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December 26, 2023 8:10am PT
Box Office: 'The Color Purple' Triumphs on Christmas Day With $18 Million
By Rebecca Rubin
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THE COLOR PURPLE, from left: Taraji P. Henson, Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, 2023. © Warner Bros. /Courtesy Everett Collection
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"The Color Purple," a vibrant adaptation of the book-turned-beloved-movie-turned-hit-Broadway-musical, dominated at the box office on Christmas Day.
The film has outperformed expectations with $18 million from 3,152 North American theaters. It's the largest Christmas Day opening for a film since 2009, and the second-biggest Christmas Day opening of all time.
Those ticket sales were enough to lead the way on Monday ahead of two other newcomers, Neon's racing drama "Ferrari" and director George Clooney's inspirational sports story "The Boys in the Boat." Warner Bros. impressively held the top three spots on domestic charts as "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" and "Wonka" swam to second and third place, respectively.
Boosted by positive reviews and a glowing "A" CinemaScore, "The Color Purple" marks the first musical in some time that's resonated at the box office. The film, backed by Warner Bros. and directed by Blitz Bazawule, collected more in a single day than recent stage-to-screen stories — including "West Side Story" ($10.5 million), "In the Heights" ($11 million), "Dear Evan Hansen" ($7.5 million) and "Cats" ($6.6 million) — earned in their opening weekends. Of course, "The Color Purple" benefitted by premiering on Christmas Day, one of the most popular days of the year for moviegoing. But this is a promising start for the $100 million-budgeted musical, which should benefit from word of mouth in the coming days.
"The Color Purple" looks to remain the de facto choice for families over the remainder of what has otherwise been a lackluster holiday season. "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino brings to life the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Celie, a Black woman living in Georgia in the early 1900s. Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo and Halle Bailey round out the cast.
"The Boys in the Boat," which tells the true story of the University of Washington rowing team that represented the U.S. in the 1936 Olympic games, brought in a decent $5.7 million from 2,557 theaters on its first day of release. Even though critics were mixed on the film (it has a 56% on Rotten Tomatoes), audiences seem to be more enthusiastic, awarding it an "A" CinemaScore. Initial crowds were mostly older females, with 38% of ticket buyers above 55 and 54% women.
Michael Mann's sports biopic "Ferrari," starring Adam Driver as automotive mogul Enzo Ferrari, stalled with $2.8 million from 2,325 venues on Monday. At this pace, it's unlikely the film will justify its $95 million price tag.
Elsewhere "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" brought in $10.5 million from 3,706 venues on Monday. The comic book sequel, starring Jason Momoa as the King of Atlantis, opened with a lower-than-expected $38 million through the four-day holiday frame. With its $205 million price tag, "Aquaman 2" is shaping up to be the latest underperforming tentpole for Warner Bros. and DC following this year's string of misfires — "The Flash," "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" and "Blue Beetle."
"Wonka," a fantasy musical led by Timothée Chalamet as the eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka, had more to be merry about on Christmas Day with $10.3 million from 4,213 venues. After two weeks of release, the prequel story has generated $86 million domestically and a notable $254.9 million worldwide to date.
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Congrats to them
Nice
THAT'S ALL?
Quote from: Say-Something-ReVon on December 26, 2023, 06:12:44 PMTHAT'S ALL?
getting people to come out to movie theatres on christmas isn't easy
this is a book.
Quote from: Say-Something-ReVon on December 26, 2023, 06:12:44 PMTHAT'S ALL?
It's one day...that's the second highest Christmas opening in history
Quote from: JCJ on December 26, 2023, 06:38:05 PMQuote from: Say-Something-ReVon on December 26, 2023, 06:12:44 PMTHAT'S ALL?
It's one day...that's the second highest Christmas opening in history
it damn near doubled a lot of expectations.
they were expecting it to do around 10M.
https://deadline.com/2023/12/box-office-aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom-migration-color-purple-1235680766/
I GOT THE PEOPLE RILED UP. RELAX I WAS JUST BEING EXTRA...THE USUAL :plzstop: :kii: :dead:
Just saw it. It wasn't perfect by any means but it's good. Fantasia embodied Celie and Danielle stole every scene she was in. She's the best chance for this film to get an Oscar
Quote from: JCJ on December 26, 2023, 10:18:44 PMJust saw it. It wasn't perfect by any means but it's good. Fantasia embodied Celie and Danielle stole every scene she was in. She's the best chance for this film to get an Oscar
Movie critic!
