Fifty Shades of Grey passed the $500 million mark ahead of the weekend, with $150 million grossed in North America and $352 million overseas. The film holds the highest ever opening for an R-rated title worldwide and is Universal’s third biggest opening in history.
Fifty Shades has topped the box office for two consecutive weekends in North America and its opening across 3,646 theaters marked the biggest R-rated roll out of all time based on theater count. Other domestic records include the highest February three-day weekend of all time, the highest Valentine’s Day debut of all time (three day), the highest Valentine’s Day opener of all time ($36.8M), and the biggest President’s Day weekend opener of all time (four day).
Overseas, the film is Universal’s highest grossing R-rated film ever. It had the biggest opening weekend for an R-rated film ever and set a record as Universal’s highest grossing day ever at the international box office on Saturday, February 13 with $55 million. The film opened No. 1 in 55 territories to date and has been No. 1 at the overseas box office for three consecutive weekends.
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