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The Color Purple

2023 PG-13 140 min Drama, Musical, Romance

Purple is the color of hope

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$18.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$60.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$67.5M
Global total
Budget
$90M
Production
Domestic Legs
3.33x
Opening → Total
2023 Rank
#43
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Christmas long wknd 3 $18.2M $18.2M 3,152 $6K 1
Dec 29-31 4 $11.7M $44.0M 3,203 $4K 1
New Year's long wknd 4 $14.4M $46.7M 3,203 $4K 1
Jan 5-7 7 $4.6M -60.4% $54.5M 3,218 $1K 2
Jan 12-14 12 $1.8M -60.6% $57.8M 1,178 $2K 3
Jan 19-21 17 $738K -59.6% $59.3M 781 $945 4
Jan 26-28 20 $428K -42.1% $60.0M 503 $850 5
Feb 2-4 24 $200K -53.2% $60.4M 308 $650 6
Feb 9-11 28 $76K -62.1% $60.5M 188 $403 7
Feb 16-18 30 $58K -22.9% $60.6M 258 $226 8

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBlitz Bazawule
ScreenplayMarcus Gardley
Produced bySteven Spielberg, Quincy Jones, Scott Sanders, Oprah Winfrey
CinematographyDan Laustsen
MusicKris Bowers
Prod. DesignAnahita Rahmanipour
StarringTaraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins