Deadpool is a hit because is the way it is.

The idea that PG13 = Moar Money is a myth.

The bigger your audience is a myth, there is no way a movie could be made for everybody, the fact studios try this, is the reason why Hollywood movies are just plain terrible, if you care for everybody, you never focus in one direction and you movie is just there, there is nothing special about it, this is the reason why movies are terrible, but TV shows are amazing, since they dont care to make their show for everybody, they just care for doing the best they can.

Of course there is always another way to tell the story. R rated movies are not instantly "better movies." I enjoyed Van Helsing and it was PG-13 but in Deadpool's case it definitely enhanced the movie. I think the R-rating brought more positive attention to the movie.

I mean let's be honest here comic book movies don't really try to "push the envelope" anymore. The way Disney is pumping them out they have become mediocre, predictable and quickly grow "stale" since the movie is just a tie in to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I see this as just an excuse for Disney to make countless mediocre film "tie ins" which essentially become free from criticism because the movie is being judged by it's connection to the cinematic universe and not it's own merits.

Deadpool was a breath of fresh air from all of that and could have easily passed as a "90's action flick" instead of a "comic book movie." The fact that young audiences "couldn't see it" was a brilliant marketing move. Kids always want to do "what they can't do" so this no doubt created buzz for the movie. Not only do those younger audiences want to see it more since they cannot but adults who thought it was "just another superhero movie" now would be like "Why can't kids see this movie?" Not to mention the "This movie isn't safe for children" buzz with people going to see it since they were curious. I don't the a PG-13 Deadpool would have created as much buzz to be honest.

Let Disney take the "for all audiences" approach to their movies. Personally I don't care for the Avengers films (Age of Ultron was the nail in the coffin) but for families it's great with the clear "good vs evil" promoting good morals and stuff. Hopefully Fox will continue with the morally "grey area" where the X-Men, Deadpool and hopefully *crosses fingers* X-Force allowing for older comic book fans to enjoy more mature subjects/stories, brutal fight scenes, etc. that you usually find in R rated films. Perhaps this will allow the super hero genre to coexist and/or merge with action movies so along side Jason Bourne, Jack Reacher, etc. we could get some anti-heroes with super powers kicking ass and taking names in more "not for children" comic book movies. Well that's what I'm hoping at least...

Probably not. I remember hearing people encouraging others to see it multiple times just to support it as a R rated CBM.

No way. The big gimmick for this movie was that it was the "first" R rated cbm. It wouldnt have gotten nearly as much hype if that wasnt the case.