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The Purge: AnarchyFollow

2014 • R • 1h 44m • Action, Horror, Thriller • Universal Pictures

Welcome to America, where one night a year, all crime is legal.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$29.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$71.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$111.50M

$40.00M international

Domestic legs2.40x

Budget$9.0M

2014 rank#45

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Cast & crew

Frank Grillo

Frank Grillo Starring

Carmen Ejogo

Carmen Ejogo Starring

Michael Kenneth Williams

Michael Kenneth Williams Starring

ScreenplayJames DeMonaco StudioUniversal Pictures Produced byJason Blum, Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Sébastien K. Lemercier SeriesThe Purge

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 18-20 2 $29.8M — 2,806 $10,626 $29.8M

2 Jul 25-27 4 $10.5M −64.8% 2,856 $3,670 $51.9M

3 Aug 1-3 7 $5.9M −44.2% 2,656 $2,204 $63.3M

4 Aug 8-10 11 $2.3M −61.0% 1,602 $1,426 $68.5M

5 Aug 15-17 19 $632.9K −72.3% 575 $1,101 $70.1M

6 Aug 22-24 27 $305.5K −51.7% 295 $1,036 $70.7M

7 Aug 29-31 35 $270.4K −11.5% 199 $1,359 $71.1M

8 Sep 5-7 36 $170.1K −37.1% 188 $905 $71.3M

9 Sep 12-14 50 $49.3K −71.0% 167 $295 $71.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 17 #P $2.6M — $2.6M 2,194 $1,185 -1