Go shove a dick down your throat and write a review bc that's the only way you'll ever know what you're talking about.
Quote from: Say-Something-ReVon on December 26, 2023, 06:12:44 PMTHAT'S ALL?
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Y'all really just say the first thing that comes to mind
Quote from: Red Ruby on December 26, 2023, 10:50:48 PMQuote from: Say-Something-ReVon on December 26, 2023, 06:12:44 PMTHAT'S ALL?
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Y'all really just say the first thing that comes to mind
You do exactly that. Stupid bitch
Quote from: Red Ruby on December 26, 2023, 10:49:33 PMQuote from: JCJ on December 26, 2023, 10:18:44 PMJust saw it. It wasn't perfect by any means but it's good. Fantasia embodied Celie and Danielle stole every scene she was in. She's the best chance for this film to get an Oscar
Movie critic!
Go shove
your head underwater and hold it there
And Fro...my gun is loaded
Quote from: JCJ on December 26, 2023, 11:22:23 PMAnd Fro...my gun is loaded
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U already kno :supluv:
don't be talkin to kwee like that
The reviews have been great. I'm definitely going to go and support.
Quote from: JCJ on December 26, 2023, 11:19:32 PMQuote from: Red Ruby on December 26, 2023, 10:50:48 PMQuote from: Say-Something-ReVon on December 26, 2023, 06:12:44 PMTHAT'S ALL?
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Y'all really just say the first thing that comes to mind
You do exactly that. Stupid bitch
You're literally the ringleader of the misinformed.
Your IQ is literally 0 :unsure: An ape could outsmart ya!
Quote from: JCJ on December 27, 2023, 08:50:01 AMYour IQ is literally 0 :unsure: An ape could outsmart ya!
This low IQ don't stop ya daddy from going apeshit on this box. :-(
He'd probably fuck anything so congrats I guess
You wanna know what I'm gonna fuck?
Probably your cousin. Inbred ho
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I understand that it's the film adaptation of the live musical but Danielle was a lil MUCH sometimes. She was good mostly buy I preferred fantasia
Is Whoppi in it? I'm debating whether to give Warner Bros a direct coin especially since it sounds like they paid Taraji and the girls PENNIES on the dollar..maybe when it comes to Max
Whoopi is in it............
Quote from: Vonc2002 on December 27, 2023, 11:35:20 AMWhoopi is in it............
I was shocked when she popped up because there really hasn't been any mention of her. I guess her and Oprah are beefing for real.
Quote from: Mongols of Russia on December 26, 2023, 06:23:00 PMQuote from: Say-Something-ReVon on December 26, 2023, 06:12:44 PMTHAT'S ALL?
getting people to come out to movie theatres on christmas isn't easy
this is a book.
i used to work at movies when i was a teen and holidays are some of the biggest days for movies. alot of families do movies on holidays for family time
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BOOK!
Quote from: bby ddy on December 27, 2023, 01:08:15 PMQuote from: Vonc2002 on December 27, 2023, 11:35:20 AMWhoopi is in it............
I was shocked when she popped up because there really hasn't been any mention of her. I guess her and Oprah are beefing for real.
No it was just supposed to be a surprise cameo
Hopefully things pick up again this weekend.It's only made $14M after the Christmas opening.
Taraji sounds terrible on the soundtrack but I want to see it. :shook:
I was kinda surprised about the budget
It's around 90-100 million
https://x.com/mar3uss/status/1740466147399770348
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Quote from: rosone1 on December 29, 2023, 06:15:01 PMHopefully things pick up again this weekend.It's only made $14M after the Christmas opening.
It only did an estimate of $4.1 million yesterday.
Didn't realize it was going to start dropping that quickly.
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Hopefully they will get a lot word of mouth and press coverage from the awards season. That's a huge budget, more than I believe that needed.
