Holy Chimichanga! ‘Deadpool’ Becomes The Highest Grossing R-Rated Film Worldwide

Move over Matrix, the “Merc with a mouth” has just surpassed you for the top R-rated spot worldwide. Despite being banned in China, Deadpool has reached worldwide numbers of $745.7 million and still counting. This passes 2003’s Keanu Reeve’s film The Matrix Reloaded which grossed $742 million worldwide.

Domestically however, Deadpool is third on the R-rated film list with $349.3 million and counting, behind leaders The Passion of the Christ ($370.7 mill) and American Sniper ($350.1 mill).

Deadpool has a chance to overtake American Sniper for the second spot but it probably doesn’t have enough momentum left to take the top spot.

If that isn’t enough, Deadpool is also set to become the highest grossing X-Men film of all time. 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past grossed $747.9 mill worldwide, a number that Deadpool could surpass within the next few weeks.

Pretty good for a movie that was once buried and forgotten. Are you ready for Deadpool 2?