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The Colour Purple

The Colour Purple
2023
 141 minutes (2 hrs 21 mins)

Production Country

United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Fantasia Barrino · Taraji P. Henson · Danielle Brooks · Colman Domingo · Corey Hawkins · Phylicia Pearl Mpasi

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 25th December 2023
Canada release date Canada release: 25th December 2023
United States release date United States release: 25th December 2023

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 26th Jan '24
  • Debut position: 9
  • Highest position: 9
  • Debut gross: £452.4 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 3

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 22nd Dec '23
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: $18.2 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 9

WorldWide box office

  • Box Office debut: 29th Dec '23
  • Debut position: 4
  • Highest position: 4
  • Debut gross: $44 Million
  • Total weeks on top 15: 4

Chart position history

UK box office

26 Jan, 2024
9
2 Feb, 2024
15

US box office

22 Dec, 2023
2
29 Dec, 2023
4
5 Jan, 2024
7
12 Jan, 2024
12

Global box office

29 Dec, 2023
4
5 Jan, 2024
14

Certificates

US
PG-13

12A

12/fig

12

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £1000 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $60.6 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $59.8 Million

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News from around the web
“I was timid”: The movie that “embarrassed” Steven Spielberg  Far Out Magazine Fri, 6th March 2026

The Color Purple (1985) ⭐ 7.7 | Drama  IMDb Sat, 10th September 2016

The latest adaptation of The Color Purple fails its lead character | Gloria Oladipo  The Guardian Tue, 2nd January 2024

'The Color Purple': The fight over Celie and Shug's love story  Los Angeles Times Thu, 21st December 2023

‘The Color Purple’: Review  Screen Daily Tue, 19th December 2023

Cast of The Color Purple  Odeon Fri, 26th January 2024

This week there are 16 new films released in countries around the globe looking to hit their box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top global movie, , for the number 1 spot?

As well as many movies released in cinemas around the globe this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are the top new release this week in countries across the world!
  • You, Me and Tuscany
  • The Drama
  • Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come
  • How to Make a Killing
  • The Wizard of the Kremlin
  • Undertone
  • The Christophers
  • Reminders of Him
  • Sound of Falling
  • Whistle

You, Me and Tuscany

  • The movie is directed by Kat Coiro, it is the directors 6th movie.
  • Kat Coiro also directed And While We Were Here in 2012.
  • It stars Regé-Jean Page who also starred in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010).
  • The film also stars Halle Bailey who's last movie was The Colour Purple (2023).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Antigua & Barbuda / Aruba / Australia / Bolivia / Brazil / Canada / Chile / Colombia / Costa Rica / Curacao / Dominican Republic / Ecuador / Estonia / Guatemala / Guyana / Honduras / Iceland / India / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Kazakhstan / Netherlands / New Zealand / Peru / Puerto Rico / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Slovenia / Spain / Trinidad & Tobago / United Kingdom / United States / Uruguay / Venezuela

The Drama

  • The movie is directed by Kristoffer Borgli, it is the directors 4th movie.
  • Kristoffer Borgli also directed Drib in 2017.
  • It stars Zendaya who also starred in Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021).
  • The film also stars Robert Pattinson who's last movie was Die My Love (2025).
  • Zendaya and Robert Pattinson have starred in 2 other movies together.
  • They also appeared together in Dune: Part Three in 2026 and The Odyssey in 2026.
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Argentina / Brazil / Colombia / Latvia / Malaysia / Mexico / Norway / Paraguay / Peru / Poland / Russia / Senegal / Uruguay / Venezuela / Vietnam

Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come

How to Make a Killing

  • The movie is directed by John Patton Ford, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • John Patton Ford also directed Emily the Criminal in 2022.
  • It stars Glen Powell who also starred in Red Wing (2013).
  • The film also stars Adrian Lukis who's last movie was Heavyweight (2026).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Germany / Hungary / Philippines / Switzerland / Turkey

The Wizard of the Kremlin

  • The movie is directed by Olivier Assayas, it is the directors 11th movie.
  • Olivier Assayas also directed Non Fiction in 2019.
  • It stars Alicia Vikander who also starred in Firebrand (2024).
  • The film also stars Jude Law who's last movie was The Order (2024).
  • Alicia Vikander and Jude Law have starred in 2 other movies together.
  • They also appeared together in Anna Karenina in 2012 and Firebrand in 2024.
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Brazil / Germany

Undertone

  • The movie is from director Ian Tuason.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Nina Kiri who also starred in Fingernails (2023).
  • The film also stars Adam DiMarco who's last movie was Star Trek: Beyond (2016).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Australia / United Kingdom