On a 90-100 million budget, Taraji was supposed to get at least 5 mil..Fantasia like 1-2 mil because this was her first big mess..Where the fck did the money go?? I'm looking at Oprah ozempic ridden ass
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People are dragging Ci but I think she did cute for her little bit of time in it
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Quote from: makeme on December 30, 2023, 08:28:19 PMOn a 90-100 million budget, Taraji was supposed to get at least 5 mil..Fantasia like 1-2 mil because this was her first big mess..Where the fck did the money go?? I'm looking at Oprah ozempic ridden ass
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Right. I was going to say press and promotion but I'm sure they dipped into some special Stash to market this. Somebody pocketing some change.
Quote from: makeme on December 30, 2023, 08:28:19 PMOn a 90-100 million budget, Taraji was supposed to get at least 5 mil..Fantasia like 1-2 mil because this was her first big mess..Where the fck did the money go?? I'm looking at Oprah ozempic ridden ass
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Very curious what Taraji got pre-taxes/paying her team because the way she was talking it seems like it was low.
Now she did give a hypothetical when she did the SAG interview of being paid $10 million then have not a lot left after taxes and paying ppl, so if she did swing $10 million for this role that's good imo.
WB and other studios write off the losses so this movie will be written off.
So they are probably lying about the budget like many studios for tax write off purposes.
WB I thought was broke so Zaslav might have done some accounting trickery if that is really the budget pre-marketing budget.
Because they booked Fantasia and not an ACTUAL actress or major name. You aren't just going to get millions thrown at you just for being the lead who hasn't done much.
Quote from: Summertime on December 30, 2023, 01:24:41 PMQuote from: rosone1 on December 29, 2023, 06:15:01 PMHopefully things pick up again this weekend.It's only made $14M after the Christmas opening.
It only did an estimate of $4.1 million yesterday.
Didn't realize it was going to start dropping that quickly.
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The Color Purple Box Office To Zip Past Major Milestone, Defying Expectations
BY
BRENNAN KLEIN
PUBLISHED 22 HOURS AGO
The new musical adaptation of The Color Purple quickly passes an important milestone at the domestic box office over New Year's weekend.
Smiling Woman in The Color Purple 2023
SUMMARY
The Color Purple surpasses box office expectations, projected to earn over $50 million domestically by the end of the 4-day weekend.
The movie adaptation quickly enters the Top 50 highest-performing domestic releases of 2023 in just eight days.
The film centers on Celie, an African American woman who finds independence through sisterhood in the early 1900s American South.
The Color Purple is exceeding expectations as it quickly passes a major box office milestone. The new movie musical is an adaptation of the 2005 Broadway show of the same name, which itself is an adaptation of Alice Walker's iconic 1982 novel. The movie opened at No. 1 on Christmas Day, though it eventually took fourth place at the box office for the week, behind Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Wonka, and Migration.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, the The Color Purple box office is now projected to exceed expectations by earning a domestic gross of $17.7 million by the end of the 4-day New Year's weekend. This will bring its cumulative domestic total to over $50 million, quickly passing that major commercial milestone. In doing so, it will dash onto the chart of the Top 50 highest-performing domestic releases of 2023 in just eight days.
How The Color Purple Compares To Other Major 2023 Blockbusters
Shug embracing Celie in The Color Purple
The Color Purple release was already projected to earn more than $100 million at the domestic box office. However, its gross for its first full weekend in theaters shows that it may perform even better than that, climbing quickly up the chart. At the time of writing, only 23 movies from 2023 have passed the $100 million milestone at the box office, meaning the new musical will likely halve the distance between its current chart position and the top (which is occupied by the smash hit Barbie, with $636.2 million) by the end of its run.
