Fifty Shades (film series) the second, "Fifty Shades Darker", was released on February 10, 2017. "Fifty Shades Freed", the third film, was released on February 9, 2018. Worldwide, the series has grossed over $1.320 billion, making it the fourth highest-grossing R-rated franchise of all-time. Two years after the trilogy's first novel was released, several distribution companies had bid for the rights of the trilogy. Warner Bros., Sony, Paramount and Universal, as well as Mark Wahlberg's production company, put in bids for the film rights. The winning bid went to Universal Studios and Focus Features, at $5 million. With James gaining control over the process
Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian process of writing another book in the "Fifty Shades" series due to popular demand from her fanbase. Later that same day she posted an image on her Instagram account that confirmed that the novel would be titled "Grey", that it would be told from the perspective of Christian Grey, and that she had deliberately chosen its publication date in order to coincide with Grey's birthday. Pre-order sales for "Grey" have been extremely strong, which led many retailers to order large quantities of the book in order to meet release day demand. An editor for "The Bookseller" also commented that "Grey"