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While Wonka went on to do exceptionally well at the box office and earned pretty good reviews, The Color Purple remake was a slightly different story The reviews were stellar across the board, as the film was hailed as a near masterpiece and complemented the original well However, despite its record-breaking start on Christmas Day, it[...]

The Color Purple came in fourth, adding $11 million and wrapping up an impressive debut week since opening on Christmas Day It should cross $50 million tomorrow Rounding out the top five was the raunchy romantic comedy Anyone But You Left for dead after its opening weekend, it held incredibly well as an alternative to[...]

Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom, Wonka, and The Color Purple propelled the holiday weekend box office, as WB takes a victory lap this morning Their triple release paid off, as the three releases combined to make $104 million over the four-day weekend Aquaman won the three-day weekend with $28 million, under projections It added another[...]

The Color Purple is one of two musicals set to come out this December, and one would think a remake of a classic would be a sure thing, but after West Side Story bombed, it's anyone's guess as to whether or not this movie is going to find a place at the box office Now[...]

We have two this year, sort of, with the first being Wonka, even if it's not being called a traditional musical, and the second being The Color Purple which is a remake of a classic Of the two, it's pretty obvious which is the safer bet, but after West Side Story underperformed, it's anyone's guess about[...]

Discovery is releasing this December, the remake of The Color Purple is the one that seems like the safer bet However, you could have said the same thing about West Side Story, which did not do well at the box office Maybe it was just the timing of the release; who knows? The cultural zeitgeist has to[...]

However, the other one is the new version of The Color Purple It was only a matter of time before another version of this film would make it to the big screen, and a December release date makes sense since this would be a movie that they would push for awards season They gave this[...]

is adapting The Color Purple again based on the Tony-winning musical and the 1985 adaptation Blitz Bazawule is currently directing it, and Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg will produce it Spielberg incidentally directed the 1985 adaptation, so it makes sense that he would be back to produce There isn't a cast yet for this one[...]