LOS ANGELES -- People sure weren't shy about turning up at the cineplex to check out the explicit sex in Fifty Shades of Grey -- so what happens when you bring R-rated BDSM erotica into the privacy of the home?
Just the biggest digital pre-order of all time on Amazon.
Fifty Shades, which stands as the biggest February opening in U.S. moviegoing history, is available Friday on digital platforms ahead of its May 8 release on DVD and Blu-ray. According to Amazon, it's now the largest digital pre-order of all time on Amazon Instant Video.
Though Amazon doesn't give out raw numbers, it ranked all of its digital pre-orders to date on Amazon Instant Video. They are, in order:
Fifty Shades of Grey
Frozen
Guardians of the Galaxy
American Sniper
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Maleficent
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Star Wars (bundle)
Have fun this weekend, kids. Just, you know, establish your safe word early.