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Monday, February 13, 2012

The Color Purple

The Numbers Rating: 9.75 (4 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 88% - Fresh
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $93,589,701
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Released December 18, 1985 (Wide)
Production Budget $15,000,000
Keywords African-American
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Produced by Amblin Entertainment
Source Based on Book/Short Story
Major Genre Drama
Country United States
Production Method Live Action
Creative Type Historical Fiction
Time Frame 1900-1910, 1910-1920, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950
Director Steven Spielberg

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg    Celie
Danny Glover    Albert
Oprah Winfrey    Sofia
Laurence Fishburne    Swain
Rae Dawn Chong    Squeak
Dana Ivey    Miss Millie
Margaret Avery    Shug Avery
Adolph Caesar    Old Mister

Weekend Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
12/20/1985 8 $1,710,333   192 $8,908 $1,775,828 5
12/27/1985 7 $3,162,958 +84.93% 202 $15,658 $7,108,801 12
1/3/1986 7 $3,438,463 +8.71% 209 $16,452 $13,917,322 19
1/10/1986 5 $3,126,757 -9.07% 561 $5,574 $18,810,736 26
1/17/1986 2 $5,742,903 +83.67% 561 $10,237 $26,148,105 33
1/24/1986 1 $4,412,456 -23.17% 561 $7,865 $33,332,839 40
1/31/1986 2 $4,219,418 -4.37% 561 $7,521 $39,203,192 47
2/7/1986 2 $5,330,126 +26.32% 1,109 $4,806 $45,889,128 54
2/14/1986 2 $6,165,314 +15.67% 1,109 $5,559 $54,125,302 61
2/21/1986 3 $4,091,653 -33.63% 1,109 $3,689 $59,534,565 68
2/28/1986 4 $3,557,053 -13.07% 1,109 $3,207 $64,383,696 75
3/7/1986 4 $3,636,677 +2.24% 1,096 $3,318 $69,260,725 82
3/14/1986 3 $3,006,827 -17.32% 1,107 $2,716 $73,632,831 89
3/21/1986 4 $2,865,833 -4.69% 1,082 $2,649 $77,592,315 96
3/28/1986 6 $2,004,556 -30.05% 1,046 $1,916 $80,962,190 103
4/4/1986 5 $2,158,733 +7.69% 1,014 $2,129 $84,159,813 110
4/11/1986 8 $1,527,233 -29.25% 946 $1,614 $86,407,917 117
4/18/1986 8 $1,200,069 -21.42% 890 $1,348 $88,220,216 124
4/25/1986 10 $1,011,530 -15.71% 871 $1,161 $89,784,334 131
5/2/1986 12 $728,794 -27.95% 745 $978 $90,962,921 138
5/9/1986 16 $518,242 -28.89% 586 $884 $91,782,203 145
5/16/1986 16 $446,296 -13.88% 555 $804 $92,484,046 152
5/30/1986 16 $315,744   414 $763 $93,589,701 166