High Grossing R-Rated Movies
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Posted Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 07:06 PM [GMT-6]

I saw an interesting statistic today: there have been only 6 R-rated movies in history to gross more than $200 million in the US. Of course, the most recent was "The Passion of the Christ," but do you know the other five?

Update (5/14/04): Commenter (and apparent Wall Street Journal reader) Bert correctly identifies the other five movies. Just for the record, here they are in descending order of profitability with year of release:

The six R-rated films that have grossed more than $200 million at U.S. theaters are: "Passion of the Christ" (2004); "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003); "Saving Private Ryan" (1998); "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991); "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984); "The Exorcist" (1973). Grosses based on non-inflation-adjusted figures. Sources: Exhibitor Relations Co.; WSJ.com research
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Beverly Hills Cop
Saving Private Ryan
Terminator 2
The Matrix Reloaded
The Exorcist

Posted by: Bert at May 13, 2004 10:03 PM

Isn't that fantastic? Unless I'm mistaken, that makes "Passion" the Numbah One R-Rated film of all time.

Naturally, its box office success was helped by all the legions of fans who went to see the film several times because Rosalinda Celentano was starring in it.

Posted by: Mr. Freen at May 13, 2004 11:16 PM
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