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 | 99 | ||||
2029 | 2 | ||||
2025 | 1 | ||||
2024 | Annual Stats | 113 | $40,000,000 | $376,504,863 | The Beekeeper |
2023 | Annual Stats | 283 | $54,031,723 | $4,553,730,830 | Oppenheimer |
2022 | Annual Stats | 303 | $33,730,769 | $2,334,163,467 | Bullet Train |
2021 | Annual Stats | 277 | $43,056,437 | $2,742,631,373 | Tang Ren Jie Tan An 3 |
2020 | Annual Stats | 247 | $26,882,667 | $1,686,518,929 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅… |
2019 | Annual Stats | 297 | $29,800,133 | $6,437,507,437 | Joker |
2018 | Annual Stats | 321 | $22,981,765 | $6,163,143,455 | Deadpool 2 |
2017 | Annual Stats | 282 | $28,694,930 | $6,704,025,963 | It |
2016 | Annual Stats | 327 | $19,793,204 | $6,091,434,450 | Deadpool |
2015 | Annual Stats | 356 | $20,307,888 | $6,007,254,088 | Fifty Shades of Grey |
2014 | Annual Stats | 363 | $15,979,737 | $5,768,495,931 | American Sniper |
2013 | Annual Stats | 370 | $21,538,733 | $6,612,470,209 | The Wolf of Wall Street |
2012 | Annual Stats | 422 | $21,637,266 | $8,009,919,064 | Ted |
2011 | Annual Stats | 377 | $19,728,302 | $5,143,750,429 | The Hangover Part II |
2010 | Annual Stats | 406 | $19,906,997 | $5,900,656,937 | The King’s Speech |
2009 | Annual Stats | 411 | $22,781,538 | $5,195,473,215 | The Hangover |
2008 | Annual Stats | 266 | $19,698,822 | $4,685,687,983 | Sex and the City |
2007 | Annual Stats | 238 | $22,634,536 | $5,564,493,393 | 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 | $4,530,597,087 | The Passion of the Christ |
2003 | Annual Stats | 197 | $23,567,822 | $5,929,088,745 | The Matrix Reloaded |
2002 | Annual Stats | 188 | $22,713,187 | $3,677,479,405 | 8 Mile |
2001 | Annual Stats | 175 | $26,023,457 | $4,332,517,894 | Hannibal |
2000 | Annual Stats | 179 | $20,825,304 | $4,264,084,779 | Gladiator |
1999 | Annual Stats | 211 | $25,342,729 | $5,619,467,576 | The Matrix |
1998 | Annual Stats | 183 | $23,561,475 | $3,889,975,814 | Saving Private Ryan |
1997 | Annual Stats | 164 | $31,512,719 | $4,270,422,719 | Air Force One |
1996 | Annual Stats | 163 | $26,220,223 | $4,085,097,109 | The Rock |
1995 | Annual Stats | 146 | $28,083,696 | $3,887,467,929 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance |
1994 | 86 | $26,554,536 | $3,229,297,470 | True Lies | |
1993 | 84 | $16,509,000 | $2,770,043,488 | Schindler’s List | |
1992 | 90 | $21,004,762 | $3,620,906,650 | The Bodyguard | |
1991 | 116 | $20,873,875 | $3,021,774,956 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | |
1990 | 91 | $29,223,077 | $2,604,806,193 | 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 | 68 | $13,305,882 | $1,938,811,589 | Fatal Attraction | |
1986 | 47 | $13,747,500 | $935,576,881 | Aliens | |
1985 | 65 | $10,526,667 | $962,725,480 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | |
1984 | 38 | $15,472,222 | $876,937,554 | Beverly Hills Cop | |
1983 | 29 | $11,571,429 | $786,779,765 | Flashdance | |
1982 | 23 | $12,900,000 | $790,995,403 | An Officer and a Gentleman | |
1981 | 18 | $8,000,000 | $206,795,788 | Stripes | |
1980 | 24 | $10,371,429 | $574,419,229 | Stir Crazy | |
1979 | 21 | $15,400,000 | $610,033,358 | Alien | |
1978 | 14 | $6,108,333 | $327,337,214 | National Lampoon's Animal House | |
1977 | 12 | $282,476,829 | Saturday Night Fever | ||
1976 | 13 | $2,833,333 | $163,866,525 | A Star is Born | |
1975 | 20 | $1,966,667 | $421,647,776 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | |
1974 | 24 | $5,108,000 | $352,912,880 | 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 | $217,914,582 | The French Connection | |
1970 | 26 | $5,313,389 | $217,763,425 | M*A*S*H | |
1969 | 13 | $2,850,000 | $147,759,399 | Midnight Cowboy | |
1968 | 10 | $3,200,000 | $107,951,084 | 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 | $14,429 | 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 | 9,060 | $22,579,737 | $172,694,187,108 | Joker |