Fifty Shades of Grey was released 2011.
Fifty Shades Darker . The first and third volumes , Fifty Shades of Grey and Fifty Shades Freed , were published in 2011 and 2012 . Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James . The second and third volumes of the trilogy , Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed , were published in 2012 . Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2015 American erotic romantic drama film directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson , with a screenplay by Kelly Marcel . The film premiered at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival on February 11 , 2015 , and had a wide theatrical release on February 13 , 2015 , by Universal Pictures and Focus Features .