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Fifty Shades of Grey(2015)
Released
2015 · FILM

Fifty Shades of Grey

A shy literature student lands an interview with a charismatic billionaire, sparking a magnetic attraction that forces both to confront their deepest desires and darkest secrets.

“Mr. Grey will see you now.”

Directed by
Sam Taylor Johnson
Written by
Kelly Marcel, E L James
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
125 min
DramaRomanceThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, she has no idea what direction her life will take. Christian, who is both enigmatic and wealthy, becomes unexpectedly drawn to Ana, and she to him. Despite being sexually inexperienced, Ana enters into a relationship with him and discovers that Christian has a complex and intense nature.

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A crew of 45+ credited

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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 Anne V CoatesShot by Seamus McgarveyScored by Danny ElfmanDesigned by David Wasco

Box Office

2015 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 14× 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

$569.7M

Budget$40.0M
Worldwide gross$569.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $166.2M — 29% of worldwide · International: $403.5M (71%)

Opening weekend: $85.2M — 51% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $106.9M — 64% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,646 theaters

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Also known as

  • Fifty Shades of Greyde
  • Fifty Shades of Grey - Geheimes Verlangende
  • Cincuenta sombras de Greyes
  • Cinquante nuances de Greyfr
  • Cinquanta sfumature di grigioit

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