The film, for the first weekend after the premiere, has raised more than $ 80 million. On the day of the premiere in Russia "50 shades of gray" has collected nearly 160 million rubles.

Earlier Orthodox activists have requested the Prosecutor General to check the movie based on the erotic novel for porn theme. And in America, theater owners asked the audience not to take at the sessions any of sex toys, handcuffs and whips.