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.

Summary Details
DistributorUniversal Pictures International (UPI)
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Opening$144,299
29 theaters
Budget$13,000,000
Release DateJul 4, 2018
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 37 min
GenresAction Horror Sci-Fi Thriller
In Release181 days/25 weeks
Widest Release30 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jul 4-8
World Cup (Russia)
-$144,299-29-$4,975$169,5631
Jul 11-15
World Cup (Russia)
-$109,403-24.2%30+1$3,646$328,5663
Jul 18-22-$87,067-20.4%30-$2,902$442,1983
Jul 25-29-$58,739-32.5%28-2$2,097$524,3134
Aug 1-5-$55,863-4.9%28-$1,995$597,2535
Aug 8-12-$62,668+12.2%26-2$2,410$671,7596
Aug 15-19-$37,618-40%23-3$1,635$738,9677
Aug 22-26-$29,347-22%20-3$1,467$777,9208
Aug 29-Sep 2-$31,035+5.8%20-$1,551$817,6769
Sep 5-9-$21,273-31.5%20-$1,063$843,14110
Sep 12-16-$19,157-9.9%18-2$1,064$865,02811
Sep 19-23-$11,240-41.3%12-6$936$878,11312
Sep 26-30-$2,662-76.3%5-7$532$881,16813