Fri Jul 18 #1 $13.0M +400.3% $13.0M 2,805 $4,637 1

Sat Jul 19 #2 $9.5M −26.9% $22.5M 2,806 $3,390 2

Sun Jul 20 #2 $7.3M −23.3% $29.8M 2,806 $2,600 3

Mon Jul 21 #2 $3.3M −54.4% $33.1M 2,806 $1,185 4

Tue Jul 22 #2 $3.6M +7.2% $36.7M 2,806 $1,270 5

Wed Jul 23 #2 $2.6M −27.9% $39.3M 2,806 $915 6

Thu Jul 24 #2 $2.1M −18.0% $41.4M 2,806 $750 7

Fri Jul 25 #4 $3.5M +65.5% −73.2% $44.9M 2,856 $1,220 8

Sat Jul 26 #4 $3.9M +12.6% −58.7% $48.8M 2,856 $1,375 9

Sun Jul 27 #4 $3.1M −21.8% −57.9% $51.9M 2,856 $1,075 10

Mon Jul 28 #4 $1.5M −50.3% −54.1% $53.4M 2,856 $535 11

Tue Jul 29 #4 $1.7M +8.6% −53.5% $55.0M 2,856 $580 12

Wed Jul 30 #5 $1.2M −25.1% −51.7% $56.3M 2,856 $435 13

Thu Jul 31 #5 $1.1M −9.2% −46.5% $57.4M 2,856 $395 14

Fri Aug 1 #6 $1.8M +63.7% −47.1% $59.3M 2,656 $695 15

Sat Aug 2 #7 $2.3M +23.8% −41.8% $61.5M 2,656 $860 16

Sun Aug 3 #7 $1.7M −24.4% −43.8% $63.3M 2,656 $650 17

Mon Aug 4 #6 $849.9K −50.7% −44.3% $64.1M 2,656 $320 18

Tue Aug 5 #8 $915.0K +7.7% −44.8% $65.0M 2,656 $345 19

Wed Aug 6 #8 $702.6K −23.2% −43.4% $65.7M 2,656 $265 20

Thu Aug 7 #7 $516.6K −26.5% −54.2% $66.2M 2,656 $195 21

Fri Aug 8 #10 $729.7K +41.2% −60.4% $67.0M 1,602 $455 22

Sat Aug 9 #11 $913.9K +25.2% −60.0% $67.9M 1,602 $570 23

Sun Aug 10 #11 $641.5K −29.8% −62.8% $68.5M 1,602 $400 24

Mon Aug 11 #11 $329.0K −48.7% −61.3% $68.9M 1,602 $205 25

Tue Aug 12 #11 $335.6K +2.0% −63.3% $69.2M 1,602 $210 26

Wed Aug 13 #14 $175.3K −47.8% −75.0% $69.4M 1,602 $109 27

Thu Aug 14 #13 $121.1K −30.9% −76.6% $69.5M 1,602 $76 28

Fri Aug 15 #16 $181.0K +49.5% −75.2% $69.7M 575 $315 29

Sat Aug 16 #15 $270.5K +49.5% −70.4% $69.9M 575 $470 30

Sun Aug 17 #15 $181.4K −32.9% −71.7% $70.1M 575 $315 31

Mon Aug 18 #17 $77.6K −57.2% −76.4% $70.2M 575 $135 32

Tue Aug 19 #- $83.2K +7.2% −75.2% $70.3M 575 $145 33

Wed Aug 20 #- $68.7K −17.4% −60.8% $70.4M 575 $120 34

Thu Aug 21 #16 $48.9K −28.9% −59.6% $70.4M 575 $85 35

Fri Aug 22 #- $91.6K +87.4% −49.4% $70.5M 295 $310 36

Sat Aug 23 #- $143.1K +56.3% −47.1% $70.6M 295 $485 37

Sun Aug 24 #- $70.8K −50.5% −61.0% $70.7M 295 $240 38

Mon Aug 25 #- $26.6K −62.5% −65.8% $70.7M 295 $90 39

Tue Aug 26 #- $27.9K +5.0% −66.5% $70.8M 295 $95 40

Wed Aug 27 #- $21.9K −21.4% −68.1% $70.8M 295 $74 41

Thu Aug 28 #- $19.4K −11.2% −60.2% $70.8M 295 $66 42

Fri Aug 29 #- $66.6K +242.4% −27.3% $70.9M 199 $335 43

Sat Aug 30 #- $100.4K +50.8% −29.8% $71.0M 199 $505 44

Sun Aug 31 #- $103.4K +3.0% +46.0% $71.1M 199 $520 45

Mon Sep 1 #- $47.7K −53.9% +79.6% $71.1M 199 $240 46

Tue Sep 2 #- $17.9K −62.4% −35.8% $71.1M 199 $90 47

Wed Sep 3 #- $17.0K −5.1% −22.4% $71.2M 199 $85 48

Thu Sep 4 #- $13.9K −18.1% −28.4% $71.2M 199 $70 49

Fri Sep 5 #- $50.8K +264.4% −23.8% $71.2M 188 $270 50

Sat Sep 6 #- $81.8K +61.1% −18.6% $71.3M 188 $435 51

Sun Sep 7 #- $37.6K −54.0% −63.6% $71.3M 188 $200 52

Mon Sep 8 #- $14.1K −62.5% −70.4% $71.4M 188 $75 53

Tue Sep 9 #- $15.1K +6.7% −15.9% $71.4M 188 $80 54

Wed Sep 10 #- $14.1K −6.2% −16.9% $71.4M 188 $75 55

Thu Sep 11 #- $13.3K −6.2% −4.9% $71.4M 188 $70 56

Fri Sep 12 #- $38.4K +189.9% −24.3% $71.4M 167 $230 57

Sat Sep 13 #- $49.3K +28.4% −39.7% $71.5M 167 $295 58

Sun Sep 14 #- $30.9K −37.3% −17.8% $71.5M 167 $185 59

Mon Sep 15 #- $10.0K −67.6% −29.0% $71.5M 167 $60 60

Tue Sep 16 #- $12.5K +24.7% −17.1% $71.5M 167 $75 61

Wed Sep 17 #- $11.7K −6.6% −17.5% $71.6M 167 $70 62

Thu Sep 18 #- $9.2K −21.5% −30.9% $71.6M 167 $55 63

Cumulative total$71.6M

Jul 17Aug 2Aug 18Sep 2Sep 18

Weekend grossWk 9 · $49.3K

$29.8M

$10.5M

$5.9M

$2.3M

$632.9K

$305.5K

$270.4K

$170.1K

$49.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,856 → 167 −94.2%

2,194 open167 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −71.0%

−64.8%

W1→2

−44.2%

W2→3

−61.0%

W3→4

−72.3%

W4→5

−51.7%

W5→6

−11.5%

W6→7

−37.1%

W7→8

−71.0%

W8→9

Steepest −72.3%Best hold −11.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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