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2016 • R • 1h 48m • Action, Horror, Sci-Fi • Universal Pictures

No nation, no borders, no mercy.

🍅 55% 66%

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2.6

6.0

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$31.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$79.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$118.50M

$39.50M international

Domestic legs2.51x

Budget$10M

2016 rank#38

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Cast & crew

Frank Grillo

Frank Grillo Starring

Elizabeth Mitchell

Elizabeth Mitchell Starring

Mykelti Williamson

Mykelti Williamson Starring

ScreenplayJames DeMonaco Produced byJason Blum, Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Sébastien K. Lemercier CinematographyJacques Jouffret MusicNathan Whitehead Written byJames DeMonaco StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesThe Purge

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 1-3 3 $31.5M — 2,796 $11,271 $31.5M

2 Jul 8-10 5 $12.4M −60.7% 2,821 $4,392 $58.8M

3 Jul 15-17 6 $6.2M −50.1% 2,671 $2,316 $71.1M

4 Jul 22-24 12 $2.4M −61.5% 1,701 $1,399 $76.6M

5 Jul 29-31 18 $739.4K −68.9% 510 $1,450 $78.4M

6 Aug 5-7 28 $181.9K −75.4% 207 $879 $78.8M

7 Aug 12-14 41 $71.6K −60.6% 116 $617 $79.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jun 30 #P $3.6M — $3.6M 0 $0 -1

Fri Jul 1 #1 $14.5M — $14.5M 2,796 $5,191 1

Sat Jul 2 #3 $9.4M −35.3% $23.9M 2,796 $3,359 2

Sun Jul 3 #3 $7.6M −18.9% $31.5M 2,796 $2,722 3

Mon Jul 4 #4 $4.6M −39.2% $36.1M 2,796 $1,654 4

Tue Jul 5 #3 $4.3M −6.2% $40.5M 2,796 $1,552 5

Wed Jul 6 #3 $3.2M −26.5% $43.7M 2,796 $1,140 6

Thu Jul 7 #3 $2.7M −13.9% $46.4M 2,796 $982 7

Fri Jul 8 #5 $4.1M +47.6% −72.1% $50.5M 2,821 $1,436 8

Sat Jul 9 #5 $4.7M +15.4% −50.2% $55.1M 2,821 $1,657 9

Sun Jul 10 #5 $3.7M −21.6% −51.9% $58.8M 2,821 $1,299 10

Mon Jul 11 #5 $1.6M −55.7% −64.9% $60.4M 2,821 $575 11

Tue Jul 12 #5 $1.9M +15.8% −56.7% $62.3M 2,821 $665 12

Wed Jul 13 #5 $1.4M −27.2% −57.2% $63.7M 2,821 $484 13

Thu Jul 14 #5 $1.3M −7.9% −54.1% $64.9M 2,821 $446 14

Fri Jul 15 #6 $1.9M +54.9% −51.9% $66.9M 2,671 $730 15

Sat Jul 16 #6 $2.4M +24.6% −48.1% $69.3M 2,671 $909 16

Sun Jul 17 #6 $1.8M −25.5% −50.6% $71.1M 2,671 $677 17

Mon Jul 18 #6 $883.1K −51.2% −45.5% $72.0M 2,671 $331 18

Tue Jul 19 #6 $990.3K +12.1% −47.2% $73.0M 2,671 $371 19

Wed Jul 20 #6 $733.4K −25.9% −46.3% $73.7M 2,671 $275 20

Thu Jul 21 #8 $528.1K −28.0% −58.0% $74.2M 2,671 $198 21

Fri Jul 22 #12 $755.3K +43.0% −61.2% $75.0M 1,701 $444 22

Sat Jul 23 #12 $942.9K +24.8% −61.2% $75.9M 1,701 $554 23

Sun Jul 24 #12 $681.7K −27.7% −62.3% $76.6M 1,701 $401 24

Mon Jul 25 #13 $333.8K −51.0% −62.2% $77.0M 1,701 $196 25

Tue Jul 26 #13 $326.6K −2.1% −67.0% $77.3M 1,701 $192 26

Wed Jul 27 #13 $224.0K −31.4% −69.5% $77.5M 1,503 $149 27

Thu Jul 28 #15 $146.6K −34.6% −72.2% $77.7M 1,503 $98 28

Fri Jul 29 #- $239.6K +63.5% −68.3% $77.9M 510 $470 29

Sat Jul 30 #- $306.5K +27.9% −67.5% $78.2M 510 $601 30

Sun Jul 31 #- $193.3K −36.9% −71.6% $78.4M 510 $379 31

Mon Aug 1 #- $79.9K −58.7% −76.1% $78.5M 510 $157 32

Tue Aug 2 #- $78.8K −1.4% −75.9% $78.6M 510 $154 33

Wed Aug 3 #- $68.1K −13.5% −69.6% $78.6M 510 $134 34

Thu Aug 4 #- $44.0K −35.3% −70.0% $78.7M 510 $86 35

Fri Aug 5 #- $58.9K +33.8% −75.4% $78.7M 207 $285 36

Sat Aug 6 #- $78.2K +32.7% −74.5% $78.8M 207 $378 37

Sun Aug 7 #- $44.8K −42.7% −76.8% $78.8M 207 $216 38

Mon Aug 8 #- $23.5K −47.5% −70.5% $78.9M 207 $114 39

Tue Aug 9 #- $23.0K −2.3% −70.8% $78.9M 207 $111 40

Wed Aug 10 #- $21.9K −4.9% −67.9% $78.9M 207 $106 41

Thu Aug 11 #- $18.0K −17.7% −59.1% $78.9M 207 $87 42

Fri Aug 12 #- $19.5K +8.3% −66.9% $79.0M 116 $168 43

Sat Aug 13 #- $29.8K +52.7% −61.9% $79.0M 116 $257 44

Sun Aug 14 #- $22.4K −24.9% −50.1% $79.0M 116 $193 45

Mon Aug 15 #- $10.9K −51.3% −53.7% $79.0M 116 $94 46

Tue Aug 16 #- $11.0K +1.2% −52.1% $79.0M 116 $95 47

Wed Aug 17 #- $8.9K −19.3% −59.4% $79.0M 116 $77 48

Thu Aug 18 #- $8.6K −3.5% −52.3% $79.0M 116 $74 49

Cumulative total$79.0M

Jun 30Jul 12Jul 25Aug 6Aug 18

Weekend grossWk 7 · $71.6K

$31.5M

$12.4M

$6.2M

$2.4M

$739.4K

$181.9K

$71.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,821 → 116 −95.9%

2,796 open116 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −60.6%

−60.7%

W1→2

−50.1%

W2→3

−61.5%

W3→4

−68.9%

W4→5

−75.4%

W5→6

−60.6%

W6→7

Steepest −75.4%Best hold −50.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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