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[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_24|24 July 2007]] (USA) | [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_24|24 July 2007]] (USA) | ||
|Director = [[Albert Magnoli]] | |Director = [[Albert Magnoli]] | ||
− | |Related = [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] ( | + | |Related = [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain (film)]], [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain (album)]] |
|Label = Warner Home Video (USA) | |Label = Warner Home Video (USA) | ||
− | |length = | + | |length = 107 -113 minutes |
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|Next year = 1985 | |Next year = 1985 | ||
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|Next video name = Prince And The Revolution: Live | |Next video name = Prince And The Revolution: Live | ||
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− | |Introduction = <b>Purple Rain</b> was the first [[Prince]] home video to be released and his first movie released in Home Video format. It was released on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November 1984]] in the USA with | + | |Introduction = <b>Purple Rain</b> was the first [[Prince]] home video to be released and his first movie released in Home Video format. It was released on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November 1984]] in the USA with an 'R' rating. When released in the United Kingdom and Australia the film was rated unsuitable under 15. Of note, the movie was rated unsuitable under 12 in the Benelux from 1999 onward. |
− | + | Depending on the country, running times varied from 113 minutes in the USA, to 111 minutes in Japan, and 107 minutes in Europe. | |
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The home video was a commercial success in the USA, reaching position 1 in Billboard Top Videocassette Sales chart and in Billboard Top Videodisks charts, and position 2 in Billboard Top Videocassette rentals chart. | The home video was a commercial success in the USA, reaching position 1 in Billboard Top Videocassette Sales chart and in Billboard Top Videodisks charts, and position 2 in Billboard Top Videocassette rentals chart. | ||
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|see also = | |see also = | ||
{{SeeAlso| | {{SeeAlso| | ||
− | |item1 = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain<br>( | + | |item1 = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]<br>(Album) |
|image1 = [[File:Purplerain.jpg|x80px|link=Album: Purple Rain]] | |image1 = [[File:Purplerain.jpg|x80px|link=Album: Purple Rain]] | ||
− | |item2 = [[Film:_Purple_Rain|Purple Rain<br>( | + | |item2 = [[Film:_Purple_Rain|Purple Rain]]<br>(Movie) |
|image2 = [[File:FilmPurpleRain-movieposter.jpg|x80px|link=Film: Purple Rain]] | |image2 = [[File:FilmPurpleRain-movieposter.jpg|x80px|link=Film: Purple Rain]] | ||
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[[file:PurpleRainHomeVideo_USAad1984.jpg|x200px|Purple Rain Home Video advert published in USA press, November 1984]] [[file:PurpleRainHomeVideoRetailPoster.png|x200px|Purple Rain Home Video retail poster]] [[file:PurplerainHomeVideoCounterDisplay.png|x200px|Purple Rain Home Video counter display]] | [[file:PurpleRainHomeVideo_USAad1984.jpg|x200px|Purple Rain Home Video advert published in USA press, November 1984]] [[file:PurpleRainHomeVideoRetailPoster.png|x200px|Purple Rain Home Video retail poster]] [[file:PurplerainHomeVideoCounterDisplay.png|x200px|Purple Rain Home Video counter display]] | ||
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− | |Quotations & trivia = On 8 December 1984, '''Purple Rain Home Video''' enters the Top Videocassettes sales chart at position 5, beating blockbusters movies like | + | |Quotations & trivia = On 8 December 1984, '''Purple Rain Home Video''' enters the Top Videocassettes sales chart at position 5, beating blockbusters movies like “Star Wars” (6), “Yentl” (7) and “Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes” (8). It also makes a better debut (position 14) in the rentals chart than blockbusters "The Empire Strikes Back" (16) and “Conan the Destroyer” (22) a week before. On 22 December 1984, the home video reaches position 1 in the sales charts, pushing down the “The Empire Strikes Back” (still N°1 in rentals) at position 2 and remains there for 12 consecutive weeks (approx. 3 months). |
* In a Billboard article, WEA claims having initially shipped 400,000 videocassettes of Purple Rain, and 70,000 reorders in the two weeks following its release. | * In a Billboard article, WEA claims having initially shipped 400,000 videocassettes of Purple Rain, and 70,000 reorders in the two weeks following its release. | ||
* '''Purple Rain Home Video''' remained in the Top Videocassette sales charts from 8 December 1984 to 16 November 1985, which amounts almost a year (50 weeks). | * '''Purple Rain Home Video''' remained in the Top Videocassette sales charts from 8 December 1984 to 16 November 1985, which amounts almost a year (50 weeks). |
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