The Color Purple remake starring Danielle Brooks, Fantasia Barrino and Taraji P. Henson was no. 1 at the box office on Christmas Day...
The Color Purple has brought some much-needed cheer to the year-end holiday box office.
The musical — whose producers include Oprah and Steven Spielberg — opened to $18.1 million from 3,142 theaters on Monday, the second best showing ever for a movie opening on Christmas Day and the best since 2009. Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks and Colman Domingo star in Blitz Bazawule’s retelling of the beloved Alice Walker novel, adapted from the Tony-winning Broadway show.
The record-holder for biggest Christmas Day opening belongs to 2009’s Sherlock Holmes ($24.6 million), not adjusted for inflation.
For Fantasia to be moving me like this and this was on the table read 🥺🫶🏾 y’all better go support The Color Purple tomorrow 🫶🏾 pic.twitter.com/Iv3rC0a83c
— Larry Bradshaw (@Boytrapbradshaw) December 25, 2023
16 comments:
Good4 them. I'll see if when I get back from Florida.
Yeah I’ll support when I’m back from vacation
Colman and Taraji was clearly moved.
That Is It For Me, I'm Going To See This!!!
That’s great! I’m going the weekend
It was phenomenal
Screened it months ago in a Dolby screening room and the mix was fire! I wasn’t expecting the tears but they had me crying in the back row.
I just wish they would have altered her voice. I can’t stand to hear her talk.
Oh shyt.
This success is a blessing and a curse. Because you know how those greedy White studio execs like to milk the fck outta something. I can see it now.
The Color Purple 2 A New Generation
The Color Purple 3 Full Bloom
The Color Purple 4 Ghost of Celie
The Color Purple 5 Coloring Fulfilled
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Film pulled in $18 mill and Taraji and company were probably paid LESS than $125K each!!
That's not a lot
@732
It is alot for ONE day Genius.
Most actors/ actresses seek FAME over Money.
Right. Because Fantasia and Danielle would have done this movie for a box of rice and a Busch Gardens day pass.
You couldn’t pay me enough money to watch this mess. I read the book and thought it was good, but difficult to read. Then I saw how Spielberg hacked it up and that was enough for me. I like Fantasia, but not enough to support this.
I hate that Black operas and musicals (Porgy and Bess, Dreamgirls, Jelly’s Last Jam, TCP) are always made for that YT gaze.
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