Did you know? Movies that receive an R-rating from the Motion Picture Association of America ratings may have been Oscar-nominated, but do not do well at the box office. For instance, only three of the 50 highest-grossing films in American history are R-rated, and they are all in the bottom ten. And did you realize that no R-rated film has ever earned more than $1 billion at the global box office, despite scores of films crossing the mark over the years? Using data crunched by Box Office Mojo analysts, here are the R-rated films that have won the most revenue in American theaters as of June 17, 2019. Any of them would undoubtedly surprise you.

The Most Successful R Rated Movies Of All Time