‘The Color Purple’ has everyone talking, and after months of anticipation and weeks of promotion from the cast, the film has dominated the box office for its debut weekend.
Following initial estimates for its Christmas day opening, the film added $7.1 million to its total on Tuesday (December 26), bringing its domestic box office tally to a whopping $25 million after only two days of release.
The Warner Bros. film, an adaptation of the book-turned-beloved-movie-turned-hit-Broadway-musical, opened in theaters on Monday. It nearly set a holiday record with $18 million, marking the largest Christmas Day opening for a movie since 2009 and the second-biggest Christmas Day opening of all time.
The film outpaced 2012′s “Les Misérables,” which snagged $18.1 million on its Christmas debut, and fell just short of the 2009 holiday opening of “Sherlock Holmes” at $24.6 million, according to data from Comscore.
Top Christmas day openers at the domestic box office:
- “Sherlock Holmes” (2009) — $24.6 million
- “The Color Purple” (2023) — $18.15 million
- “Les Misérables” (2012) — $18.1 million
- “Daddy’s Home” (2015) — $15.7 million
- “Unbroken” (2014) — $15.4 million
- “Into the Woods” (2014) — $15.08 million
- “Django Unchained” (2012) — $15.01 million
- “Marley and Me” (2008) — $14.3 million
Source: Comscore
‘The Color Purple,’ whose producers include Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, is based on the Broadway musical adaptation of the book-turned-movie of the same name.
Congrats to the entire cast including Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Louis Gossett Jr., Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Ciara, Jon Batiste, and more!
