Taraji P. Henson stars in Warner Bros. “The Color Purple.”
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It was a very Merry Christmas for Warner Bros. Discovery.
With $18.15 million in box office receipts, the studio’s newest film “The Color Purple” had the highest 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 short of the 2009 holiday opening of “Sherlock Holmes” at $24.6 million, according to data from Comscore.
Top Christmas day openers at 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
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