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The Color Purple 1986

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1986

Cast and Director

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Starring

Danny Glover / Whoopi Goldberg / Margaret Avery / Oprah Winfrey / Willard E. Pugh / Akosua Busia / Desreta Jackson / Adolph Caesar / Rae Dawn Chong / Dana Ivey

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 11th Jul '86
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: £943.8 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 8

US box office

Box Office debut: 20th Dec '85
Debut position: 8
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: $1.7 Million
Total chart weeks: 6

Certificates

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£2.2 Million

US total gross
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$98.5 Million

Global total gross
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25thframe.co.uk stats

News from around the web

The Color Purple review – a heartfelt new version supercharged by a powerhouse cast The Guardian Tue, 19th December 2023

Interview: Blitz Bazawule on directing new film adaptation of THE COLOR PURPLE West End Best Friend Fri, 26th January 2024

The Color Purple Review – 'Bravura musical sequences and a top-notch cast' Empire Mon, 22nd January 2024

'The Color Purple' Is Coming To Streaming — Here's When Forbes Fri, 9th February 2024

I Rewatched Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple After Seeing The Musical, And I Appreciate Whoopi Goldberg's Celie ... CinemaBlend Wed, 24th January 2024

The Color Purple movie review – despair, curiosity, rage, hope and pure joy WhatsOnStage.com Wed, 20th December 2023

Check out the new trailer for upcoming movie The Colour Purple which stars Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks - movie UK release date 26th January 2024 #thecolourpurple
11th October 2023

Check out the new trailer for upcoming movie The Colour Purple which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

We are here! The new trailer for #TheColorPurple has ARRIVED. Share your excitement using #PurpleLove. Only in theaters Christmas Day. pic.twitter.com/o2CMDQPmQN
— The Color Purple (@TheColorPurple) October 10, 2023

Movie breakdown

The movie is due for release in the UK on 26th January 2024
It is due for release in North America on 25th December 2023
It stars among others Taraji P. Henson (Term Life) and Danielle Brooks (A Star Is Born)
It is directed by Blitz Bazawule (Black Is King)
The movie also stars Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins and H.E.R.

Synopsis for The Colour Purple

A musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about the life-long struggles of an African-American woman living in the south during the early 1900s.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.