Darker has been long-listed for the 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award. Fifty Shades Freed won the Goodreads Choice Award (2012), and Fifty Shades of Grey was selected as one of the 100 Great Reads, as voted by readers, in PBS’s The Great American Read (2018). Fifty Shades of Grey stayed on The New York Times Best Seller List for 133 consecutive weeks. Her books have been published in fifty languages and have sold more than 165 million copies worldwide.Į L James has been recognised as one of Time magazine's ‘Most Influential People in the World’ and Publishers Weekly’s ‘Person of the Year’. In 2015, she published the #1 bestseller Grey, the story of Fifty Shades of Grey from the perspective of Christian Grey, and in 2017, the chart-topping Darker, the second part of the Fifty Shades story from Christian’s point of view. The result was the controversial and sensuous romance Fifty Shades of Grey and its two sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed. After twenty-five years of working in television, she decided to pursue a childhood dream and write stories that readers could take to their hearts. They might have left their S&M days behind them for good, but neither of them will likely forget the way that the film franchise started, and the humble paychecks that they earned on the first movie.E L James is an incurable romantic and a self-confessed fangirl.
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By the time that the third movie was released, Johnson and Dornan had become global superstars, with net worths to match - Dornan’s net worth is estimated to be around $14 million while Johnson’s is said to be around $14 million as well.Ĭlearly, the Fifty Shades franchise not only made Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan forces to be reckoned with in the entertainment industry but millionaires as well. Reportedly, when it came time to negotiate for the filming of the second film in the franchise, Fifty Shades Darker, both Dornan and Johnson argued for seven-figure salaries, a huge increase from their salaries on the first film.įifty Shades Darker was followed by a third film, Fifty Shades Freed. RELATED: Would Charlie Hunnam Have Made A Better Christian Grey Than Jamie Dornan in ‘Fifty Shades?Īs the popularity of the Fifty Shades film franchise grew, so too did the demands of the lead actors.
‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ was a hit at the box officeĭakota Johnson | Anthony Harvey/Getty Images While their salaries seem shockingly low, compared to the overall box office success of the film, both stars did reportedly receive an undisclosed percentage of the box office take - which likely helped to balance things out a bit. In fact, multiple reports claim that Dornan and Johnson were only paid $250,000 each for their roles in the first Fifty Shades of Grey movie.
In spite of the star power that both Dornan and Johnson brought to the big screen in Fifty Shades of Grey, they were reportedly paid very little for their work in the movie. Meanwhile, Jamie Dornan, an Irish actor who was best known for his modeling work prior to getting cast in Fifty Shades of Grey, was set to play Christian. Showrunners were on the hunt for an actress who could easily portray the demure and innocent Anastasia Steele and her journey into maturity as she enters into a scandalous relationship with the wealthy playboy Christian Grey, who has a secret penchant for naughty activities.Īfter months of auditions, Dakota Johnson, the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, was announced as Anastasia Steele. The search for the actors to star in Fifty Shades of Grey was a highly publicized one. Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
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