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The Color PurpleFollow

2023 • PG-13 • 140 min • Drama, Musical, Romance • Warner Bros.

Purple is the color of hope

🍅 92% 90%

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3.6

7.8

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$60.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$67.50M

Global total

Budget$90M

Domestic legs3.33x

2023 rank#43

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Cast & crew

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson Starring

Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo Starring

Corey Hawkins

Corey Hawkins Starring

ScreenplayMarcus Gardley Produced bySteven Spielberg, Quincy Jones, Scott Sanders, Oprah Winfrey CinematographyDan Laustsen MusicKris Bowers Prod. DesignAnahita Rahmanipour

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Christmas long wknd 3 $18.2M — 3,152 $5,758 $18.2M

1 Dec 29-31 4 $11.7M — 3,203 $3,664 $44.0M

1 New Year's long wknd 4 $14.4M — 3,203 $4,480 $46.7M

2 Jan 5-7 7 $4.6M −60.4% 3,218 $1,443 $54.5M

3 Jan 12-14 12 $1.8M −60.6% 1,178 $1,551 $57.8M

4 Jan 19-21 17 $738.2K −59.6% 781 $945 $59.3M

5 Jan 26-28 20 $427.7K −42.1% 503 $850 $60.0M

6 Feb 2-4 24 $200.3K −53.2% 308 $650 $60.4M

7 Feb 9-11 28 $75.8K −62.1% 188 $403 $60.5M

8 Feb 16-18 30 $58.5K −22.9% 258 $226 $60.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Mon Dec 25 #1 $18.2M — $18.2M 3,152 $5,759 1

Tue Dec 26 #3 $7.0M −61% $25.2M 3,152 $2,222 2

Wed Dec 27 #4 $3.9M −45% $29.0M 3,152 $1,227 3

Thu Dec 28 #4 $3.3M −15% $32.3M 3,152 $1,044 4

Fri Dec 29 #4 $4.1M +26% $36.4M 3,203 $1,290 5

Sat Dec 30 #4 $5.2M +26% $41.6M 3,203 $1,625 6

Sun Dec 31 #5 $2.4M −54% $44.0M 3,203 $750 7

Mon Jan 1 #5 $2.6M +9% −86% $46.7M 3,203 $816 8

Tue Jan 2 #6 $1.5M −44% −79% $48.1M 3,203 $457 9

Wed Jan 3 #6 $910.1K −38% −76% $49.0M 3,203 $284 10

Thu Jan 4 #6 $821.4K −10% −75% $49.9M 3,203 $256 11

Fri Jan 5 #7 $1.3M +62% −68% $51.2M 3,218 $413 12

Sat Jan 6 #7 $2.1M +55% −60% $53.2M 3,218 $639 13

Sun Jan 7 #7 $1.3M −39% −48% $54.5M 3,218 $390 14

Mon Jan 8 #8 $350.7K −72% −87% $54.9M 3,218 $109 15

Tue Jan 9 #8 $418.1K +19% −71% $55.3M 3,218 $130 16

Wed Jan 10 #8 $370.2K −11% −59% $55.6M 3,218 $115 17

Thu Jan 11 #8 $310.5K −16% −62% $55.9M 3,218 $96 18

Fri Jan 12 #13 $402.8K +30% −70% $56.4M 1,178 $342 19

Sat Jan 13 #11 $824.2K +105% −60% $57.2M 1,178 $700 20

Sun Jan 14 #12 $600.6K −27% −52% $57.8M 1,178 $510 21

Mon Jan 15 #11 $424.8K −29% +21% $58.2M 1,178 $361 22

Tue Jan 16 #13 $142.5K −66% −66% $58.3M 1,178 $121 23

Wed Jan 17 #14 $113.2K −21% −69% $58.5M 1,178 $96 24

Thu Jan 18 #14 $104.2K −8% −66% $58.6M 1,178 $88 25

Fri Jan 19 #17 $171.9K +65% −57% $58.7M 781 $220 26

Sat Jan 20 #15 $351.6K +105% −57% $59.1M 781 $450 27

Sun Jan 21 #15 $214.7K −39% −64% $59.3M 781 $275 28

Mon Jan 22 #17 $60.1K −72% −86% $59.4M 781 $77 29

Tue Jan 23 #15 $87.9K +46% −38% $59.4M 781 $113 30

Wed Jan 24 #18 $63.1K −28% −44% $59.5M 781 $81 31

Thu Jan 25 #18 $62.4K −1% −40% $59.6M 781 $80 32

Fri Jan 26 #22 $110.5K +77% −36% $59.7M 503 $220 33

Sat Jan 27 #19 $213.6K +93% −39% $59.9M 503 $425 34

Sun Jan 28 #20 $103.6K −51% −52% $60.0M 503 $206 35

Mon Jan 29 #21 $32.0K −69% −47% $60.0M 503 $64 36

Tue Jan 30 #22 $46.0K +44% −48% $60.1M 503 $91 37

Wed Jan 31 #20 $38.5K −16% −39% $60.1M 503 $77 38

Thu Feb 1 #21 $35.5K −8% −43% $60.2M 503 $71 39

Fri Feb 2 #23 $45.2K +27% −59% $60.2M 308 $147 40

Sat Feb 3 #22 $100.2K +122% −53% $60.3M 308 $325 41

Sun Feb 4 #25 $54.9K −45% −47% $60.4M 308 $178 42

Mon Feb 5 #25 $13.4K −76% −58% $60.4M 308 $43 43

Tue Feb 6 #24 $21.3K +59% −54% $60.4M 308 $69 44

Wed Feb 7 #25 $15.7K −27% −59% $60.4M 308 $51 45

Thu Feb 8 #24 $14.6K −7% −59% $60.4M 308 $47 46

Fri Feb 9 #25 $23.2K +59% −49% $60.4M 188 $123 47

Sat Feb 10 #26 $40.7K +76% −59% $60.5M 188 $216 48

Sun Feb 11 #30 $12.0K −70% −78% $60.5M 188 $64 49

Mon Feb 12 #29 $6.4K −46% −52% $60.5M 188 $34 50

Tue Feb 13 #30 $8.7K +35% −59% $60.5M 188 $46 51

Wed Feb 14 #31 $6.4K −27% −59% $60.5M 188 $34 52

Thu Feb 15 #26 $8.9K +39% −39% $60.5M 188 $47 53

Fri Feb 16 #27 $17.0K +92% −27% $60.5M 258 $66 54

Sat Feb 17 #29 $24.2K +42% −41% $60.6M 258 $94 55

Sun Feb 18 #31 $17.3K −28% +44% $60.6M 258 $67 56

Mon Feb 19 #32 $11.1K −36% +73% $60.6M 258 $43 57

Tue Feb 20 #27 $10.5K −6% +20% $60.6M 258 $41 58

Wed Feb 21 #31 $6.3K −40% −2% $60.6M 258 $24 59

Thu Feb 22 #28 $7.7K +23% −13% $60.6M 258 $30 60

Cumulative total$60.6M

Dec 25Jan 9Jan 24Feb 7Feb 22

Weekend grossWk 8 · $58.5K

$18.2M

$11.7M

$14.4M

$4.6M

$1.8M

$738.2K

$427.7K

$200.3K

$75.8K

$58.5K

W1W1W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,218 → 258 −92.0%

3,152 open258 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −22.9%

−60.4%

W1→2

−60.6%

W2→3

−59.6%

W3→4

−42.1%

W4→5

−53.2%

W5→6

−62.1%

W6→7

−22.9%

W7→8

Steepest −62.1%Best hold −22.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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