BDSM romance Fifty Shades of Grey has passed the $500m mark at the global office, a remarkable return for a movie which cost just $40m (£26m) to make and will not screen in conservative countries such as China and India.
According to Box Office Mojo, the much-hyped adaptation of EL James’s erotic novel has now scored $502m worldwide, with $150m coming from the North American box office.
Since its release last month, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s film, which stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson as kinky lovers Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, has broken a slew of records across the world. It is Universal’s highest-grossing ‘R’ rated film of all time globally, and also the UK’s highest-grossing 18-rated movie.