--- description: Six weeks after its February opening, "Deadpool" has officially become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time. title: Deadpool Just Snagged a Significant Box Office Record image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa9ab36065b542ec/69888cd4f887dcb9a9e953c9/ryan-reynolds.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Deadpool Just Snagged a Significant Box Office Record  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Mar 29, 2016 3:08 PM CUT  NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 09: Actor Ryan Reynolds attends AOL Build Speaker Series to discuss his new film "Deadpool" at AOL Studios In New York on February 9, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 09: Actor Ryan Reynolds attends AOL Build Speaker Series to discuss his new film "Deadpool" at AOL Studios In New York on February 9, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)Slaven Vlasic--Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Mar 29, 2016 3:08 PM CUT While the world watched to see how _Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice_ would fare in its [opening weekend](http://time.com/money/4272484/batman-v-superman-box-office-opening/ "undefined"), another movie quietly crept its way to box-office history. This past weekend, in its sixth week in theaters, _Deadpool_ became the highest-grossing R-rated movie worldwide. Ryan Reynolds’ antihero [passion project](http://time.com/4219431/review-ryan-reynolds-deadpool/ "undefined") had a solid domestic opening of $132 million Valentine’s Day weekend, and by Easter it had raked in just south of $746 million, edging out _The Matrix Reloaded_, which had held the record since 2003 with $742 million. The movie’s success has laid to rest the fears of those who believed its rating might negatively influence ticket sales. It had waffled between R and PG-13 ratings several times before landing on its final version. Now that the “[Merc with a Mouth](http://time.com/4215470/deadpool-writers-superhero-movie/ "undefined")” has this record under his belt, he can set his sights on franchise domination: A [sequel](http://time.com/4215031/deadpool-sequel/ "undefined") is already in the works, and if its predecessor is any indication, it might well boost the franchise past the billion-dollar mark. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4274867/deadpool-box-office-record/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4274867/deadpool-box-office-record/"},"headline":"Deadpool Just Snagged a Significant Box Office Record","datePublished":"2016-03-29T15:08:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:17:36.375Z","description":"Ryan Reynolds' antihero flick has become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time","url":"https://time.com/4274867/deadpool-box-office-record/","keywords":["movies","Box-office","Ryan Reynolds","Deadpool"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa9ab36065b542ec/69888cd4f887dcb9a9e953c9/ryan-reynolds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa9ab36065b542ec/69888cd4f887dcb9a9e953c9/ryan-reynolds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AOL Build Speaker Series - Ryan Reynolds, TJ Miller, Ed Skrein and Morena Baccarin, \"Deadpool\"","caption":"AOL Build Speaker Series - Ryan Reynolds, TJ Miller, Ed Skrein and Morena Baccarin, \"Deadpool\"","creditText":"Slaven Vlasic--Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4274867/deadpool-box-office-record/","name":"Deadpool Just Snagged a Significant Box Office Record"}}]}] ```