America
'Fifty Shades of Grey' crosses $400 mn overseas
Los Angeles, April 5
Dakota Johnson and Jamie
Dornan-starrer erotic romance film “Fifty Shades of Greyâ€, made on a
budget of $40 million, has crossed the $400-million-mark at the foreign
box office.
Combined with its North American estimated gross of
$165.5 million, the adaptation of E.L. James' novel of the same name
will likely make $566.1 million worldwide by Sunday-end, reports
variety.com.
The film is now Universal Studios' eighth highest
grossing film of all time worldwide, trailing immediately behind “Mamma
Mia!†($606.1 million).
Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, “Fifty
Shades of Greyâ€, which released on February 13, has set many other box
office records namely the highest-grossing Valentine’s Day release of
all time and Universal’s biggest R-rated movie.
The film was not released in India due to censorship issues.
Taylor-Johnson,
also made box office history. The movie debuted to $85.2 million at US
box office -- the largest opening weekend ever for a female director.
Unlike Johnson and Dornan, Taylor-Johnson will not return for the sequel, “Fifty Shades Darkerâ€.