Scott Mendelson
ACTUAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE
The Matrix (3 films) - $592 million
The Hangover (2 films) - $531 million
The Terminator (4 films*) - $512 million
Lethal Weapon (4 films*) - $487 million
Die Hard (4 films*) - $435 million
Beverly Hills Cop (3 films) - $431 million
Hannibal Lecter series (5 films) - $425 million
Saw (7 films) - $415 million
Alien (6 films*) - $389 million
Friday the 13th (12 films) - $380 million
A Nightmare On Elm Street (9 films) - $370 million
American Pie (3 films) - $352 million
The Exorcist (5 films) - $331 million
Scream (4 films) - $331 million
Halloween (10 films) - $308 million
Rambo (4 films) - $292 million
Predator (5 films*) - $264 million
The Godfather (3 films) - $249 million
Sex and the City (2 films) - $247 million
Resident Evil (4 films) - $202 million
Paranormal Activity (2 films) - $192 million
The Amityville Horror (4 films) - $170 million
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (6 films) - $164 million
The Omen (4 films) - $162 million
Underworld (3 films) - $160 million
48 Hrs (2 films) - $158 million
Under Siege (2 films) - $133 million
Child's Play (5 films) - $126 million
Cheech and Chong... (4 films) - $101 million
Hostel (2 films) - $65 million
Harold and Kumar... (2 films) - $56 million
Hellraiser (4 films) - $48 million
Missing In Action (3 films) - $39 million
Phantasm (2 films) - $19 million
Evil Dead (3 films) - $19 million
American Ninja (4 films) - $15 million
ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION
The Exorcist (5 films) - $1.079 billion
The Godfather (3 films) - $944 million
Beverly Hills Cop (3 films) - $916 million
The Godfather (3 films) - $944 million
Beverly Hills Cop (3 films) - $916 million
Lethal Weapon (4 films*) - $915 million
The Matrix (3 films) - $813 million
The Matrix (3 films) - $813 million
The Terminator (4 films*) - $799 million
Alien (6 films*) - $762 million
Friday the 13th (12 films) - $728 million
Die Hard (4 films*) - $711 million
Hannibal Lecter series (5 films) - $649 million
Nightmare On Elm Street (9 films) - $619 million
Rambo (4 films) - $608 million
Rambo (4 films) - $608 million
Halloween (10 films) - $587 million
The Hangover (2 films) - $531 million
Scream (4 films) - $517 million
American Pie (3 films) - $496 million
Saw (7 films) - $487 million
The Omen (4 films) - $437 million
The Amityville Horror (4 films) - $399 million
Predator (5 films*) - $376 million
48 Hrs (2 films) - $350 million
Cheech and Chong... (4 films) - $310 million
Scream (4 films) - $517 million
American Pie (3 films) - $496 million
Saw (7 films) - $487 million
The Omen (4 films) - $437 million
The Amityville Horror (4 films) - $399 million
Predator (5 films*) - $376 million
48 Hrs (2 films) - $350 million
Cheech and Chong... (4 films) - $310 million
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (6 films) - $310 million
Sex and the City (2 films) - $261 million
Under Siege (2 films) - $249 million
Under Siege (2 films) - $249 million
Resident Evil (4 films) - $236 million
Child's Play (5 films) - $219 millionParanormal Activity (2 films) - $194 million
Underworld (3 films) - $192 million
Hellraiser (4 films) - $93 million
Missing In Action (3 films) - $88 million
Hostel (2 films) - $77 million
Harold and Kumar... (2 films) - $64 million
Phantasm (2 films) - $51 million
Evil Dead (3 films) - $39 million
American Ninja (4 films) - $33 million
As you can see, it's merely the 14th-biggest R-rated franchise when adjusted for inflation. But as you can also see, most of the films ahead of it (and many below it) have anywhere from 4 to 12 films in their respective series. Presuming that The Hangover 2 ends up with $250 million (an underestimate at this point), and the third film grosses just $225 million, then the whole Hangover trilogy will have amassed $750 million, it will far-and-away the biggest R-rated series in history and it will still be the eighth-biggest such franchise even adjusted for inflation. And quite frankly, considering that there is exactly one R-rated franchise on the horizon (David Fincher's remake of the Millennium trilogy), The Hangover franchise's incredible standing among R-rated films is unlikely to change anytime soon. Of course, looking over that list, you realize why studios are so unwilling to let their big-budget films go out with an R-rating in the first place.
Scott Mendelson
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