'Fifty Shades Darker' trailer proves its force is more awake than 'Star Wars'

Jamie Dornan has whipped up a lot of views with a tease for the sexy sequel.
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"Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no." Are those the "Crazy in Love" lyrics at the end of the Fifty Shades Darker trailer, or is that a cry from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which lost one of its records this week to Universal's steamy sequel.

Apparently there has been a lot of pent-up, uh, demand for the Darker trailer, because it broke The Force Awakens' worldwide record for the largest trailer debut ever, whipping up 114 million views in its first 24 hours of release. That's even better than the last Star Wars movie, which cast its forceful spell on 112 million viewers. ,

The tease for Fifty Shades Darker, which arrives in time for Valentine's Day next year, tied up 39.4 million views in North America, while 18.9 million people in the U.K. took pleasure in the trailer. Brazil (12.4 million), France (9.8 million ), Mexico (6.8 million) rounded out the top 5 markets around the world.


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Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson return for more naughtiness in the sexy sequel, which adds Oscar winner Kim Basinger and a "Crazy in Love" remix from Miguel this time around.

Universal will let you wrap your arms around Fifty Shades Darker on Feb. 10, 2017. Set that iCal reminder ...

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