TEASER: Fifty Shades Darker

The sequel, due in 2017, hasn't yet been filmed but it still gets a teaser today. Fifty Shades Of Grey has grossed $569M worldwide

TRAILER: Folsom Forever

Clip recap:

In 1984, a scrappy little neighborhood in San Francisco – home to many low-income tenants and the heart of the gay male leather scene – faced destruction from the bulldozers of redevelopment and the AIDS crisis. The Folsom Street Fair was started to call attention to gentrification and raise money for AIDS charities. Folsom Forever tells the story of how this small street fair grew into the biggest outdoor kink and fetish event in the world, and managed to do a lot of good along the way. Coming to DVD and VOD June 9, 2015.

Possibly not work-friendly.

Fifty Shades Hits $410M Worldwide Gross

Due to flaccid competition Fifty Shades Of Grey stayed at #1 this weekend despite a 73% drop in domestic admissions. The real story, however, remains overseas where the film continues to break box office records, pushing its worldwide gross to $410M. American Sniper finished sixth in its eighth week of domestic release, with a global gross now standing at $406M. As I noted last week, conservative sites are hotly following the performance of both films, as one is just another example of perverted leftism (or something) and the other a shining tale of true red, white, and blue patriotism. Should American Sniper take any Oscars tonight, you can expect lots of Twitter taunting. Should it not win, well, that's just because Hollywood is full of communists.

Fifty Shades Of Grey Grosses $266M

Fifty Shades Of Grey is proving to be a monster hit, particularly overseas where it grossed $172M in its opening weekend. Conservative sites are closely tracking the film's performance, both because of its perverted subject matter and because real Americans spent the weekend seeing American Sniper for the third time. Or something. American Sniper, unsurprisingly, is not so popular overseas and in six weeks the film has grossed $393M worldwide, the vast majority of which is domestic admissions.

Wingnuts Have Fifty Shades Of Sadz

Via press release:

Americans should boycott "Fifty Shades of Grey" on Valentine's Day, say more than 60,000 signatories and a growing coalition of groups that accused NBC Universal of "using a romantic holiday to promote a movie about abuse and degradation." The news organization LifeSiteNews, joined by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, the Family Research Council, and the website Counter Cultured, released the following statement on Monday about the controversial movie.

"Feminists and social conservatives agree: "Fifty Shades of Grey" promotes misogyny, abuse, and manipulation, not relationships based upon mutual love and respect," said the coalition. "This film normalizes and glamorizes behaviors such as stalking, threats and physical violence. Its portrayal of relationships and sex is offensive to real life victims of domestic abuse. The film sets a particularly dangerous example for younger viewers, who may not understand that attractive, charismatic young billionaire Christian Grey is also an abusive sociopath, especially since victim/narrator Anastasia Steele continually describes and portrays him as a god."

Bill Donohue has joined in, saying that the movie is an attempt to "normalize sexual deviance" and will lead to people shoving light bulbs up their ass. Seriously.

TRAILER: Fifty Shades Of Grey

Via Rolling Stone:

The first trailer for Fifty Shades of Grey has arrived in all its scintillating, hyper-sexualized glory. Though if you're hoping for a montage of steamy footage from the boudoir and/or BDSM dungeon, you'll have to settle for a fleeting few snippets at the end. Still it's got plenty of exposition, if that's what you're into. The trailer, which premiered on Today, opens with the demure Anastasia Steele's first encounter with the high-profile business magnate Christian Grey. Set to Beyoncé's slower, gothic new version of "Crazy in Love," the clip tracks the couple's burgeoning love affair as Grey (Jamie Dornan) alternately seduces Steele (Dakota Johnson) with his mysterious charms and lavish lifestyle, and tells her "You should steer clear from me" and "I don't do romance." Such titillating mixed messages!