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2015 • R • 2h 5m • Drama, Romance • Universal Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$85.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$166.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$570.80M

$404.60M international

Domestic legs1.95x

Budget$40.0M

2015 rank#17

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Cast & crew

Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson Starring

Jamie Dornan

Jamie Dornan Starring

Jennifer Ehle

Jennifer Ehle Starring

ScreenplayKelly Marcel Produced byMichael De Luca, Dana Brunetti, E. L. James CinematographySeamus McGarvey MusicDanny Elfman Prod. DesignDavid Wasco StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 13-15 1 $85.2M — 3,646 $23,360 $85.2M

2 Feb 20-22 1 $22.3M −73.9% 3,655 $6,090 $129.2M

3 Feb 27-29 4 $10.6M −52.6% 3,383 $3,120 $147.4M

4 Mar 6-8 6 $5.5M −47.7% 2,788 $1,980 $156.4M

5 Mar 13-15 9 $2.9M −48.1% 2,039 $1,405 $161.3M

6 Mar 20-22 14 $1.3M −54.2% 1,171 $1,120 $163.8M

7 Mar 27-29 16 $556.5K −57.6% 554 $1,005 $165.0M

8 Apr 3-5 20 $245.9K −55.8% 381 $645 $165.5M

9 Apr 10-12 21 $178.9K −27.2% 284 $630 $165.8M

10 Apr 17-19 30 $95.2K −46.8% 173 $550 $166.0M

11 Apr 24-26 38 $67.8K −28.7% 149 $455 $166.1M

12 May 1-3 37 $43.9K −35.3% 117 $375 $166.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Feb 12 #P $8.6M — $8.6M 2,830 $3,039 -1

