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These are the following list of animated films aimed for more mature audiences , for those included PG-13, R-rated, and X-rated by the Motion Picture Association , as well as TV-14 and TV-MA rated by TeleVision Parental Guidelines .
History [ ]
Animerama is the first adult anime trilogy to be rated X for the first two films, as the first film of the trilogy is A Thousand and One Nights (1969), was a success in Japan while it fails at the U.S box-office revenue until Fritz the Cat , the first adult animated film in U.S production to be rated X by the MPAA in 1972, the same year as the second film of the trilogy rates the film rating, which came at box-office success independently in 1970s and was rating surrendered in 1990s due to unknown reasons and left unrated on home video releases.[1]
NC-17 rating animated films are forbidden in later decades due to the films are highly controversial and mistakenly calling it "pornographic animated film", which avoiding stigma at the major studios before re-editing to rated R like other two films; South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut [2] and Sausage Party .[3]
Highest-grossing adult animated films [ ]
indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 18 March 2022 .
Rank
Title
Country
Technique
Rating
Worldwide gross
Year
Ref(s)
1
The Simpsons Movie
US
Traditional
PG-13
$536,414,270
2007
[4]
2
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train
Japan
Traditional
R
$503,063,688
2020
[5]
3
Beowulf
US
CGI
PG-13
$196,393,745
2007
[6]
4
Weathering With You
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$193,186,879
2019
[7]
5
Princess Mononoke
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$169,785,629
1997
[7]
6
Sausage Party
US, Canada
CGI
R
$140,705,322
2016
[8]
7
The Wind Rises
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$136,333,220
2013
[9]
8
Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$119,875,024
2019
[10] [11]
9
Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$108,105,223
2018
[12]
10
One Piece: Stampede
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$94,684,223
2019
[13] [14] [15]
11
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Japan
Traditional
TV-MA
$92,000,000
2021
[16]
12
Fritz the Cat
US
Traditional
X
$90,000,000
1972
[17]
13
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
US, Japan
CGI
PG-13
$85,131,830
2001
[18]
14
One Piece Film: Z
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$85,119,728
2012
[19]
15
Big Fish & Begonia
China
Traditional
PG-13
$84,717,566
2016
[20]
16
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
US
Traditional
R
$83,137,603
1999
[21]
17
Tales from Earthsea
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$75,500,000
2006
[22]
18
One Piece Film: Gold
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$70,840,000
2016
[23]
19
Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$66,280,000
2016
[24]
20
Isle of Dogs
US, Germany
Stop-motion
PG-13
$64,241,499
2018
[25]
21
Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$63,147,576
2017
[19] [26]
22
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
US
Traditional
PG-13
$63,118,386
1996
[27]
23
Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$60,985,674
2015
[28]
24
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$60,648,662
2012
[29]
25
The Boy and the Beast
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$49,714,378
2015
[30]
26
Akira
Japan
Traditional
R
$49,000,000
1988
[31]
27
9
US
CGI
PG-13
$48,428,063
2009
[32]
28
Loving Vincent
Poland, UK
Oil-painting /Rotoscoping
PG-13
$44,077,249
2017
[33]
29
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$41,322,359
2009
[34]
30
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$38,410,729
2021
[35]
31
Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$38,200,000
2016
[36]
32
Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$37,200,000
2014
[37]
33
A Silent Voice
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$31,629,474
2016
[38]
34
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$30,029,048
2019
[39]
35
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$27,507,591
2018
[40]
36
Persepolis
France, Iran
Traditional
PG-13
$25,397,187
2007
[41]
37
Eight Crazy Nights
US
Traditional
PG-13
$23,833,131
2002
[42]
38
The End of Evangelion
Japan
Traditional
R
$22,537,729
1997
[43]
39
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song
Japan
Traditional
TV-MA
$20,150,000
2020
[44]
40
Heavy Metal
US, Canada
Traditional
R
$20,063,636
1981
[45] [46]
41
In This Corner of the World
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$19,794,935
2016
[47]
42
The Last: Naruto the Movie
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$19,840,000
2014
[48] [49]
43
Steamboy
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$18,900,000
2004
[50] [51] [52]
44
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$18,731,309
2021
[53]
45
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$17,876,559
2012
[54]
46
Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower
Japan
Traditional
TV-MA
$17,422,935
2017
[55]
47
Promare
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$17,000,000
2019
[56]
48
Grave of the Fireflies
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$15,900,000
1988
[57] [58]
49
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Japan
Traditional
TV-MA
$15,455,713
1997
[43]
50
The Triplets of Belleville
France, Belgium, Canada, UK
Traditional
PG-13
$14,776,760
2003
[59]
Highest-grossing adult animated films by animation type [ ]
Computer animation [ ]
Rank
Title
Country
Rating
Worldwide gross
Year
Ref(s)
1
Beowulf
US
PG-13
$196,393,745
2007
[6]
2
Sausage Party
US, Canada
R
$140,705,322
2016
[8]
3
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Japan
PG-13
$85,131,830
2001
[18]
4
9
US
PG-13
$48,428,063
2009
[32]
5
Waltz with Bashir
Germany, France, Israel
R
$13,912,289
2008
[60]
Traditional animation (Japanese) [ ]
indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 18 March 2022 .
