--- description: A social media campaign #50dollarsnot50shades asks people to donate $50 to a domestic violence shelter rather than going to the movie title: Domestic Violence Activists Say Boycott ‘50 Shades of Grey’ image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bb033cd4265d081/69869dde810bbb3082c92d25/phvkpbpvgfbfzx_1_m.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Domestic Violence Activists Say Boycott _50 Shades of Grey_  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2015 12:54 PM CUT  Universal Pictures  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2015 12:54 PM CUT _50 Shades of Grey_ is one of the most hotly anticipated movies of 2015, but domestic violence activists say there’s a better use of your money. A social media campaign with the hashtag #50dollarsnot50shades asks people to donate $50 to a domestic violence shelter rather than spending it on movie tickets and popcorn, [reports Mashable](http://mashable.com/2015/02/04/domestic-violence-fifty-shades-of-grey/ "undefined"). “People are really upset about this movie and its potential for glamorizing stalking and abusive behavior, so they’re happy to have the chance to do something positive to help offset the damage,” the organizers of the movement [told the Washington _Times_](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/2/fifty-shades-of-grey-targeted-by-domestic-abuse-pr/?page=1 "undefined"). Real women “don’t end up like Anastasia; they often end up in a women’s shelter, on the run for years or dead,” said the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, one of the sponsors of the campaign. As of Thursday morning, the campaign’s [official Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/50dollarsnotfiftyshades/info?tab=page%5Finfo "undefined") had 4,724 likes. The movie comes out February 13. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3696929/domestic-violence-50-shades/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3696929/domestic-violence-50-shades/"},"headline":"Domestic Violence Activists Say Boycott 50 Shades of Grey","datePublished":"2015-02-05T12:54:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:10:32.521Z","description":"A social media campaign #50dollarsnot50shades asks people to donate $50 to a domestic violence shelter rather than going to the movie","url":"https://time.com/3696929/domestic-violence-50-shades/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bb033cd4265d081/69869dde810bbb3082c92d25/phvkpbpvgfbfzx_1_m.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bb033cd4265d081/69869dde810bbb3082c92d25/phvkpbpvgfbfzx_1_m.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"50 Shades of Grey Trailer","caption":"","creditText":"Universal Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3696929/domestic-violence-50-shades/","name":"Domestic Violence Activists Say Boycott 50 Shades of Grey"}}]}] ```