Taraji P. Henson stars in Warner Bros. “The Color Purple.”
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It was a really Merry Christmas for Warner Bros. Discovery.
With $18.15 million in box office receipts, the studio’s newest film “The Color Purple” had the very best Christmas Day opening since 2009 and the second-largest Christmas Day opening of all time.
The film outpaced 2012’s “Les Misérables,” which snagged $18.1 million on its Christmas debut, and fell just in need of the 2009 holiday opening of “Sherlock Holmes” at $24.6 million, in response to data from Comscore.
Top Christmas day openers on 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 held the highest three spots on the box office over the vacation.
Warner Bros.’ collection of December releases runs the spectrum of genres and demographics, offering a various slate of entertainment for nearly every moviegoing audience.
“The lineup … reflects a superbly orchestrated staggered release of those titles over the course [of] the all-important holiday frame, and the outcomes are most impressive,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore.
“The Color Purple,” whose producers include Oprah and Steven Spielberg, is predicated on the Broadway musical adaptation of the book-turned-movie of the identical name.
The film caters to an older audience, who’ve been reluctant to return to cinemas within the wake of the pandemic.
