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$68,883
70 theaters
Budget$13,000,000
Release DateJul 6, 2018
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 37 min
GenresAction Horror Sci-Fi Thriller
In Release179 days/25 weeks
Widest Release70 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jul 6-8
World Cup (Russia)
-$68,883-70-$984$89,0811
Jul 13-15
World Cup (Russia)
-$52,982-23.1%56-14$946$200,7803
Jul 20-22-$40,120-24.3%38-18$1,055$279,3393
Jul 27-29-$28,810-28.2%21-17$1,371$335,5104
Aug 3-5-$20,751-28%14-7$1,482$376,5775
Aug 10-12-$13,210-36.3%9-5$1,467$401,6616
Aug 17-19-$11,211-15.1%8-1$1,401$418,7047
Aug 24-26-$6,088-45.7%6-2$1,014$426,0038