Okay Hollywood, "Deadpool" and "Kingsman: The Secret Service" are both smash hits at the box office. "Mad Max: Fury Road" is even nominated for best picture. So, can we PLEASE go back to having R rated blockbusters?

My bad on Prometheus. I could have sworn that thing was a PG-13. There was nothing in that movie that warranted an R.

But with the expendables the point is that they specifically took a franchise that was rated R and made it PG-13 to try to get more money, which is exactly what the main topic of this thread is about.

Well, let's see, the Conjuring opened at $30 million. By comparison, Deadpool made more than that opening night. In fact most superhero movies make more than that opening night. Definitely doesn't qualify as huge. More like exactly what I said, something that wasn't that big when it came out, and got bigger later.

And if we're talking about Hollywood putting out R-rated movies and whether or not they've already been doing it

And we aren't talking about Hollywood just making R-rated movies. Obviously R-rated movies come out all the time. What we really want is R rated movies with big budgets behind them. Blockbusters. Hollywood believes that PG-13 makes more than R, however, Deadpool and movies like it show that R rated can make a lot of money.

So guess performance isn't really relevant, what is more relevant is the budget, since that's what the discussion is about.

Now let's look at that list again.

Prometheus

I guess since it actually was R, this does count. Now this one actually works towards the OPs point since it was both a big budget movie (budget of $120 million) and it performed very well. However, can you name another R-rated movie with a budget of $120 million? That's the point being argued.

Cabin in the Woods

Budget: $30 million Not a blockbuster

Expendables

As I pointed out the third expendables was PG-13, which was done because Hollywood doesn't like to make R rated blockbusters. Which is the OPs point.

The Conjuring

The budget was only $20 million dollars

Still not a blockbuster.

Lucy

Budget of $40 million dollars

Still not a blockbuster.

In order to be a block buster, It has to be at least $60 million

American Sniper

Budget $60 million.

Okay, I'll give you that one, but just barely.

300 sequel

Once again, more an exception than a rule. Now this one has a budget of $110 million, however, it is one of the very few with a budget this big that is rated R.

Sin City 2

With a budget of $60 million, this just barely made it, however this kind of movie is the reason they don't make big budget R rated movies as much because they assume that the reason this movie failed was because of the R rating, and not because it was just awful.

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