The table below lists the top-grossing R movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the R films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for R movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.
Year | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
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TBD | 103 | ||||
2025 | 15 | ||||
2024 | Annual Stats | 284 | $75,656,250 | $4,022,854,298 | Deadpool & Wolverine |
2023 | Annual Stats | 283 | $51,918,262 | $4,606,307,664 | Oppenheimer |
2022 | Annual Stats | 304 | $32,892,857 | $2,337,281,202 | Bullet Train |
2021 | Annual Stats | 277 | $43,056,437 | $2,739,562,538 | Tang Ren Jie Tan An 3 |
2020 | Annual Stats | 247 | $26,882,667 | $1,686,868,849 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅… |
2019 | Annual Stats | 297 | $29,800,133 | $6,437,817,003 | Joker |
2018 | Annual Stats | 322 | $22,981,765 | $6,162,970,762 | Deadpool 2 |
2017 | Annual Stats | 281 | $28,694,930 | $6,704,367,796 | It |
2016 | Annual Stats | 327 | $19,793,204 | $6,091,335,244 | Deadpool |
2015 | Annual Stats | 357 | $20,307,888 | $6,005,511,973 | Fifty Shades of Grey |
2014 | Annual Stats | 364 | $15,831,985 | $5,774,568,837 | American Sniper |
2013 | Annual Stats | 372 | $21,538,733 | $6,612,462,171 | The Wolf of Wall Street |
2012 | Annual Stats | 420 | $21,637,266 | $8,009,919,064 | Ted |
2011 | Annual Stats | 377 | $19,728,302 | $5,143,721,238 | The Hangover Part II |
2010 | Annual Stats | 406 | $19,906,997 | $5,900,656,937 | The King’s Speech |
2009 | Annual Stats | 410 | $22,805,652 | $5,195,473,215 | The Hangover |
2008 | Annual Stats | 265 | $19,698,822 | $4,685,968,975 | Sex and the City |
2007 | Annual Stats | 239 | $22,634,536 | $5,564,410,503 | 300 |
2006 | Annual Stats | 212 | $17,619,038 | $4,315,984,919 | The Departed |
2005 | Annual Stats | 169 | $20,092,897 | $3,699,242,893 | Wedding Crashers |
2004 | Annual Stats | 167 | $26,508,871 | $4,531,280,696 | The Passion of the Christ |
2003 | Annual Stats | 197 | $23,567,822 | $5,928,925,976 | The Matrix Reloaded |
2002 | Annual Stats | 188 | $22,713,187 | $3,677,479,361 | 8 Mile |
2001 | Annual Stats | 175 | $26,023,457 | $4,332,518,233 | Hannibal |
2000 | Annual Stats | 179 | $20,825,304 | $4,264,227,308 | Gladiator |
1999 | Annual Stats | 211 | $25,342,729 | $5,620,277,881 | The Matrix |
1998 | Annual Stats | 184 | $23,561,475 | $3,889,673,107 | Saving Private Ryan |
1997 | Annual Stats | 164 | $31,512,719 | $4,278,201,170 | Air Force One |
1996 | Annual Stats | 162 | $26,220,223 | $4,084,822,395 | The Rock |
1995 | Annual Stats | 147 | $28,083,696 | $3,888,444,853 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance |
1994 | 86 | $26,554,536 | $3,233,157,204 | True Lies | |
1993 | 84 | $16,509,000 | $2,770,082,184 | Schindler’s List | |
1992 | 90 | $21,004,762 | $3,620,907,038 | The Bodyguard | |
1991 | 116 | $20,873,875 | $3,076,765,314 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | |
1990 | 91 | $29,223,077 | $2,604,806,659 | Pretty Woman | |
1989 | 75 | $14,110,526 | $1,539,984,151 | Lethal Weapon 2 | |
1988 | 67 | $15,723,529 | $2,353,650,767 | Rain Man | |
1987 | 70 | $13,305,882 | $1,993,256,383 | Fatal Attraction | |
1986 | 51 | $12,770,455 | $1,050,920,304 | Aliens | |
1985 | 67 | $10,006,250 | $1,005,174,622 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | |
1984 | 44 | $14,350,000 | $1,047,699,030 | Beverly Hills Cop | |
1983 | 40 | $11,375,000 | $1,076,841,964 | Flashdance | |
1982 | 36 | $12,017,857 | $1,196,350,078 | An Officer and a Gentleman | |
1981 | 33 | $4,714,286 | $698,497,151 | Stripes | |
1980 | 30 | $9,455,556 | $773,450,449 | Stir Crazy | |
1979 | 26 | $13,675,000 | $770,963,996 | Alien | |
1978 | 20 | $5,331,250 | $494,224,825 | National Lampoon’s Animal House | |
1977 | 17 | $14,000,000 | $432,730,790 | Saturday Night Fever | |
1976 | 16 | $2,575,000 | $264,224,310 | A Star is Born | |
1975 | 20 | $1,966,667 | $421,870,864 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | |
1974 | 24 | $5,108,000 | $353,045,024 | Blazing Saddles | |
1973 | 18 | $6,546,261 | $544,163,909 | The Exorcist | |
1972 | 18 | $3,146,750 | $426,307,650 | The Godfather | |
1971 | 22 | $1,175,000 | $191,861,906 | The French Connection | |
1970 | 26 | $5,313,389 | $217,784,527 | M*A*S*H | |
1969 | 13 | $2,850,000 | $147,759,399 | Midnight Cowboy | |
1968 | 10 | $3,200,000 | $107,951,496 | Rosemary's Baby | |
1967 | 4 | $1,700,000 | $71,535,962 | Bonnie and Clyde | |
1966 | 2 | $31,859,194 | The Silencers | ||
1965 | 1 | $3,000,000 | Mirage | ||
1964 | 1 | $16,605 | Sommaren med Monika | ||
1960 | 1 | $32,002,177 | Psycho | ||
1953 | 1 | $658,000 | $23,800,000 | House of Wax | |
1948 | 1 | $46,466 | Brighton Rock | ||
1945 | 1 | $16,000,000 | Mom and Dad | ||
1938 | 1 | $3,000,000 | Sweethearts | ||
Total | 9,328 | $22,757,370 | $178,788,829,459 | Deadpool & Wolverine |