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The First PurgeFollow

2018 • R • 1h 37m • Action, Horror, Thriller • Universal

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🍅 55% 28%

54

2.49

5.2

CS B−

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$69.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$137.10M

$67.60M international

Domestic legs4.00x

Budget$13M

2018 rank#39

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Cast & crew

Directed byGerard McMurray ScreenplayJames DeMonaco Produced byJason Blum, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form CinematographyAnastas Michos MusicKevin Lax StarringY'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Steve Harris, Marisa Tomei StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesThe Purge

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

2 Jul 13-15 #1 $9.3M — 3,038 3065 $49.7M

3 Jul 20-22 #1 $5.1M — 2,331 2190 $60.3M

4 Jul 27-29 #1 $2.2M — 1,400 1582 $65.5M

5 Aug 03-05 #1 $930.3K — 708 1314 $67.8M

6 Aug 10-12 #1 $285.5K — 293 975 $68.5M

7 Aug 17-19 #1 $139.0K — 184 756 $68.8M

8 Aug 24-26 #1 $87.6K — 128 684 $68.9M

9 Aug 31-02 #1 $120.6K — 108 1116 $69.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Jul 03 #1 $2.5M — $2.5M 2,350 1064 0

Wed Jul 04 #1 $9.3M +272% $9.3M 3,031 3070 1

Thu Jul 05 #1 $4.6M −51% $13.9M 3,031 1518 2

Fri Jul 06 #1 $6.1M +32% $20.0M 3,031 1999 3

Sat Jul 07 #1 $6.3M +4% $26.3M 3,031 2086 4

Sun Jul 08 #1 $5.0M −21% $31.3M 3,031 1647 5

Mon Jul 09 #1 $2.4M −52% $33.7M 3,031 788 6

Tue Jul 10 #1 $2.9M +23% $36.6M 3,031 970 7

Wed Jul 11 #1 $2.0M −33% $38.6M 3,031 647 8

Thu Jul 12 #1 $1.8M −8% $40.4M 3,031 595 9

Fri Jul 13 #1 $3.0M +68% $43.4M 3,038 995 10

Sat Jul 14 #1 $3.5M +16% $46.9M 3,038 1156 11

Sun Jul 15 #1 $2.8M −21% $49.7M 3,038 915 12

Mon Jul 16 #1 $1.4M −49% $51.1M 3,038 462 13

Tue Jul 17 #1 $1.8M +31% $52.9M 3,038 604 14

Wed Jul 18 #1 $1.3M −32% $54.2M 3,038 414 15

Thu Jul 19 #1 $1.0M −18% $55.2M 3,038 337 16

Fri Jul 20 #1 $1.5M +46% $56.7M 2,331 644 17

Sat Jul 21 #1 $2.0M +33% $58.7M 2,331 855 18

Sun Jul 22 #1 $1.6M −19% $60.3M 2,331 691 19

Mon Jul 23 #1 $778.1K −52% $61.1M 2,331 334 20

Tue Jul 24 #1 $964.4K +24% $62.1M 2,331 414 21

Wed Jul 25 #1 $712.2K −26% $62.8M 2,331 306 22

Thu Jul 26 #1 $482.6K −32% $63.3M 2,331 207 23

Fri Jul 27 #1 $676.9K +40% $63.9M 1,400 484 24

Sat Jul 28 #1 $886.7K +31% $64.8M 1,400 633 25

Sun Jul 29 #1 $651.8K −26% $65.5M 1,400 466 26

Mon Jul 30 #1 $361.8K −44% $65.8M 1,400 258 27

Tue Jul 31 #1 $452.7K +25% $66.3M 1,400 323 28

Wed Aug 01 #1 $346.2K −24% $66.6M 1,400 247 29

Thu Aug 02 #1 $198.1K −43% $66.8M 1,400 142 30

Fri Aug 03 #1 $286.1K +44% $67.1M 708 404 31

Sat Aug 04 #1 $379.8K +33% $67.5M 708 536 32

Sun Aug 05 #1 $264.5K −30% $67.8M 708 374 33

Mon Aug 06 #1 $130.6K −51% $67.9M 708 184 34

Tue Aug 07 #1 $145.1K +11% $68.0M 708 205 35

Wed Aug 08 #1 $97.3K −33% $68.1M 708 137 36

Thu Aug 09 #1 $52.1K −46% $68.2M 708 74 37

Fri Aug 10 #1 $85.3K +64% $68.3M 293 291 38

Sat Aug 11 #1 $120.7K +41% $68.4M 293 412 39

Sun Aug 12 #1 $79.6K −34% $68.5M 293 272 40

Mon Aug 13 #1 $41.5K −48% $68.5M 293 142 41

Tue Aug 14 #1 $50.6K +22% $68.6M 293 173 42

Wed Aug 15 #1 $27.9K −45% $68.6M 293 95 43

Thu Aug 16 #1 $23.9K −14% $68.6M 293 82 44

Fri Aug 17 #1 $38.9K +63% $68.7M 184 212 45

Sat Aug 18 #1 $64.1K +65% $68.7M 184 348 46

Sun Aug 19 #1 $36.0K −44% $68.8M 184 196 47

Mon Aug 20 #1 $13.8K −62% $68.8M 184 75 48

Tue Aug 21 #1 $18.3K +33% $68.8M 184 99 49

Wed Aug 22 #1 $13.3K −27% $68.8M 184 72 50

Thu Aug 23 #1 $12.1K −9% $68.8M 184 66 51

Fri Aug 24 #1 $24.4K +101% $68.8M 128 190 52

Sat Aug 25 #1 $38.4K +58% $68.9M 128 300 53

Sun Aug 26 #1 $24.8K −36% $68.9M 128 194 54

Mon Aug 27 #1 $8.8K −65% $68.9M 128 68 55

Tue Aug 28 #1 $9.4K +8% $68.9M 128 74 56

Wed Aug 29 #1 $7.2K −23% $68.9M 128 56 57

Thu Aug 30 #1 $7.4K +2% $68.9M 128 58 58

Fri Aug 31 #1 $23.7K +219% $69.0M 108 219 59

Sat Sep 01 #1 $50.1K +112% $69.0M 108 464 60

Sun Sep 02 #1 $46.8K −6% $69.1M 108 434 61

Mon Sep 03 #1 $18.8K −60% $69.1M 108 174 62

Tue Sep 04 #1 $7.1K −62% $69.1M 108 66 63

Wed Sep 05 #1 $5.5K −23% $69.1M 108 51 64

Thu Sep 06 #1 $4.6K −16% $69.1M 108 43 65

Cumulative total$69.1M

Jul 03Jul 19Aug 05Aug 21Sep 06

Weekend grossWk 9 · $120.6K

$9.3M

$5.1M

$2.2M

$930.3K

$285.5K

$139.0K

$87.6K

$120.6K

W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,038 → 108 −96.4%

2,350 open108 now

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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