The newly released musical film “The Color Purple” was a box office hit on Christmas Day.
According to The Wrap, the feature film, based on Alice Walker's 1982 novel of the same name, grossed an impressive $18.1 million from audiences on its first day of release in the United States.
The film, which did not star Beyoncé and Rihanna, also enjoyed the second-biggest Christmas opening in box office history, trailing only 2009's “Sherlock Holmes,” which grossed $24.6 million.
It was also reported that 65% of The Color Purple's audience was African American, and moviegoers over the age of 55 also made up a quarter of the film's audience base.
The new version of The Color Purple is inspired by the 2005 Broadway adaptation of the classic novel.
The newly released musical film “The Color Purple” was a box office hit on Christmas Day
The article follows the problems and hardships of several African American women living in the South in the early 20th century.
The first film adaptation of “The Color Purple” was released in 1985 and was nominated for a total of eleven Oscars.
The original film's director, Steven Spielberg, and one of its stars, Oprah Winfrey, served as executive producers for the new version of the film.
The development of the second adaptation of “The Color Purple” was presented to the public in 2018.
Blitz Bazawule signed on as project director in August 2020, and it was also announced that Walker and her daughter Rebecca would serve as producers that same month.
Much of the feature film's cast, which includes Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo and Halle Bailey, among others, was added in 2021–2022.
Several members of the cast were featured on the film's soundtrack album, which debuted earlier this month.
Artists such as Usher, Megan Thee Stallion and Mary J. Blige contributed several songs to the project.
According to The Wrap, the feature film, based on Alice Walker's 1982 novel of the same name, grossed an impressive $18.1 million from audiences on its first day of release in the United States
The film, which did not star Beyoncé and Rihanna, also enjoyed the second-biggest Christmas opening in box office history, trailing only 2009's “Sherlock Holmes,” which grossed $24.6 million
The new version of The Color Purple is inspired by the 2005 Broadway adaptation of the classic novel
The feature has done well with critics and currently holds an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Physical production of the feature began last March and filming took place on the Georgia coast.
The world premiere of the new version of The Color Purple took place in London on November 20th.
The feature has done well with critics and currently holds an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The color purple was also enthusiastically received by the audience and also achieved an audience rating of 94%.