The Color Purple musical has also performed well in terms of movie musicals for the year. In fact, it is already the fifth highest-grossing movie musical of 2023 at the domestic box office, not including the blockbuster concert movie Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. Below, check out how quickly The Color Purple reached $50 million compared to the next highest-grossing 2023 musicals, as well as the total domestic grosses of those other titles:
Title
$50 Million Day
Total Domestic Gross
The Color Purple
Day 8 - $50 million+
TBD
Wish
Day 21 - $50.3 million
$59.8 million
Trolls Band Together
Day 8 - $54.1 million
$96.3 million
Wonka
Day 6 - $53.3 million
$119.2 million (in progress)
The Little Mermaid
Day 2 - $68.3 million
$298.1 million
Precedent shows that The Color Purple will easily surpass Wish to become the fourth highest-grossing musical of the year. While the numbers for Trolls Band Together would seem to indicate that the new movie is trailing behind, the nature of holiday releases is to have consistent week-on-week growth rather than splashy openings, so Purple could easily pull ahead. Ultimately, it seems that it will land somewhere slightly below Wonka's total gross, which is currently unknown but will place Purple as the No. 3 musical of the year.
Source: THR
https://screenrant.com/color-purple-2023-movie-box-office-opening-milestone/
Ack
Quote from: bby ddy on January 01, 2024, 10:08:33 AMThe Color Purple Box Office To Zip Past Major Milestone, Defying Expectations
BY
BRENNAN KLEIN
PUBLISHED 22 HOURS AGO
The new musical adaptation of The Color Purple quickly passes an important milestone at the domestic box office over New Year's weekend.
Smiling Woman in The Color Purple 2023
SUMMARY
The Color Purple surpasses box office expectations, projected to earn over $50 million domestically by the end of the 4-day weekend.
The movie adaptation quickly enters the Top 50 highest-performing domestic releases of 2023 in just eight days.
The film centers on Celie, an African American woman who finds independence through sisterhood in the early 1900s American South.
The Color Purple is exceeding expectations as it quickly passes a major box office milestone. The new movie musical is an adaptation of the 2005 Broadway show of the same name, which itself is an adaptation of Alice Walker's iconic 1982 novel. The movie opened at No. 1 on Christmas Day, though it eventually took fourth place at the box office for the week, behind Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Wonka, and Migration.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, the The Color Purple box office is now projected to exceed expectations by earning a domestic gross of $17.7 million by the end of the 4-day New Year's weekend. This will bring its cumulative domestic total to over $50 million, quickly passing that major commercial milestone. In doing so, it will dash onto the chart of the Top 50 highest-performing domestic releases of 2023 in just eight days.
How The Color Purple Compares To Other Major 2023 Blockbusters
Shug embracing Celie in The Color Purple
The Color Purple release was already projected to earn more than $100 million at the domestic box office. However, its gross for its first full weekend in theaters shows that it may perform even better than that, climbing quickly up the chart. At the time of writing, only 23 movies from 2023 have passed the $100 million milestone at the box office, meaning the new musical will likely halve the distance between its current chart position and the top (which is occupied by the smash hit Barbie, with $636.2 million) by the end of its run.
The Color Purple musical has also performed well in terms of movie musicals for the year. In fact, it is already the fifth highest-grossing movie musical of 2023 at the domestic box office, not including the blockbuster concert movie Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. Below, check out how quickly The Color Purple reached $50 million compared to the next highest-grossing 2023 musicals, as well as the total domestic grosses of those other titles:
Title
$50 Million Day
Total Domestic Gross
The Color Purple
Day 8 - $50 million+
TBD
Wish
Day 21 - $50.3 million
$59.8 million
Trolls Band Together
Day 8 - $54.1 million
$96.3 million
Wonka
Day 6 - $53.3 million
$119.2 million (in progress)
The Little Mermaid
Day 2 - $68.3 million
$298.1 million
Precedent shows that The Color Purple will easily surpass Wish to become the fourth highest-grossing musical of the year. While the numbers for Trolls Band Together would seem to indicate that the new movie is trailing behind, the nature of holiday releases is to have consistent week-on-week growth rather than splashy openings, so Purple could easily pull ahead. Ultimately, it seems that it will land somewhere slightly below Wonka's total gross, which is currently unknown but will place Purple as the No. 3 musical of the year.
Source: THR
https://screenrant.com/color-purple-2023-movie-box-office-opening-milestone/
This article really struggles to convince this movie is doing very well :unsure:
They laid out the facts and the movie is doing well, what do you want?
I saw it yesterday. It was ok.