The Christophers

  • The movie is directed by Steven Soderbergh, it is the directors 38th movie.
  • Steven Soderbergh also directed Ocean's Twelve in 2004 which grossed $351.3 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Michaela Coel who also starred in Medea: NT Live 2014 (2014).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Hong Kong / United States

Reminders of Him

  • The movie is directed by Vanessa Caswill, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Vanessa Caswill also directed Love At First Sight in 2023.
  • It stars Maika Monroe who also starred in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025).
  • The film also stars Tyriq Withers who's last movie was Him (2025).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Israel / Spain

Sound of Falling

  • The movie is from director Mascha Schilinski.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Hanna Heckt who also starred in Sound of Falling (2025).
  • The film also stars Lena Urzendowsky who's last movie was From Hilde, With Love (2024).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Bulgaria / Finland

Whistle

  • The movie is directed by Corin Hardy, it is the directors 3rd movie.
  • Corin Hardy also directed The Hallow in 2015.
  • It stars Dafne Keen who also starred in Logan (2017).
  • The film also stars Sophie Nelisse who's last movie was The Kid Detective (2020).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Norway / Sweden

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 32 new movies released gloabally

Check here for more details
  • Lee Cronin's The Mummy - From Wednesday, 15th April
  • You, Me and Tuscany - From Wednesday, 15th April
  • The Drama - From Wednesday, 15th April
  • Mother Mary - From Friday, 17th April
  • The Wizard of the Kremlin - From Thursday, 16th April
  • Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die - From Tuesday, 14th April
  • Urchin - From Thursday, 16th April
  • Glenrothan - From Friday, 17th April
  • Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come - From Wednesday, 15th April
  • Dead Man's Wire - From Wednesday, 15th April
  • The Magic Faraway Tree - From Friday, 17th April
  • The Choral - From Thursday, 16th April
  • The Good Boy - From Tuesday, 14th April
  • Skazochnye Vykhodnye - From Thursday, 16th April
  • The Tasters - From Thursday, 16th April
  • The Voice of Hind Rajab - From Saturday, 18th April
  • The Exit 8 - From Friday, 17th April
  • Buratino - From Thursday, 16th April
  • Colours of Time - From Friday, 17th April
  • Is This Thing On? - From Friday, 17th April
  • Pillion - From Thursday, 16th April
  • A New Dawn - From Friday, 17th April
  • Wasteman - From Friday, 17th April
  • Scarlet - From Thursday, 16th April
  • The President's Cake - From Friday, 17th April
  • Father Mother Sister Brother - From Friday, 17th April
  • Eternal Return - From Thursday, 16th April
  • 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank - From Friday, 17th April
  • Miroirs No 3 - From Friday, 17th April
  • Rental Family - From Thursday, 8th January
  • A Private Life - From Thursday, 16th April
  • Fuze - From Thursday, 16th April

This weekend, Friday 10th April 2026, there are 5 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, , for the number 1 spot?

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases
  • You, Me and Tuscany
  • Trial of Hein
  • The Land of Sometimes
  • The Christophers
  • In the Grey

You, Me and Tuscany

  • The movie is directed by Kat Coiro, it is the directors 6th movie.
  • Kat Coiro also directed Happy Accident in 2019.
  • It stars Regé-Jean Page who also starred in Survivor (2015).
  • The film also stars Halle Bailey who's last movie was The Colour Purple (2023).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The MPAA age rating is

Trial of Hein

  • The movie is directed by Kai Stanicke, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Kai Stanicke also directed Girls On Film 2: Before Dawn in 2017.
  • It stars Paul Boche who also starred in We Are Fine (2015).
  • The film also stars Philip Froissant who's last movie was Black Island (2021).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Land of Sometimes

  • The movie is directed by Leon Joosen, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Leon Joosen also directed Saving Santa in 2013.
  • It stars Ewan McGregor who also starred in Perfect Sense (2011).
  • The film also stars Helena Bonham Carter who's last movie was Four Letters of Love (2025).
  • They also appeared together in Big Fish in 2003.
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The MPAA age rating is

The Christophers

  • The movie is directed by Steven Soderbergh, it is the directors 38th movie.
  • Steven Soderbergh also directed Kimi in 2022.
  • It stars Michaela Coel who also starred in Medea: NT Live 2014 (2014).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The MPAA age rating is

In the Grey

  • The movie is directed by Guy Ritchie, it is the directors 19th movie.
  • Guy Ritchie also directed The Gentlemen in 2020 which grossed $36.5 Mil. in the US and grossed $115.2 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Eiza González who also starred in Fountain of Youth (2025).
  • The film also stars Jake Gyllenhaal who's last movie was The Bride! (2026).
  • Eiza Gonzalez and Jake Gyllenhaal have starred in 2 other movies together.
  • They also appeared together in Spirit Untamed in 2021 and Ambulance in 2022.
  • Guy Ritchie directed Eiza González in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and Fountain of Youth
  • Guy Ritchie directed Jake Gyllenhaal in and The Covenant
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 4 new movies released

  • 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank - Friday, 17th April
  • Wasteman - Friday, 17th April
  • Lee Cronin's The Mummy - Friday, 17th April
  • Mother Mary - Friday, 17th April

This weekend, Friday 10th April 2026, there are 4 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, , for the number 1 spot?

