What age rating is Deadpool & Wolverine?

However, we can say for certain that you don't need to be concerned.

So, if you're wondering whether Deadpool & Wolverine is suitable for a family trip to the cinema, here's everything you need to know about its age rating.

Alternatively, if you've already raced to the cinemas, here's that ending broken down and everything we know so far about how to watch it from home.

What age rating is Deadpool & Wolverine?

In the UK, Deadpool & Wolverine has been given an age rating of 15. Specifically, it's been rated for "strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore and sexual references" – so, just what you would expect from a Deadpool movie.

So, no one under the age of 15 is permitted to see the film in cinemas in the UK. Cinemas also advise that you bring ID with you to prove your age.

Deadpool & Wolverine is R-rated in the US. R stands for restricted, and indicates that the film contains adult material. It's generally advised that viewers are over the age of 17.

Some fans had been concerned the new instalment would be toned down, especially in terms of its adult jokes, as it's the first time Deadpool will make an appearance in the MCU.

However, the trailers speedily shut down any of those worries, with Wade joking: "P*****g isn't new for me, friendo, but it is for Disney."

The trailer also features various other adult jokes, with Reynolds clearly relishing in the innuendos with his social media posts, too.

The R-rating clearly hasn't hindered the film at all, with it set to make history. Already, the film has surpassed Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ ($371.1 million) as the top-grossing R-rated movie of all time domestically, and it's passed the previous two Deadpool movies with its box office success.

Marvel boss Kevin Feige previously spoke out on the film's age rating. When asked how young is too young to see the movie, Feige told Variety: "That comes down to parental guidance. It may seem strange to say, but it is an immensely wholesome movie — with a lot of bad words and gore."

It's been reported that there was one thing he wanted to keep off the table, though, drawing the line at drug use.

He explained: "I didn’t say they couldn’t. But we were talking about everybody always being afraid of Disney-fying things. This is the biggest entertainment company in the world for 100 years. You should be so lucky to Disney-fy everything!

"But what people mean by that is shaving down the rough edges. We were open to everything. I had said there were some things that we could evolve. After about the 28th time you do a joke, sometimes it’s not as funny.

"Maybe I’m slightly prudish when it comes to drug use. But I was like, 'Eh, it’s not that funny,' in passing. Ryan, of course, stores everything in his brain for later use as excellent jokes. And he added it to the script."

Feige also previously assured fans that the film will be R-rated from the very beginning, telling EW: "That’s our first R-rated film. To have Hugh come back is incredible."

Director Shawn Levy also told Wired: "Not only have Kevin Feige and Marvel and Disney supported this extremely Deadpool-ian, audacious, R-rated tone, they’ve also supported our super meta, self-referential self-awareness.

"Some of the jokes are dirty, some of them are cultural observations, but that’s what we love about Deadpool, that he knows he’s in a movie, even though the stakes are real.

"Our movie is very loyal to that DNA too, with tremendous Marvel and Disney support, in making fun of and being self-aware about everything, including themselves."

Ryan Reyonds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in Deadpool 3.

What are Marvel's R-rated films?

Deadpool & Wolverine won't be Marvel's only R-rated film in the near future.

After similar concern from fans, it was confirmed that the new Blade film, starring Mahershala Ali, will also be rated R.

Director Yann Demange previously confirmed to Deadline that Marvel bosses had given him the "green light", with fans relieved to know that the violence of the original hopefully won't be too toned down.

Deadpool & Wolverine was released on Thursday 25th July. You can watch Deadpool and Deadpool 2 on Disney Plus.

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