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The Color Purple

The Color Purple
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1986

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Starring

Danny Glover · Whoopi Goldberg · Margaret Avery · Oprah Winfrey · Willard E. Pugh · Akosua Busia

Full cast & crew

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

Chart position history

UK box office

11 Jul, 1986
2
18 Jul, 1986
3
25 Jul, 1986
3
1 Aug, 1986
6
8 Aug, 1986
7
15 Aug, 1986
8
22 Aug, 1986
8
29 Aug, 1986
11

US box office

20 Dec, 1985
8
27 Dec, 1985
7
10 Jan, 1986
5
17 Jan, 1986
2
18 Apr, 1986
8
2 May, 1986
12

Global box office

Certificates


15 age rating

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £2.2 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $98.5 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Directed By

Director
Role
Steven Spielberg
Directed By

Starring

Actor
Character
Danny Glover
Whoopi Goldberg
Margaret Avery
Oprah Winfrey
Willard E. Pugh
Akosua Busia
Desreta Jackson
Adolph Caesar
Rae Dawn Chong
Dana Ivey
Leonard Jackson
Bennet Guillory
John Patton Jr.
Carl Anderson
Susan Beaubian
James Tillis
Phillip Strong
Laurence Fishburne
Peto Kinsaka
Lelo Masamba
Margaret Freeman
Howard Starr
Daphaine Oliver
Jadili Johnson
Lillian Njoki Distefano
Donna Buie
Leon Rippy
John R. Hart
David Thomas
Carrie Murray
Juliet Poe
Katie Simon
Ethel Taylor
Marcus Covington
Marcus Liles
April Myers
Maurice Moore
Lechanda Latharp
Drew Bundini Brown
Arnold F. Turner
Jeris Poindexter
Hawthorne James
Sonny Terry
Greg Phillinganes
Roy Gaines
Paulinho Da Costa
Nana Yaw Asiedu
Clarence Avant
Bayo Martin
Ndugu Chancler
Jeffrey Kwashi
Pete Munzhi
Aniijia Rae Schockley
Maria Howell
Gayle King
Joni Palmer
Madison T. Shockley Sr.