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A box of fruit candy contains $50$ candy pieces in five different colors: red, orange, yellow, green, and purple. Willy opened the box and found that $22\%$ of the candy pieces are purple. If the box Willy opened is representative of that particular brand of fruit candy, which of the following best estimates the total number of non-purple candy pieces in $36$ boxes of the same candy?$\newline$Choose $1$ answer:$\newline$(A) $400$$\newline$(B) $1,100$$\newline$(C) $1,400$$\newline$(D) $1,800$