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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

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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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

10th October 2023

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

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.