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 field workplace receipts, the studio’s latest movie “The Color Purple” had the best Christmas Day opening since 2009 and the second-largest Christmas Day opening of all time.
The movie outpaced 2012’s “Les Misérables,” which snagged $18.1 million on its Christmas debut, and fell simply wanting the 2009 vacation opening of “Sherlock Holmes” at $24.6 million, based on information from Comscore.
Prime Christmas day openers on the home field workplace
- “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
Supply: Comscore
Including ticket gross sales from “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” and “Wonka,” Warner Bros. Discovery held the highest three spots on the field workplace over the vacation.
Warner Bros.’ assortment of December releases runs the spectrum of genres and demographics, providing a various slate of leisure for nearly each moviegoing viewers.
“The lineup … reflects a perfectly orchestrated staggered release of these titles over the course [of] the all-important holiday frame, and the results are most impressive,” mentioned Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore.
“The Color Purple,” whose producers embrace Oprah and Steven Spielberg, relies on the Broadway musical adaptation of the book-turned-movie of the identical identify.
The movie caters to an older viewers, who’ve been reluctant to return to cinemas within the wake of the pandemic.
