I predicted this

Stuff reports:

Bondage movie Fifty Shades of Grey has been dominating the Kiwi box office.

The film, depicting a sadomasochistic relationship between the two central characters, took $1.41 million on its opening New Zealand weekend, which is a record for any R-rated film.

Once Family First called for a boycott of the film, I predicted it would be a box office success. They really should be paid commission!

Internationally, Fifty Shades of Grey banked US$172m (NZ$229m) on its opening weekend, breaking box-office records for the month of February, for a movie made by a woman, and for an R-rated movie.

The film has a 26% average rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It will probably be the most widely watched yet critically damned film in history.