Fifty Shades is a very popular film franchise that catapulted Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan to unparalleled fame. The franchise was based on the erotic novels by EL James, so the movies had some explicit R-rated scenes, which are not unknown to audiences. The actors might have made it look pretty easy onscreen, but Dakota once revealed that they were emotionally quite hard to film. Keep scrolling for the deets.
The first movie, Fifty Shades of Grey, came out in 2015 and was followed by two sequels. The franchise, as per The Numbers, was made on a budget of $150 million, which is the entire trilogy. It earned 782.8% more at the global box office, collecting $1.32 billion. The 2015 flick was directed by Sam Taylor Johnson, and the last two parts were by James Foley.
