These are the following list of animated films exclusively aimed for teen and adult audiences , each films included PG-13 and R-rated by the Motion Picture Association .
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History
By the start of Motion Picture Association of America in the late-1960s, adult animation films became independently popular in the United States and Japan, the latter more popularized higher success for the box-office revenue over the years.[1]
1969–1970s: Animerama and Ralph Bakshi
Beginning with Animerama , the first Japanese animated film trilogy or series to be rated X by the MPAA established in the United States, begins the first film of the trilogy is A Thousand and One Nights (1969), was a success in Japan with distribution box-office revenue of ¥ 290 million,[2] it fails at the box-office revenue in the United States until Fritz the Cat , the first animated film produced independently in the United States to be rated X in 1972, the same year as Cleopatra , the second film of the trilogy rates the same film rating in the same year, which the former drew box-office success in 1970s and was rating surrendered in the 1990s in the follow of its new highest rating NC-17 , as a result, considered it unrated on home video releases.[3]
Highest-grossing adult animated films
† indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 17 May 2024 .
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
The First Slam Dunk
Japan
CGI /Traditional
PG-13
$279,892,281
2023
[6]
4
One Piece Film: Red
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$245,270,000
2022
[7] [8]
5
Beowulf
US
CGI
PG-13
$196,393,745
2007
[9]
6
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$195,870,885
2021
[10]
7
Weathering With You
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$193,186,879
2019
[11]
8
The Boy and the Heron †
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$172,864,580
2023
[12]
9
Princess Mononoke
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$169,785,629
1997
[11]
10
Sausage Party
US, Canada
CGI
R
$140,705,322
2016
[13]
11
The Wind Rises
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$136,333,220
2013
[14]
12
Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$119,875,024
2019
[15] [16]
13
Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$108,105,223
2018
[17]
14
One Piece: Stampede
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$94,684,223
2019
[18] [19] [20]
15
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Japan
Traditional
TV-MA
$92,000,000
2021
[21]
16
Fritz the Cat
US
Traditional
X
$90,000,000
1972
[22]
17
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
US, Japan
CGI
PG-13
$85,131,830
2001
[23]
18
One Piece Film: Z
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$85,119,728
2012
[24]
19
Big Fish & Begonia
China
Traditional
PG-13
$84,717,566
2016
[25]
20
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
US
Traditional
R
$83,137,603
1999
[26]
21
Tales from Earthsea
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$75,500,000
2006
[27]
22
One Piece Film: Gold
Japan
Traditional
TV-14
$70,840,000
2016
[28]
23
Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$66,280,000
2016
[29]
24
Isle of Dogs
US, Germany
Stop-motion
PG-13
$64,241,499
2018
[30]
25
Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter
Japan
Traditional
PG-13
$63,147,576
2017
[24] [31]
Highest-grossing adult animated films by animation type
Computer animation
Rank
Title
Country
Rating
Worldwide gross
Year
Ref(s)
1
The First Slam Dunk
Japan
PG-13
$279,892,281
2023
[6]
2
Beowulf
US
PG-13
$196,393,745
2007
[9]
3
Sausage Party
US, Canada
R
$140,705,322
2016
[13]
4
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Japan
PG-13
$85,131,830
2001
[23]
5
9
US
PG-13
$48,428,063
2009
[32]
6
Waltz with Bashir
Germany, France, Israel
R
$13,912,289
2008
[33]
Traditional animation (Japanese)
† indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 17 May 2024 .
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
One Piece Film: Red
PG-13
$206,740,295
2022
[7]
3
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
PG-13
$195,870,885
2021
[10]
4
Weathering With You
PG-13
$193,186,879
2019
[11]
5
The Boy and the Heron †
PG-13
$172,864,580
2023
[12]
6
Princess Mononoke
PG-13
$169,785,629
1997
[11]
7
The Wind Rises
PG-13
$136,333,220
2013
[14]
8
Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire
PG-13
$119,875,024
2019
[15] [34]
9
Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer
PG-13
$108,105,223
2018
[17]
10
One Piece: Stampede
TV-14
$94,684,223
2019
[18] [19] [20]
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
[22]
3
Big Fish & Begonia
China
PG-13
$84,717,566
2016
[35]
4
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
US
R
$83,137,603
1999
[26]
5
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
US
PG-13
$63,118,386
1996
[36]
6
Loving Vincent
Poland, UK
PG-13
$44,077,249
2017
[37] [38]
7
The Bob's Burgers Movie
US
PG-13
$34,148,750
2022
[39]
8
Persepolis
France, Iran
PG-13
$25,397,187
2007
[40]
9
Eight Crazy Nights
US
PG-13
$23,833,131
2002
[41]
10
Heavy Metal
US, Canada
R
$20,063,636
1981
[42] [43]
Stop-motion animation
Rank
Title
Country
Rating
Worldwide gross
Year
Ref(s)
1
Isle of Dogs
US, Germany
PG-13
$64,241,499
2018
[30]
2
My Life as a Zucchini
Switzerland, France
PG-13
$10,245,743
2016
[44]
3
Anomalisa
US
R
$5,706,168
2015
[45]
4
$9.99
Australia
R
$708,354
2008
[46]
5
Hell and Back
US
R
$157,768
2015
[47]
Highest-grossing adult animated films by rating
Highest-grossing adult animated films by year
† indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 17 May 2024 .
Highest-grossing adult animated films by timeline
At least four adult traditional animations held the records of the highest at any year;
See also
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