Fifty Shades of Grey is dominating the North American box office and has earned $81.7 million in the US while earning an additional $158 million overseas. Not many films possess the capability of doing this, but Fifty Shades of Grey has earned a spot in box office history.
Fifty Shades of Grey should be viewed as the hottest romance movie of 2015 so far, and thousands of women in their 30s will find the time to go out just to get a taste of the sexual tension the film could deliver.
E.L. James' romance novel-turned-movie will probably make its biggest one-day earning on Valentine's Day and President's Day weekend. The Hollywood Reporter claims the movie could top the $63.1 million record on Valentine's Day, and as the weekend box office figures are coming in, the movie has already broken that prediction.
Critics who have reviewed the movie are saying it is a terrible adaptation of the book, which was also terrible in its own right. The sexual tension the director had hoped to deliver fell flat, and the main cast did not perform as expected.
However, we've seen on several occasions that moviegoers do not care much if certain films have terrible ratings. The Twilight films are living proof that questionable movies can make it big at the box office, and we believe Fifty Shades of Grey will continue to prove this.
Universal Pictures has already given the green light to the two sequels because there is no way this film could have failed when one takes into consideration the content and the target audience. Sex sells, but who would have thought that BDSM could have attracted women to visit the theater?
Behind Fifty Shades of Grey is a movie called Kingsman: The Secret Service. Early reviews suggest this is a better movie compared to the sex-filled mess, but it is not expected to come on top of the box office unless something special happens in the coming weeks.
Kingsman has also enjoyed a very strong opening. However, Fifty Shades of Grey has dominated most markets worldwide.
