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Released
2016 · FILM

Fifty Shades of Black

A clueless college kid falls for a billionaire lover, only to discover his bizarre bedroom demands threaten their romance and force her to choose between passion and propriety.

“Way shadier than gray.”

Directed by
Michael Tiddes
Written by
Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez
Runtime
92 min
Comedy
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

A college student with little experience forms a relationship with a wealthy businessman, but their connection is tested by the businessman's unconventional sexual practices.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Lawrence JordanShot by David OrtkieseScored by Jim DooleyDesigned by Ermanno Di Febo Orsini

Box Office

2016 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$21.2M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$21.2M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $7.3M

Peak 2,075 theaters

Also known as

  • Fifty Shades of Black – Gefährliche Hiebede
  • Fünfzig Schattierungen von Schwarzde
  • Cincuenta sombras de Blackes
  • Cinquante nuances de blackfr
  • Cinquanta sbavature di neroit

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