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Released
2023 · FILM

The Color Purple

A resilient woman fights oppression and heartache to claim her own freedom, discovering unbreakable strength through sisterhood.

“A bold new take on the beloved classic.”

Directed by
Blitz Bazawule
Written by
Marcus Gardley, Alice Walker
Runtime
141 min
DramaMusical
Streaming on
  • HBO Max

Synopsis

A story spanning decades, it explores themes of love, resilience, and a woman's journey toward independence. Celie endures numerous hardships in her life, but ultimately discovers extraordinary strength and hope through the enduring bonds of sisterhood.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 25

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jon PollShot by Dan LaustsenScored by Kris BowersDesigned by Paul D Austerberry

Box Office

2023 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$68.9M

Budget$90.0M
Worldwide gross$68.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $60.6M — 88% of worldwide · International: $8.3M (12%)

Opening weekend: $32.3M — 53% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $32.3M — 53% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,152 theaters

Also known as

  • Die Farbe Lilade
  • El color púrpuraes
  • La Couleur pourprefr
  • Il colore violait

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