The Color Purple, in its opening day, exceeded the entire opening weekends of every stage-to-screen musical adaptation that's premiered in the last few years, including In the Heights ($11 million ...

“The Color Purple,” a vibrant adaptation of the book-turned-beloved-movie-turned-hit-Broadway-musical, dominated at the box office on Christmas Day. The film has outperformed expectations with ...

“The Color Purple,” a vibrant adaptation of the book-turned-beloved-movie-turned-hit-Broadway-musical, dominated at the box office on Christmas Day. The film has outperformed expectations with ...

The latest rendition of "The Color Purple" surpassed box office expectations with an $18 million domestic gross on Monday, making it the biggest Christmas Day opening for a film in over a decade ...

Box Office: ‘The Color Purple’ Trounces ‘Aquaman 2’ With Near-Record $18M Christmas Day Opening 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' is the latest big-budget Hollywood superhero pic to stumble ...

A version of this article appears in print on , Section B, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: ‘Color Purple’ Is Sputtering After Big Box-Office Open.

The Color Purple has achieved the second-best Christmas day domestic box office opening of all time with ticket sales reaching $18.15 million. Only 2009's Sherlock Holmes earned more on any other ...

The Color Purple has triumphed at the box office with the largest Christmas Day movie opening in 14 years. The drama is an adaptation of the 2005 Broadway musical, which was inspired by Steven ...

Blitz Bazawule's “The Color Purple” grossed $18 million on its opening day, giving the musical the second-highest Christmas Day haul ever.