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

South Africa
$33,552

Domestic (50.7%)
$69,488,745

Worldwide
$137,056,262

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DistributorUnited International Pictures
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Opening$14,730
16 theaters

Budget$13,000,000

Release DateAug 31, 2018

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Running Time1 hr 37 min

GenresAction Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

In Release123 days/17 weeks

Widest Release16 theaters

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Date	Rank	Weekend	%± LW	Theaters	Change	Avg	To Date	Weekend	Estimated
Aug 31-Sep 2	13	$14,730	-	16	-	$920	$14,730	1	false
Sep 7-9	18	$6,451	-56.2%	16	-	$403	$26,404	2	false
Sep 14-16	23	$1,518	-76.5%	8	-8	$189	$30,766	3	false
Sep 21-23	26	$42	-97.2%	1	-7	$42	$32,785	4	false
Sep 28-30	25	$259	+516.7%	1	-	$259	$33,552	5	false