ScreenProfits

SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

The Color Purple

2023 · Blitz Bazawule · Oprah Winfrey | Steven Spielberg | Scott Sanders | Quincy Jones · 2 hr 21 min

A woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Taraji P. Henson 2023 $1,500,000 $1,584,673 (est)
Danielle Brooks 2023 $1,247,240 $1,317,645 (est)
Colman Domingo 2023 $400,000 $422,580 (est)
Corey Hawkins 2023 $1,105,739 $1,168,157 (est)
H.E.R. 2023 $2,578,228 $2,723,766 (est)
Halle Bailey 2023 $1,806,938 $1,908,938 (est)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor 2023 $697,558 $736,934 (est)
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi 2023 $1,855,399 $1,960,134 (est)
Fantasia Barrino 2023 $1,708,561 $1,805,008 (est)
Box Office

Box Office Reported grosses are direct imports. Inflation-adjusted values use imported adjusted totals when available, otherwise they use the yearly U.S. CPI table you maintain in WordPress.

Inflation-adjusted values are shown in 2025 dollars when CPI data is available.

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Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross. 2023 $60,619,191 $64,041,082
International International theatrical box office gross. 2023 $8,300,000 $8,768,526
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2023 $68,919,191 $70,954,874
Earnings / Profitability

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated revenues and expenses for films based on currently imported reported and estimated fields. Inflation-adjusted values use the CPI table when direct adjusted values are not present in the export.

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Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $33,629,596 (est) $35,527,951 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $6,313,195 $6,669,569
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $7,794,303 $8,234,283
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $292,663 $309,183
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $562,415, BluRay $621,617 2023 $1,184,032 $1,250,870
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $10,337,262 (est) $10,920,790 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2023 $59,551,052 $62,912,647
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2023 $100,000,000 $102,953,725
Print & Advertising (P&A) Estimated prints and advertising cost. sourceSource: How 'The Color Purple' Rollout Became Dominated By Accusations Of Low Pay And Poor Conditions - ForbesURL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/01/08/how-the-color-purple-rollout-became-dominated-by-accusations-of-low-pay-and-poor-conditions/The film, which has grossed $54.6 million to date, reportedly cost $90 million to produce and an additional $40 million to market. 2023 $40,000,000 $42,257,959
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $0 (est) $0 (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $797,984 (est) $843,029 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $12,000,000 (est) $12,677,388 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2023 $152,797,984 $158,732,101
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2023 $-93,246,932 $-95,819,454
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