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
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Jun 29-Jul 56$13,905,945-3,031-$4,587$13,905,9451
Jul 6-124$26,472,025+90.4%3,031-$8,733$40,377,97010
Jul 13-196$14,833,395-44%3,038+7$4,882$55,211,36519
Jul 20-268$8,042,510-45.8%2,331-707$3,450$63,253,8754
Jul 27-Aug 210$3,574,205-55.6%1,400-931$2,553$66,828,0805
Aug 3-916$1,355,380-62.1%708-692$1,914$68,183,4606
Aug 10-1626$429,410-68.3%293-415$1,465$68,612,8707
Aug 17-2335$196,445-54.3%184-109$1,067$68,809,3158
Aug 24-3038$120,385-38.7%128-56$940$68,929,7009
Aug 31-Sep 638$156,625+30.1%108-20$1,450$69,086,32510