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases
  • You, Me and Tuscany
  • Undertone
  • California Schemin
  • Father Mother Sister Brother

You, Me and Tuscany

  • The movie is directed by Kat Coiro, it is the directors 6th movie.
  • Kat Coiro also directed Marry Me in 2022 which grossed £2.2 Mil. in the UK.
  • It stars Regé-Jean Page who also starred in Black Bag (2025).
  • The film also stars Halle Bailey who's last movie was The Colour Purple (2023).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Undertone

  • The movie is from director Ian Tuason.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Nina Kiri who also starred in The Code (2021).
  • The film also stars Adam DiMarco who's last movie was Star Trek: Beyond (2016).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

California Schemin

  • The movie is from director James McAvoy.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Seamus McLean Ross who is making a feature film debut.
  • The film also stars Samuel Bottomley who's last movie was Anemone (2025).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Father Mother Sister Brother

  • The movie is directed by Jim Jarmusch, it is the directors 18th movie.
  • Jim Jarmusch also directed The Limits of Control in 2009 which grossed £10.3 K in the UK.
  • It stars Tom Waits who also starred in The Absence of Eden (2023).
  • The film also stars Adam Driver who's last movie was Megalopolis (2024).
  • They also appeared together in The Dead Don't Die in 2019.
  • Jim Jarmusch directed Tom Waits in Mystery Train, Coffee and Cigarettes, The Dead Don't Die, Down By Law, and Red Hot and Blue
  • Jim Jarmusch directed Adam Driver in Paterson, and The Dead Don't Die
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 6 new movies released

  • Glenrothan - Friday, 17th April
  • Colours of Time - Friday, 17th April
  • The Exit 8 - Friday, 17th April
  • The Wizard of the Kremlin - Friday, 17th April
  • Lee Cronin's The Mummy - Friday, 17th April
  • Miroirs No 3 - Friday, 17th April

With Dune: Part Two currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases
  • Imaginary
  • Origin
  • Titanic: The Musical

Imaginary

  • The movie is directed by Jeff Wadlow, it is the directors 8th movie.
  • Jeff Wadlow also directed True Memoirs of An International Assassin in 2016.
  • It stars DeWanda Wise who also starred in Someone Great (2019).
  • The film also stars Tom Payne who's last movie was IO (2019).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Origin

  • The movie is directed by Ava DuVernay, it is the directors 7th movie.
  • Ava DuVernay also directed I Will Follow in 2011.
  • It stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor who also starred in The Colour Purple (2023).
  • The film also stars Jon Bernthal who's last movie was Sharp Stick (2022).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Titanic: The Musical

  • The movie is from director Austin Shaw and Thom Southerland.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Martin Allanson who also starred in Breaking the Bank (2016).
  • The film also stars Valda Aviks who's last movie was Sparks and Embers (2015).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 3 new movies released

  • The New Boy - Friday, 15th March
  • Drive-Away Dolls - Friday, 15th March
  • Monster - Friday, 15th March

The musical remake of Mean Girls stays at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend with a gross of £1.5 Million which pushes its total to £5.5 Million.

The high school comedy has after 2 weeks taken about the same as the original 2004 movie took over its 6 week box office run.

Highest new movie of the weekend is All of Us Strangers which wasn't too far behind Mean Girls~2024 and takes £1.1 Million.

Wonka moves down to number 3 this weekend and is the top grossing movie so far in 2024 and has a total gross of nearly £60 Million.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Mean Girls~2024 (2nd Weekend)
  • Highest debut - All of Us Strangers (@2)
  • Longest run - Wish (10 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Wonka (£59,768,006)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - The Holdovers (-5%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £9,450,916
  • Also new this weekend
    • Fighter
    • The Colour Purple~2023
    • Baghead
    • Malaikottai Vaaliban
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 26th - 28th January 2024

  • The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
  • It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £1,496,629 over the weekend, a 54% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £5,524,957 over 2 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2024

Highest new movie this weekend

  • The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
  • It grosses £1,176,972 over its debut weekend
  • The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2024
  • The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,047,752 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £59,768,006 over 8 weeks of release
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2024
  • The movie remains at number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £817,810 over the weekend, a 24% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £8,358,865 over 5 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024

  • The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £729,299 over its debut weekend
  • The movie is the 15th top grossing film so far in 2024