Unrated Cut of M3GAN 2.0 Promises What the Box Office Couldn't

Despite a production budget somewhere between $15 and $25 million, the film managed just $10.2 million domestically and $17 million worldwide in its opening weekend. So much for franchise momentum.

But while the theatrical run may be underwhelming, the unrated home release is now being positioned as the version that'll deliver what the box office didn't.

Here's where the numbers landed:

• Budget: $15–25 million
• Opening weekend (domestic): $10.2 million
• Opening weekend (worldwide): $17 million
• Runtime (theatrical cut): 119 minutes
• Rating: PG-13

In an interview with DiscussingFilm, director Gerard Johnstone confirmed that M3GAN 2.0 will get an unrated version for home release — likely through digital and 4K Blu-ray. That alone wouldn't be news if the first film hadn't pulled the same trick and changed almost nothing.

This time, however, Johnstone says there are a few scenes that didn't make the theatrical cut — not just bloodier kills and a couple extra F-bombs.

"There will be an unrated version with a few [extra] scenes," Johnstone said. "We pack a lot in… I get it, it's a long time to sit in the theater. So, we really wanted the [theatrical cut] to be under two hours. However, in the unrated cut, you'll see a few things that didn't make it into the theatrical version."

Translation: some of the stuff teased in the trailers — including lines and gags that helped sell the movie — never made it into the actual film, but might show up in this unrated version. One example fans keep pointing to: a man in a M3GAN costume calling her a "smokin' hot warrior princess." Also missing was a shot of M3GAN leaping out of a giant sales box to ambush someone — featured in the marketing, nowhere to be found in theaters.

Whether any of that will be restored in the new cut remains to be seen. The unrated version of the original M3GAN barely changed anything. The runtimes were identical. The differences were purely cosmetic to dodge the R rating — slightly gorier kills and a few extra curse words.

This time, there's at least the suggestion of real deleted scenes and trailer bait being reinserted. That's not exactly enough to save a struggling sequel, but it's better than nothing.

There's also the SOULM8TE spinoff, already shot and scheduled for January 2026. Whether that helps reignite interest in M3GAN's glitchy world or just adds to Blumhouse's growing pile of horror misfires, we'll find out soon enough.

For now, M3GAN 2.0 is still playing in theaters — if you're into underperforming AI dolls with marketing lines they never actually say.