The Color Purple
Released Date
December 18, 1985
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Genre
Drama
Rating
PG-13
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$98,467,863 + $0 = $98,467,863
$98,467,863 + $0 = $98,467,863
A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.
About
Steven Spielberg film about a woman from the south who struggles after being abused by her father. The film is based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name.
Trivia
The movie was filmed in North Carolina. The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and grossed over $142 million worldwide.