Highest box office over 18 rated film gross - opening weekend
- Who
- Fifty Shades of Grey
- What
- 258,710,071 US dollar(s)
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 13 February 2015
The highest-grossing opening weekend for an over-18 rated film at the global box office is $258,710,071 (£204,008,414/€238,952,383), and was achieved by Fifty Shades of Grey (UK/USA, 2015), directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, released on 13 February 2015.
The R-rated version (the US-equivalent film rating) of this record belongs to Marvel’s Deadpool (USA, 2016), which grossed $260.1 million (£179.4 m) at the worldwide box office over its three-day opening weekend of 12–14 February 2016.