R-rated superhero films had never necessarily done well before 2016’s Deadpool, which broke records and quickly became one of the most successful R-rated films of all time. In fact, all three movies in the Deadpool trilogy are in the top five highest-grossing R-rated projects, alongside Joker and the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer. Safe to say, it was absolutely no fluke; the Deadpool movies are the perfect mix of humor, violence, and superhero tropes.