The scenes when Celie & Nettie were younger >>>>>>>>
Ci had me cracking up sdjdddjffddfjfdfddffddd
Quote from: RAY7 on January 01, 2024, 01:56:24 PMThey laid out the facts and the movie is doing well, what do you want?
It's actually not. They are struggling to make back the budget, but it was an impressive Christmas Day opening.
It cost $100 million to produce the movie and it's only grossed $55 million so far?? Eek!
Lol, no wonder they were trying to penny pinch as much as they could
Quote from: Kalifornia. on January 11, 2024, 11:52:10 AMI saw it yesterday. It was ok.
The scenes when Celie & Nettie were younger >>>>>>>>
Ci had me cracking up sdjdddjffddfjfdfddffddd
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Unpopular opinion but this should've been young Celie's movie.
Well that's a stupid opinion and not how the book is written or what the story is about :dead:
Quote from: Ulysses on January 11, 2024, 12:48:58 PMQuote from: RAY7 on January 01, 2024, 01:56:24 PMThey laid out the facts and the movie is doing well, what do you want?
It's actually not.
how's fas's movie doing? while we're strollin round the theater
Quote from: JCJ on January 11, 2024, 06:10:59 PMWell that's a stupid opinion and not how the book is written or what the story is about :dead:
You misunderstood what I meant by my comment. But I respect your opinion, and wish you respected mine.
Quote from: Mongols of Russia on January 11, 2024, 06:12:00 PMQuote from: Ulysses on January 11, 2024, 12:48:58 PMQuote from: RAY7 on January 01, 2024, 01:56:24 PMThey laid out the facts and the movie is doing well, what do you want?
It's actually not.
how's fas's movie doing? while we're strollin round the theater
This movie flopped however you wanna spin it. Looks like Taraji got paid TOO MUCH :dead:
Quote from: DemetriusRocka 🤴🏾 on January 11, 2024, 06:22:35 PMQuote from: JCJ on January 11, 2024, 06:10:59 PMWell that's a stupid opinion and not how the book is written or what the story is about :dead:
You misunderstood what I meant by my comment. But I respect your opinion, and wish you respected mine.
Quote from: Ulysses on January 11, 2024, 06:26:45 PMQuote from: Mongols of Russia on January 11, 2024, 06:12:00 PMQuote from: Ulysses on January 11, 2024, 12:48:58 PMQuote from: RAY7 on January 01, 2024, 01:56:24 PMThey laid out the facts and the movie is doing well, what do you want?
It's actually not.
how's fas's movie doing? while we're strollin round the theater
movie flopped :dead:
wtf
booba!
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Quote from: DemetriusRocka 🤴🏾 on January 11, 2024, 06:22:35 PMQuote from: JCJ on January 11, 2024, 06:10:59 PMWell that's a stupid opinion and not how the book is written or what the story is about :dead:
You misunderstood what I meant by my comment. But I respect your opinion, and wish you respected mine.
Sorry hon
Quote from: JCJ on January 11, 2024, 06:51:32 PMQuote from: DemetriusRocka 🤴🏾 on January 11, 2024, 06:22:35 PMQuote from: JCJ on January 11, 2024, 06:10:59 PMWell that's a stupid opinion and not how the book is written or what the story is about :dead:
You misunderstood what I meant by my comment. But I respect your opinion, and wish you respected mine.
Sorry hon
awww ❤️
he ended u
btw
The way I knew you were gonna come in and say exactly that. Predictable self.
Here this weird fag go
It would be interesting if they did a spin-off story about Nettie.
Cover what happened to her after she & Celie separated, reuniting with Celie's children, her time in Africa.
Quote from: JCJ on January 11, 2024, 07:26:01 PMThe way I knew you were gonna come in and say exactly that. Predictable self.
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Ok rude much?
now u owe me an apology too
Quote from: Kalifornia. on January 11, 2024, 07:27:27 PMIt would be interesting if they did a spin-off story about Nettie.
Cover what happened to her after she & Celie separated, reuniting with Celie's children, her time in Africa.
Yeah. When I read the book a couple of weeks ago I was shocked about how much she goes into detail about Nettie's journey in Africa
I can see a limited series on HBO Max about it.