The First Purge

America's third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given to anyone who does.

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Grosses

Domestic (50.7%)
$69,488,745

International (49.3%)
$67,567,517

Worldwide
$137,056,262

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DistributorUniversal Pictures
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Opening$17,374,280
3,031 theaters

Budget$13,000,000

Release DateJul 4, 2018 - Sep 6, 2018

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Running Time1 hr 37 min

GenresAction Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

In Release181 days/25 weeks

Widest Release3,038 theaters

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