Summary
Fifty Shades of Greystill holds a career-best record for both of its stars, Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson. The popular film adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name by E.L. James was initiallyreleased in theaters on June 23, 2025 and struck a chord in the cultural zeitgeist, becoming one of the most profitable and talked about movies of that year. The film, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Back to Black,Hunters), gave an international spotlight to bothFanning and Johnson, who were at the time still rising leads.
Dakota Johnson, daughter of actor Don Johnson (Miami Vice,Django Unchained),first gained prominence from her supporting role as Ameilia Ritter in David Fincher’sThe Social Network. Since then, she has also starred in the celebrated 2012 buddy cop comedy21 Jump Streetand Luca Guadagnino’s 2018 psychological horrorSuspiria. Dornan skyrocketed to fame with the release ofFifty Shades of Grey, starring alongside Johnson inthe two franchise sequels,Fifty Shades Darker(2017) andFifty Shades Freed(2018).
Fifty Shades Of Grey Is Still The Biggest Box Office Hit For Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan
Fifty Shades of Greyearned just under $570 million worldwide
Surprisingly,Fifty Shades of Greyis still the biggest box office earner for both Johnson and Dornan both domestically and worldwide more than nine years after the film was initially released.Fifty Shades of Greyearned just under $570 million at the worldwide box office, becomingthe eleventh highest-grossing movie of 2015, which was topped byStar Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens'$2.07 billion box office gross.Jurassic WorldandFurious 7finished second and third at the 2015 worldwide box office, respectively.
Outside theFifty Shadesfilm trilogy, Johnson’s highest-grossing films includeThe Social Network, which grossed $224 million worldwide against a budget of $40 million,Need For Speed(2014), which grossed roughly $203 million against a $66 million budget, and21 Jump Street, which pulled in $201.5 million with an estimated budget of $42 million. As for Dornan, his highest-grossing films outside theFifty Shadesfilm trilogy areRobin Hood(2018), which earned $85 million worldwide, andA Haunting in Venice(2023), which grossed just under $114 million.
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WhileFifty Shades of Greyis still the highest-grossing film of both Johnson’s and Dornan’s acting careers,Fifty Shades DarkerandFifty Shades Freedare also both their second and third highest-grossing movies as well.Fifty Shades Darkerearned just over $387 million worldwide andFifty Shades Freedgrossed a worldwide total of just under $372 million. Collectively, theFifty Shades movie trilogy earned a worldwide box office total of roughly $1.32 billionagainst a cumulative budget of $150 million.Fifty Shades of Greyremains the eleventh highest-grossing R-rated movie ever made to this day.
Where To Watch The Fifty Shades Of Grey Movie Trilogy
The 50 Shades Of Grey movie trilogy adapted the popular E.L. James novels — here’s where to watch them all right now.
Fifty Shades of Grey
Cast
Based on the book by E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey is the first film in the trilogy that follows naive literature student Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson), whose life changes upon meeting the complicated and tormented billionaire Christian Grey (Jamie Dorman). Drawn to each other, the two start a romantic relationship where Steele uncovers Grey’s secrets - and explores her own personal desires.