Rank
Title
Rating
Worldwide gross
Year
Ref(s)
1
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train
R
$503,063,688
2020
[5]
2
Weathering With You
PG-13
$193,186,879
2019
[7]
3
Princess Mononoke
PG-13
$169,785,629
1997
[7]
4
The Wind Rises
PG-13
$136,333,220
2013
[9]
5
Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire
PG-13
$119,875,024
2019
[10] [61]
6
Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer
PG-13
$108,105,223
2018
[12]
7
One Piece: Stampede
TV-14
$94,684,223
2019
[13] [14] [15]
8
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
TV-MA
$92,000,000
2021
[16]
9
One Piece Film: Z
TV-14
$85,119,728
2012
[19]
10
Tales from Earthsea
PG-13
$75,500,000
2006
[22]
11
One Piece Film: Gold
TV-14
$70,840,000
2016
[23]
12
Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare
PG-13
$66,280,000
2016
[62]
13
Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter
PG-13
$63,147,576
2017
[19] [26]
14
Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno
PG-13
$60,985,674
2015
[28]
15
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
TV-14
$60,648,662
2012
[29]
16
The Boy and the Beast
PG-13
$49,714,378
2015
[30]
17
Akira
R
$49,000,000
1988
[31]
18
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
TV-14
$41,322,359
2009
[34]
19
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
PG-13
$38,410,729
2021
[35]
20
Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale
TV-14
$38,200,000
2016
[36]
Traditional animation (U.S and international) [ ]
Rank
Title
Country
Rating
Worldwide gross
Year
Ref(s)
1
The Simpsons Movie
US
PG-13
$536,414,270
2007
[4]
2
Fritz the Cat
US
X
$90,000,000
1972
[17]
3
Big Fish & Begonia
China
PG-13
$84,717,566
2016
[63]
4
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
US
R
$83,137,603
1999
[21]
5
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
US
PG-13
$63,118,386
1996
[27]
6
Loving Vincent
Poland, UK
PG-13
$44,077,249
2017
[33] [64]
7
Persepolis
France, Iran
PG-13
$25,397,187
2007
[65]
8
Eight Crazy Nights
US
PG-13
$23,833,131
2002
[42]
9
Heavy Metal
US, Canada
R
$20,063,636
1981
[45] [46]
10
The Triplets of Belleville
France, Belgium, Canada, UK
PG-13
$14,776,760
2003
[59]
Stop-motion animation [ ]
Rank
Title
Country
Rating
Worldwide gross
Year
Ref(s)
1
Isle of Dogs
US, Germany
PG-13
$64,241,499
2018
[25]
2
My Life as a Zucchini
Switzerland, France
PG-13
$10,245,743
2016
[66]
3
Anomalisa
US
R
$5,706,168
2015
[67]
4
$9.99
Australia
R
$708,354
2008
[68]
5
Hell and Back
US
R
$157,768
2015
[69]
Highest-grossing adult animated films by year [ ]
indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 18 March 2022 .
Records [ ]
Any animation techniques hold the record as the highest-grossed with PG-13 and R-rating;
For traditional, The Simpsons Movie was the first PG-13 animated film while Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train was the first R-rated animated film were grossed US$ 500 million worldwide and became the highest-grossing films of the year (8th in 2007 and 1st in 2020 ).
For computer animation, Beowulf (PG-13) and Sausage Party (R) were grossed more than $100 million worldwide.
For stop motion, Isle of Dogs (PG-13) and Anomalisa (R) were grossed less than $100 million worldwide.
For other animations, Loving Vincent (PG-13) was the first fully oil-painted animation with rotoscoping technique, and Waltz with Bashir was the first R-rated documentary animated film to earn a nomination of Best International Feature Film while the other two submissions were unsuccessful by the Academy Awards .[81] Both were grossed less than $50 million worldwide.
At least four adult traditional animations held the records of the highest at any year;
See also [ ]
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