Fri Feb 13 #1 $30.3M +252.1% $30.3M 3,646 $8,305 1

Sat Feb 14 #1 $36.8M +21.4% $67.0M 3,646 $10,080 2

Sun Feb 15 #1 $18.1M −50.6% $85.2M 3,646 $4,975 3

Mon Feb 16 #2 $7.8M −56.8% $93.0M 3,646 $2,150 4

Tue Feb 17 #1 $5.5M −30.0% $98.5M 3,646 $1,505 5

Wed Feb 18 #1 $4.2M −23.9% $102.7M 3,646 $1,145 6

Thu Feb 19 #1 $4.2M +1.3% $106.9M 3,646 $1,160 7

Fri Feb 20 #1 $8.0M +90.1% −73.4% $114.9M 3,655 $2,200 8

Sat Feb 21 #1 $9.0M +11.8% −75.5% $123.9M 3,655 $2,460 9

Sun Feb 22 #2 $5.2M −41.9% −71.2% $129.2M 3,655 $1,430 10

Mon Feb 23 #1 $1.8M −64.7% −76.4% $131.0M 3,655 $505 11

Tue Feb 24 #1 $2.3M +22.7% −58.7% $133.3M 3,655 $620 12

Wed Feb 25 #1 $1.8M −21.8% −57.6% $135.0M 3,655 $485 13

Thu Feb 26 #1 $1.8M +1.0% −57.7% $136.8M 3,655 $490 14

Fri Feb 27 #3 $3.5M +97.4% −56.0% $140.4M 3,383 $1,045 15

Sat Feb 28 #4 $4.7M +31.6% −48.2% $145.0M 3,383 $1,375 16

Sun Mar 1 #4 $2.4M −49.1% −54.7% $147.4M 3,383 $700 17

Mon Mar 2 #3 $864.1K −63.5% −53.2% $148.3M 3,383 $255 18

Tue Mar 3 #3 $980.0K +13.4% −56.7% $149.2M 3,383 $290 19

Wed Mar 4 #3 $812.9K −17.1% −54.1% $150.0M 3,383 $240 20

Thu Mar 5 #3 $795.0K −2.2% −55.6% $150.8M 3,383 $235 21

Fri Mar 6 #6 $1.8M +122.7% −49.9% $152.6M 2,788 $635 22

Sat Mar 7 #6 $2.4M +37.9% −47.5% $155.1M 2,788 $875 23

Sun Mar 8 #7 $1.3M −46.4% −44.7% $156.4M 2,788 $470 24

Mon Mar 9 #5 $486.5K −62.8% −43.7% $156.9M 2,788 $175 25

Tue Mar 10 #5 $613.1K +26.0% −37.4% $157.5M 2,788 $220 26

Wed Mar 11 #5 $515.8K −15.9% −36.5% $158.0M 2,788 $185 27

Thu Mar 12 #5 $501.8K −2.7% −36.9% $158.5M 2,788 $180 28

Fri Mar 13 #10 $937.1K +86.7% −47.1% $159.4M 2,039 $460 29

Sat Mar 14 #12 $1.3M +34.9% −48.2% $160.7M 2,039 $620 30

Sun Mar 15 #10 $662.7K −47.6% −49.4% $161.3M 2,039 $325 31

Mon Mar 16 #9 $285.5K −56.9% −41.3% $161.6M 2,039 $140 32

Tue Mar 17 #9 $316.1K +10.7% −48.4% $161.9M 2,039 $155 33

Wed Mar 18 #9 $305.9K −3.2% −40.7% $162.3M 2,039 $150 34

Thu Mar 19 #9 $275.3K −10.0% −45.1% $162.5M 2,039 $135 35

Fri Mar 20 #14 $409.9K +48.9% −56.3% $162.9M 1,171 $350 36

Sat Mar 21 #14 $591.4K +44.3% −53.2% $163.5M 1,171 $505 37

Sun Mar 22 #13 $310.3K −47.5% −53.2% $163.8M 1,171 $265 38

Mon Mar 23 #13 $140.5K −54.7% −50.8% $164.0M 1,171 $120 39

Tue Mar 24 #12 $158.1K +12.5% −50.0% $164.1M 1,171 $135 40

Wed Mar 25 #12 $140.5K −11.1% −54.1% $164.3M 1,171 $120 41

Thu Mar 26 #12 $129.3K −7.9% −53.0% $164.4M 1,171 $110 42

Fri Mar 27 #15 $179.8K +39.0% −56.1% $164.6M 554 $325 43

Sat Mar 28 #- $249.4K +38.7% −57.8% $164.8M 554 $450 44

Sun Mar 29 #- $127.3K −48.9% −59.0% $165.0M 554 $230 45

Mon Mar 30 #16 $58.2K −54.3% −58.6% $165.0M 554 $105 46

Tue Mar 31 #16 $66.8K +14.7% −57.8% $165.1M 554 $120 47

Wed Apr 1 #- $61.1K −8.4% −56.5% $165.2M 554 $110 48

Thu Apr 2 #- $66.5K +8.7% −48.6% $165.2M 554 $120 49

Fri Apr 3 #- $97.3K +46.3% −45.9% $165.3M 381 $255 50

Sat Apr 4 #- $95.3K −2.0% −61.8% $165.4M 381 $250 51

Sun Apr 5 #- $53.3K −44.0% −58.1% $165.5M 381 $140 52

Mon Apr 6 #- $34.1K −36.0% −41.3% $165.5M 381 $90 53

Tue Apr 7 #- $38.2K +12.0% −42.7% $165.5M 381 $100 54

Wed Apr 8 #- $39.9K +4.3% −34.8% $165.6M 381 $105 55

Thu Apr 9 #- $34.3K −14.0% −48.4% $165.6M 381 $90 56

Fri Apr 10 #- $59.6K +73.9% −38.7% $165.7M 284 $210 57

Sat Apr 11 #- $80.9K +35.7% −15.1% $165.8M 284 $285 58

Sun Apr 12 #- $38.3K −52.6% −28.1% $165.8M 284 $135 59

Mon Apr 13 #- $18.5K −51.9% −45.9% $165.8M 284 $65 60

Tue Apr 14 #- $21.3K +15.4% −44.3% $165.8M 284 $75 61

Wed Apr 15 #- $19.9K −6.7% −50.2% $165.8M 284 $70 62

Thu Apr 16 #- $17.0K −14.3% −50.3% $165.9M 284 $60 63

Fri Apr 17 #- $29.4K +72.6% −50.7% $165.9M 173 $170 64

Sat Apr 18 #- $42.4K +44.1% −47.6% $165.9M 173 $245 65

Sun Apr 19 #- $23.4K −44.9% −39.1% $166.0M 173 $135 66

Mon Apr 20 #- $10.4K −55.6% −43.8% $166.0M 173 $60 67

Tue Apr 21 #- $12.1K +16.7% −43.1% $166.0M 173 $70 68

Wed Apr 22 #- $11.2K −7.4% −43.6% $166.0M 173 $65 69

Thu Apr 23 #- $13.0K +15.7% −23.9% $166.0M 173 $75 70

Fri Apr 24 #- $20.1K +55.0% −31.6% $166.0M 149 $135 71

Sat Apr 25 #- $31.3K +55.6% −26.2% $166.1M 149 $210 72

Sun Apr 26 #- $16.4K −47.6% −29.8% $166.1M 149 $110 73

Mon Apr 27 #- $7.5K −54.5% −28.2% $166.1M 149 $50 74

Tue Apr 28 #- $7.5K +0.7% −38.0% $166.1M 149 $50 75

Wed Apr 29 #- $7.4K −1.1% −33.8% $166.1M 149 $50 76

Thu Apr 30 #- $6.7K −9.2% −48.1% $166.1M 149 $45 77

Fri May 1 #- $15.2K +125.8% −24.4% $166.1M 117 $130 78

Sat May 2 #- $18.1K +19.2% −42.0% $166.1M 117 $155 79

Sun May 3 #- $10.5K −41.9% −35.8% $166.1M 117 $90 80

Mon May 4 #- $4.7K −55.6% −37.2% $166.2M 117 $40 81

Tue May 5 #- $4.7K +0.5% −37.3% $166.2M 117 $40 82

Wed May 6 #- $5.3K +11.9% −29.0% $166.2M 117 $45 83

Thu May 7 #- $4.7K −10.8% −30.3% $166.2M 117 $40 84

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$166.0M

Feb 12Mar 2Mar 19Apr 6Apr 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $95.2K

$85.2M

$22.3M

$10.6M

$5.5M

$2.9M

$1.3M

$556.5K

$245.9K

$178.9K

$95.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,655 → 173 −95.3%

2,830 open173 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.8%

−73.9%

W1→2

−52.6%

W2→3

−47.7%

W3→4

−48.1%

W4→5

−54.2%

W5→6

−57.6%

W6→7

−55.8%

W7→8

−27.2%

W8→9

−46.8%

W9→10

Steepest −73.9%Best hold −27.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 6 days

$100M

Day 6

Feb 18

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#5 Biggest February openingsAll-time $85.2M #12 Biggest R-rated openingsAll-time $85.2M

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