Before the modern age of ratings, so many movies slipped by as PG-rated, despite the fact that, if they were to release in theaters today, they would surely be rated R for a myriad of reasons ...

It’s now the second blockbuster of 2024 (following Disney’s Pixar smash “Inside Out 2” with $1.558 billion) and second R-rated movie ever to join the coveted billion-dollar club.

R-rated as a Trojan horse for emotion. I always wonder why studios don’t want to just gamble on something like that.” There has never been an R-rated “Star Wars” movie or TV show before.