The Color Purple
Musical Warner Bros. PG-13 2h 20m Released Dec 25, 2023 Discussed 2024
Opening weekend
$11.7M
3,203 theaters
Per-theater average
$3,664
opening weekend
Domestic total
$60.6M
5.2× its opening
Worldwide total
$68.9M
88% domestic
RT critics
81%
RT audience
95%
+14 vs critics
Metacritic
72
Where it turns up
Thursday, December 26, 2024 Christmas Day 2024
In the note
As I’ve said over the last couple of weeks, you play long this time of year, and today is the day where films show what they really are. The flip side of today vs the rest of the holiday period; because today is so unique in audience skew, tomorrow’s numbers can come crashing down. Just look at last year; WB did an amazing job of getting The Color Purple open to a head spinning $18.1 million on Christmas Day.