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The Color PurpleFollow

1985 • PG-13 • 2h 34m • Drama, History • Warner Bros.

It's about life. It's about love. It's about us.

🍅 73% 94% MC 78 LB 3.94 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$1.70M
Limited · 192 theaters
Domestic total
$94.00M
Final
Domestic legs16.4x from $5.7M biggest weekend
Budget$15M
1985 rank#4
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Cast & crew

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Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Director Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg Starring Danny Glover Danny Glover Starring Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey Starring Rae Dawn Chong Rae Dawn Chong Starring
ScreenplayMenno Meyjes Produced bySteven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones CinematographyAllen Daviau Music byQuincy Jones StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 20-22 8 $1.7M — 192 $8,908 $1.8M
2 Dec 27-29 7 $3.2M +84.9% 202 $15,658 $7.1M
3 Jan 3-5 7 $3.4M +8.7% 209 $16,452 $13.9M
4 Jan 10-12 5 $3.1M −9.1% 561 $5,574 $18.8M
5 Jan 17-19 2 $5.7M +83.7% 561 $10,237 $26.1M
6 Jan 24-26 1 $4.4M −23.2% 561 $7,865 $33.3M
7 Jan 31-Feb 2 2 $4.2M −4.4% 561 $7,521 $39.2M
8 Feb 7-9 2 $5.3M +26.3% 1,109 $4,806 $45.9M
9 Feb 14-16 2 $6.2M +15.7% 1,109 $5,559 $54.1M
10 Feb 21-23 3 $4.1M −33.6% 1,109 $3,689 $59.5M
11 Feb 28-Mar 2 4 $3.6M −13.1% 1,109 $3,207 $64.4M
12 Mar 7-9 4 $3.6M +2.2% 1,096 $3,318 $69.3M
13 Mar 14-16 3 $3.0M −17.3% 1,107 $2,716 $73.6M
14 Mar 21-23 4 $2.9M −4.7% 1,082 $2,649 $77.6M
15 Mar 28-30 6 $2.0M −30.1% 1,046 $1,916 $81.0M
16 Apr 4-6 5 $2.2M +7.7% 1,014 $2,129 $84.2M
17 Apr 11-13 8 $1.5M −29.3% 946 $1,614 $86.4M
18 Apr 18-20 8 $1.2M −21.4% 890 $1,348 $88.2M
19 Apr 25-27 10 $1.0M −15.7% 871 $1,161 $89.8M
20 May 2-4 12 $728.8K −28.0% 745 $978 $91.0M
21 May 9-11 16 $518.2K −28.9% 586 $884 $91.8M
22 May 16-18 16 $446.3K −13.9% 555 $804 $92.5M
23 May 23-25 14 $439.5K −1.5% 442 $994 $93.2M
24 May 30-Jun 1 16 $315.7K −28.2% 414 $763 $93.6M
25 Jun 6-8 14 $263.3K −16.6% 311 $847 $94.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $4.1M
$1.7M
$3.2M
$3.4M
$3.1M
$5.7M
$4.4M
$4.2M
$5.3M
$6.2M
$4.1M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.6%
+84.9%
W1→2
+8.7%
W2→3
−9.1%
W3→4
+83.7%
W4→5
−23.2%
W5→6
−4.4%
W6→7
+26.3%
W7→8
+15.7%
W8→9
−33.6%
W9→10
Steepest −33.6%Biggest gain +84.9%

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