The newly-released musical film The Color Purple made a smash at the box office on Christmas Day.
According to The Wrap, the feature, which is based on Alice Walker’s 1982 novel of the same name, took in an impressive $18.1 million from audiences on its first day of wide release in the United States.
The movie, which did not include the likes of Beyonce or Rihanna, also enjoyed the second-biggest Christmas Day opening in box office history, only falling behind 2009’s Sherlock Holmes, which earned $24.6 million.
It was also reported that 65% of The Color Purple’s audience was comprised of African-American individuals, and moviegoers over the age of 55 also made up one-fourth of the movie’s viewerbase.
The new version of The Color Purple takes inspiration from the 2005 Broadway adaptation of the classic novel.
The newly-released musical film The Color Purple made a smash at the box office on Christmas Day
The feature follows the trials and tribulations experienced by several African-American women living in the South in the early 1900s.
The first filmed adaptation of The Color Purple was released in 1985 and was nominated for a total of eleven Academy Awards.
The original feature’s director, Steven Spielberg, and one of its stars, Oprah Winfrey, served as executive producers for the new version of the movie.
Development on the second adaptation of The Color Purple was revealed to the public in 2018.
Blitz Bazawule signed on to serve as the project’s director in August of 2020, and it was also revealed that Walker and her daughter Rebecca would act as producers that same month.
Much of the feature’s cast, which includes the likes of Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo, and Halle Bailey, was added from 2021 until 2022.
Several members of the cast were featured on the movie’s soundtrack album, which made its debut 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, which is based on Alice Walker’s 1982 novel of the same name, took in an impressive $18.1 million from audiences on its first day of wide release in the United States
The movie, which did not include the likes of Beyonce or Rihanna , also enjoyed the second-biggest Christmas Day opening in box office history, only falling behind 2009’s Sherlock Holmes, which earned $24.6 million
The new version of The Color Purple takes inspiration from the 2005 Broadway adaptation of the classic novel
The feature has performed well with critics, and it currently holds a rating of 89% on Rotten Tomatoes
Physical production on the feature commenced last March, and filming took place in coastal Georgia.
The world premiere of the new version of The Color Purple took place in London on November 20.
The feature has performed well with critics, and it currently holds a rating of 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Color Purple was also received enthusiastically by audiences, and it also holds an audience score of 94%.
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