I often hear alot of talk about how succesful the movie and the album were, but what are the figures on these comments? how much money did the movie make? how successful was the album sales? I read somewhere that it sold something like 10 Million copies in the U.S and 17 Million copies world wide but i dont know how true that is. help me out here

'Purple Rain,' the film:
Total gross: $68,392,977
Opened July 27th, 1984
Topped the weekend box-office chart for one weekend, interrupting Ghostbusters' stay at no. 1
Currently the no.543 film of all time in North America
(info courtesy box office mojo: http://boxofficemojo.com/...erain.htm)

'Purple Rain,' the album:
Certified 13x Platinum, for shipments of more than 13 million copies (last certified in 1996---it's probably due another million or two by now)
Spent 24 consecutive weeks at no.1 on the Billboard Album chart. No album has remained at no.1 for as long since.
Produced 5 top 40 hits, 4 of which hit the top ten, and two of those made it to no.1

renfield said:

And he won as Oscar for the music

and like its sooooo uncool to say this your fave p album if your a fan(me?i pretend its N.E.W.S!!)