“Fifty Shades of Grey” earns $500 million at worldwide box office March 6, 2015 - 10:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Fifty Shades of Grey” has crossed a milestone, earning $500 million at the worldwide box office, TheWrap reports. The Jamie Dornan-Dakota Johnson R-rated romance has collected $150 million in the US and raked in $352 million internationally. The steamy blockbuster features Dornan and Johnson as BDSM enthusiasts Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, respectively, and has broken a number of records since its impressive Valentine’s Day weekend debut, when it opened at No. 1 in 54 territories. A $55 million international gross on Saturday alone made it the highest-grossing Valentine’s Day release ever, as well as the studio’s highest-grossing day ever. Domestically, “Fifty Shades” became the highest-grossing February weekend opening, the biggest Valentine’s Day and Valentine’s Day weekend opening, and the top President’s Day weekend opening of all time. Overall, Sam Taylor-Johnson‘s drama made box office history with the largest opening weekend for a female director ever, an $85.2 three-day haul. It’s Universal’s top R-rated opening, and the studio’s third highest-grossing opening ever behind Universal’s “Fast Five” and “Fast & Furious 6.”  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
