sold tickets.

Number one is a 172 minute Greek epic, and it outgrossed every Deadpool.

1. 8
   It (2017)7.2

   The kids are great. The clown is overexposed.

   Bill Skarsgård's Pennywise works best in shadow, and the movie keeps dragging him into the light. The Losers Club is the real draw. $719.8 million worldwide on a $35 to $40 million budget.
2. 7
   The Matrix Reloaded (2003)6.2

   The sequel everybody paid to see and then argued about.

   $741.8 million worldwide, movie.guru score 6.3. Neo fights an army of Agent Smiths in daylight, and that CGI has not aged kindly. The first movie's hype sold these tickets.
3. 6
   Deadpool (2016)8.0

   The best Deadpool is still the cheap one.

   Made for $58 million, it pulled $782.8 million worldwide. Ryan Reynolds's Wade Wilson never stops talking, and the small budget forced the jokes to do the heavy lifting.
4. 5
   Deadpool 2 (2018)7.5

   Bigger budget, same jokes, slightly smaller laughs.

   The budget nearly doubled to $110 million, and the $785.9 million worldwide is basically a tie with the original. Grumpy Cable from Josh Brolin is the real upgrade.
5. 4
   Oppenheimer (2023)9.3

   A three-hour physics drama outgrossed two Deadpool movies.

   Cillian Murphy's J. Robert Oppenheimer leads the race to build the bomb, and Nolan never lets the weight go. $975.8 million worldwide on a $100 million budget. The hearing scenes test patience.
6. 3
   Joker (2019)7.0

   Grossed a billion while daring you to like it.

   Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur Fleck spirals through a grimy Gotham, and the mood never lifts once. 68% on Rotten Tomatoes, a B+ CinemaScore, $1.08 billion worldwide.
7. 2
   Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)7.5

   Critics and fans watched two different movies here.

   Ryan Reynolds's Deadpool and Hugh Jackman's Logan bicker across the multiverse for 128 minutes. Metacritic 56, CinemaScore A. The $1.34 billion worldwide says the fans won.
8. 1
   The Odyssey (2026)9.4

   Nolan turned your high school reading list into the top earner.

   $1.78 billion worldwide, $624.3 million of it domestic, on a $250 million budget. An A CinemaScore says people loved it, not just showed up. Homer gets zero royalties.

$4,758 says you just wondered why Titanic isn't here, and it's because it's PG-13.

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