Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Friday Box Office: “The Color Purple” Has Biggest Jump from Thursday, Up 25%, “Aquaman 2” Finds Holiday Audience

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Friday box office:

“The Color Purple” is full of surprises.

After a huge opening on Monday, the terrific, emotional musical had a big drop mid week.

But last night, “The Color Purple” was up 25% from Thursday, taking the biggest leap of any film in the top 10.

“Aquaman 2” is finding a holiday audience. It will be up near $80 million by the end of New Year’s Day. So maybe $100 million isn’t out of the question. But much beyond that? Hmmm…

“Wonka” rounds out Warner Bros’ big trio. Just keeps finding more candy along the way, heading to $140 million by the end of the four day week.

Lots of small movies all jockeying for place including “Poor Things,” “Iron Claw,” “All of Us Strangers,” “Zone of Interest.” “Memory” from the nearly existent Ketchup Entertainment is proving to be a bit stuck in the bottle.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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