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$1,168,278
251 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 Release278 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jul 6-8
World Cup (Russia)
2$1,168,278-251-$4,654$1,348,9981
Jul 13-15
World Cup (Russia)
4$651,287-44.3%260+9$2,504$3,130,5463
Jul 20-225$493,098-24.3%278+18$1,773$4,486,9993
Jul 27-298$279,128-43.4%261-17$1,069$5,245,5494
Aug 3-59$147,941-47%221-40$669$5,710,2575
Aug 10-1212$64,057-56.7%128-93$500$5,946,8666
Aug 17-1914$41,161-35.7%92-36$447$6,068,1477
Aug 24-2620$26,846-34.8%73-19$367$6,131,6738
Aug 31-Sep 226$15,956-40.6%54-19$295$6,177,2379
Sep 7-925$8,567-46.3%29-25$295$6,202,89110
Sep 14-1628$4,910-42.7%21-8$233$6,211,07611
Sep 21-2327$4,460-9.2%16-5$278$6,217,17612
Sep 28-3031$1,328-70.2%7-9$189$6,219,89313