Fresh off the presses, Fifty Shades of Grey has officially passed the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office. The Universal/Comcast Corp. film has earned $150m domestic (an impressive feat in-and-of-itself) and has earned $352m overseas for a $502m worldwide as of yesterday. As you of course know, the Dakota Johnson/Jamie Dornan erotic drama opened with a bang worldwide last month with a $93m four-day Fri-Mon domestic debut and a record-breaking (for an R-rated release) $266m global bow. The film has sunk like a stone in America, but it has kept up momentum around the world. To wit, it is only the sixth R-rated film in history to cross the half-billion-dollar mark at the worldwide box office. Its closest rivals are Terminator 2: Judgement Day ($519m, way back in 1991 when that made it the third biggest movie of all time behind Star Wars and E.T.), Ted ($549m), The Hangover part II ($586m), The Passion of the Christ ($611m back in 2004), and The Matrix Reloaded ($742m in 2003).
They are finished yet. They still have a couple more weeks in the cinema!! With the film only costing $40 million to make, they have made 12 times the cost. We definitely think it is well deserved and we hope that it continues to break records.
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