![]() “It’s enticing fans who are looking for an exciting girls’ night out as well as a naughty date night.” “The worldwide phenomenon that is ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ is bucking that trend, resulting in more hype for a steamy film than I’ve seen since ‘Basic Instinct’ two decades ago,” Karger continues. ![]() ![]() “In some cases, strong sexual content can limit the audience for a movie,” acknowledges Dave Karger, chief correspondent for the movie ticket service Fandango, where “Fifty Shades” is the fastest-selling R-rated title in its history, topping “Sex and the City 2” and “Gone Girl.” James’ best-selling novel - in which college virgin Anastasia Steele (played in the film by Dakota Johnson) submits to the sadistic stylings of rich, handsome, wealthy, helicopter-flying, intriguingly twisted billionaire Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) - is expected to make the box office moan in a way that only 2012’s “Magic Mike” has in this century. ![]() With only a handful of exceptions, audiences haven’t flocked to multiplexes to watch movies primarily promoted for their erotic content since the 1990s heyday of “Basic Instinct” and the signature works of Demi Moore (“Indecent Proposal,” “Disclosure,” “Striptease”). Can the “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie bring sexy back to mainstream cinema?īy sexy, we mean the kind that comes in just one shade of green: money.
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