--- description: Fifty Shades of Grey—an erotic R-rated movie based on the best-selling novel by E.L. James—brought in $30 million on Friday. title: Fifty Shades of Grey Brings in Record Numbers at Box Office image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39361af4fefbdb55/69877f5bcd1bba55796f5399/2434_d020_00195r.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&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 # _Fifty Shades of Grey_ Brings in Record Numbers at Box Office by [Josh Sanburn](/author/josh-sanburn/) ## Josh Sanburn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 14, 2015 5:06 PM CUT  Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson in “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson in “Fifty Shades of Grey.”Chuck Zlotnick—Universal by [Josh Sanburn](/author/josh-sanburn/) ## Josh Sanburn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 14, 2015 5:06 PM CUT _Fifty Shades of Grey_—an erotic R-rated movie based on the best-selling novel by E.L. James—brought in [almost $9 million](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4021&p=.htm "undefined") on Thursday and [$30 million on Friday](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fiftyshadesofgrey.htm&27 "undefined"), according to Box Office Mojo, which could make it the highest-grossing February debut in history. **MORE:** [_Fifty Shades of Grey_ Star Eloise Mumford: I Would Never Make a Film That Didn’t Empower Women](http://time.com/3709796/fifty-shades-of-grey-eloise-mumford-interview/ "undefined") Movie experts are [predicting](http://deadline.com/2015/02/fifty-shades-of-grey-kingsman-weekend-box-office-1201372952/ "undefined") that _Fifty Shades_, which features a sexually explicit relationship between a college student and a business mogul, will gross $91 million over a four-day stretch, surpassing the R-rated movie _Passion of the Christ_, which debuted in February 2004 and made $84 million. It also could become the highest-grossing R-rated debut of all-time. _Matrix Reloaded_ currently holds the top spot with almost $92 million made in its opening weekend in 2003. ### Fifty Shades of Grey: TIME's Exclusive Portraits of the Cast and Director  Dakota Johnson (Anastasia “Ana” Steele) and Jamie Dornan (Christian Grey) photographed at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on Jan. 13, 2015. Malerie Marder for TIME  Dakota Johnson (Anastasia “Ana” Steele) photographed at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on Jan. 13, 2015. Malerie Marder for TIME  Sam Taylor-Johnson (director) photographed at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on Jan. 13, 2015. 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