In the age of modern fiction you have authors like Stephanie Meyer, JK Rowling, Stephen King and so many more all dominating the shelves thanks to their pedigrees and ability to target a certain demographic, or audience, with their works. In this crowded field of talented authors, though some would argue against Meyers inclusion, there stands one that does not belong yet puts them all to shame from a financial stand point: E. L. James. James is the author of the self published-turned global sensation, Fifty Shades of Grey. You might think you know all there is to know about the erotic novel and movie, but just wait. Listed below are ten shocking, jaw dropping facts about Fifty Shades of Grey.
Ana rehashes a phrase over 52 times in just the first book.
E.L. James was not a professional writer when she put Fifty Shades of Grey up for download on the internet, and that is something we’ll get more into later. So it shouldn’t surprise us to hear that the author had her own linguistic crutches — one of which made the main character Ana almost unreadable. During the first book Ana spoke about her ‘inner goddess’ fifty two times. If you did a set of push ups every time she spoke that phrase during the book then you would have the hot new weight loss program on hand and she would have been the reason for your loss weight.
Main character Ana
The film adaptation has made over $500 million dollars!
Housewives and young adult women the world over started licking their lips when the news broke that E.L. James novel was going to be getting a cinematic treatment. Many people rolled their eyes at the film translation getting any sort of money at the box office with most people citing the subject matter turning people off due to the fact that it would likely be reigned in for a broad audience. All of the scoffing turned out to be for no reason as the R rated film ended up raking in $570 million worldwide, the majority of which came from outside of the US marketplace. Fifty Shades set the record for February and Winter releases and still sits in the top 120 spots of best selling movies of all time on a simple $40 million budget. If you tell this fact to a friend that is driving then you better hope you have good car insurance, because they might crash!
The film adaptation has made over $500 million dollars