Late as usual. July 27th, 2009 was the 25th anniversary of the film Purple Rain. I had planned on doing a post about how amazing the movie was and is. Obviously I missed my deadline. Here are some facts about the film you all know and love.
- $140,017,340 - Total U.S. box-office gross, in 2009 dollars.
- 24 - Weeks soundtrack spent at No. 1 on the Billboard chart.
- 9 - Ranking of Purple Rains on list of best-selling soundtracks of 2007.
- 400A - Model number of Prince's 1984 purple Honda motorcycle.
- 1,700,000 - Tickets sold for 1984 - 85 Purple Rain tour.
- 0 - Feature films directed by Albert Magnoli before Purple Rain.
- 78 - Occurrences of the word "U" in Purple Rain's lyrics.
- 33 - Degrees Fahrenheit, on average, of Lake Minnetonka in winter.
