Wednesday, February 11, 2015

'Fifty Shades of Grey' whips up box-office frenzy

Actors Jamie Dornan (L) and Dakota Johnson attend the "Fifty Shades Of Grey" New York Fan First screening at Ziegfeld Theatre on February 6, 2015 Paris (AFP) - "Fifty Shades of Grey", the long-anticipated movie version of the bestselling erotic novel, began its worldwide rollout on Wednesday, opening in theatres across France, Germany, Belgium and Serbia, days ahead of its key target territory the United States. The film, starring Jamie Dornan as a billionaire with a penchant for S&M and Dakota Johnson as a virginal student who falls for him, is being marketed as a torrid touchstone for a generation too young to remember "9 1/2 Weeks" or "Last Tango in Paris". Her 2011 "Fifty Shades of Grey" novel has sold 100 million copies internationally, confounding critics who savaged it for its shallow plot, characters and style. In Paris, 70-year-old Christine, an avowed fan of the novel, said after a morning showing: "I was disappointed.








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