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 .
History [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] † indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 31 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 [ edit ] Computer animation [ edit ] 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) [ edit ] † indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 31 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) [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Highest-grossing adult animated films by year [ edit ] † indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 31 May 2024 .
Highest-grossing adult animated films by timeline [ edit ] At least four adult traditional animations held the records of the highest at any year;
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Retrieved 2021-06-30 . ^ a b "Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter" . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2021-06-30 . ^ a b "9" . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2021-06-29 . ^ a b "Waltz with Bashir (2008) - Financial Information" . The Numbers . Retrieved 2021-06-30 . ^ "Meitantei Conan: Konjo no Fisuto (2019) - Financial Information" . The Numbers . Retrieved 2021-06-30 . ^ "Dà Yú Hǎi Táng (2016) - Financial Information" . The Numbers . Retrieved 2021-06-30 . ^ a b "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America" . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2021-06-30 . ^ "Loving Vincent (2017) - Financial Information" . The Numbers . Retrieved 2021-06-29 . ^ "How Two Directors, 125 Artists, and Some 'Crazy-Rich' Van Gogh Fans Made 'Loving Vincent' the World's First Painted Feature Film" . Artnet News . 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2021-07-02 . ^ "The Bob's Burgers Movie" . ^ "Persepolis (2007) - Financial Information" . The Numbers . Retrieved 2021-06-30 . ^ a b "Eight Crazy Nights" . Box Office Mojo . 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Retrieved 2021-06-30 . ^ "Meitantei Conan: Goka no himawari (2015) - Financial Information" . The Numbers . Retrieved 2021-06-30 . ^ "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Hashira Training" . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2024-03-22 . ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (2021-06-06). "Reign Of Horror: 'Conjuring 3' Leads Weekend As Global Cume Hits $57M; 'Quiet Place 2' Grows To $139M WW – International Box Office" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2021-07-03 . And, we are hearing that Demon Slayer – Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train has indeed passed the $500M global mark, but are still waiting on those pesky official figures to attribute a precise number.