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.

Grosses

Domestic (50.7%)
$69,488,745
Summary Details
DistributorUniversal Pictures
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Opening$17,374,280
3,031 theaters
Budget$13,000,000
Release DateJul 4, 2018 - Sep 6, 2018
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 37 min
GenresAction Horror Sci-Fi Thriller
In Release181 days/25 weeks
Widest Release3,038 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jul 6-8
World Cup (Russia)
4$17,374,280-3,031-$5,732$31,280,22510
Jul 13-15
World Cup (Russia)
6$9,312,530-46.4%3,038+7$3,065$49,690,50019
Jul 20-228$5,105,305-45.2%2,331-707$2,190$60,316,6703
Jul 27-2910$2,215,400-56.6%1,400-931$1,582$65,469,2754
Aug 3-516$930,325-58%708-692$1,314$67,758,4055
Aug 10-1222$285,545-69.3%293-415$974$68,469,0056
Aug 17-1928$139,035-51.3%184-109$755$68,751,9057
Aug 24-2637$87,590-37%128-56$684$68,896,9058
Aug 31-Sep 235$120,560+37.6%108-20$1,116$69,050,2609
Aug 31-Sep 3
Labor Day wknd
36$120,560-108-$1,116$69,069,105-