Taraji P. Henson stars in Warner Bros.' The Color Purple.
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It was a very happy Christmas for Warner Bros. Discovery.
With $18.15 million in box office receipts, the studio's latest film, “The Color Purple,” had the highest Christmas Day opening since 2009 and the second-biggest Christmas Day opening of all time.
The film outperformed 2012's “Les Misérables,” which grossed $18.1 million in its Christmas opening, and was slightly lower than “Sherlock Holmes,” which grossed $24.6 million in its opening in 2009. dollars, according to data from Comscore.
Top openings on Christmas Day at the domestic box office
- – “Sherlock Holmes” (2009) – $24.6 million
- – “The Color Purple” (2023) – $18.15 million
- “Les Misérables” (2012) – $18.1 million
- “Daddy's Home” (2015) – $15.7 million
- “Unbroken” (2014) – $15.4 million
- “Into the Woods” (2014) – $15.08 million
- “Django Unchained” (2012) – $15.01 million
- “Marley and Me” (2008) – $14.3 million
Source: comScore
Adding ticket sales from “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” and “Wonka,” Warner Bros. Discovery top three at the holiday box office.
Warner Bros. The lineup of December releases covers a variety of genres and demographics, offering a diverse slate of entertainment for nearly every moviegoing audience.
“The assortment reflects… a perfectly coordinated staggered release of these titles over the course of the course [of] “The holiday framework is the most important, and the results are very impressive,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at comScore.
“The Color Purple,” whose producers include Oprah and Steven Spielberg, is based on the Broadway musical version of the book-turned-movie of the same name.
The film caters to older audiences, who have been hesitant to return to cinemas in the wake of the pandemic.
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