Fifty Shades Freed the UK the novel sold over two million copies. Sam Taylor-Johnson, the director of the film adaptation of the first installment of the book series, "Fifty Shades of Grey", confirmed on 6 February 2015 that both "Fifty Shades Freed" and the second book in the trilogy, "Fifty Shades Darker", will also be adapted for film. The film was released on 9 February 2018. In November 2015, Universal Studios announced that both films will be shot back-to-back with principal photography scheduled to commence in early 2016. Fifty Shades Freed Fifty Shades Freed is the third and final installment of the erotic
Fifty Shades Darker (film) the United Kingdom ($9.7 million), France ($8.7 million), Brazil ($7.5 million), Italy ($6.8 million), and Russia ($6.7 million). Much like its predecessor, "Fifty Shades Darker" received negative reviews from critics, who criticized its screenplay, narrative and Dornan's performance. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 10% based on 176 reviews, with an average rating of 3.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Lacking enough chemistry heat or narrative friction to satisfy, the limp "Fifty Shades Darker" wants to be kinky but only serves as its own form of punishment." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized