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The Forever Purge

2021 • R • 1h 43m • Action, Crime, Drama • Universal Pictures

One Day Isn't Enough

🍅 49% 49%

53

2.3

5.4

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$44.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$77M

Global release

Domestic Legs3.53x

Budget$38M

2021 Rank#30

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Cast & Crew

Directed byEverardo Valerio Gout ScreenplayJames DeMonaco Produced byJames DeMonaco, Jason Blum, Michael Bay CinematographyLuis Sansans MusicThe Newton Brothers Prod. DesignN/A StarringAna de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas, Cassidy Freeman SeriesThe Purge

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 2-4 (opening) 3 $12.6M — 3,051 $4,113 $12.6M

2 Jul 9-11 4 $7.1M −43.1% 3,058 $2,336 $27.9M

3 Jul 16-18 6 $4.1M −42.4% 2,735 $1,504 $35.9M

4 Jul 23-25 — $2.4M −42.2% 2,113 $1,126 $40.4M

5 Jul 30-1 11 $1.1M −52.0% 1,166 $980 $42.7M

6 Aug 6-8 11 $526.4K −54.0% 779 $675 $43.8M

7 Aug 13-15 — $212.0K −59.7% 516 $410 $44.2M

8 Aug 20-22 — $81.0K −61.8% 371 $218 $44.4M

9 Aug 27-29 — $29.7K −63.4% 298 $99 $44.4M

10 Sep 3-5 — $22.0K −25.8% 234 $94 $44.5M

11 Sep 10-12 — $34.4K +56.4% 182 $189 $44.5M

12 Sep 17-19 — $20.4K −40.6% 175 $116 $44.5M

13 Sep 24-26 — $9.7K −52.4% 174 $55 $44.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 1 #P $1.3M — $1.3M 2,550 $521 -1

Fri Jul 2 #3 $5.8M — $5.8M 3,051 $1,891 1

Sat Jul 3 #3 $4.2M −27% $10.0M 3,051 $1,373 2

Sun Jul 4 #3 $2.6M −38% $12.6M 3,051 $849 3

Mon Jul 5 #3 $3.2M +24% $15.8M 3,051 $1,052 4

Tue Jul 6 #3 $1.9M −41% $17.6M 3,051 $617 5

Wed Jul 7 #3 $1.7M −12% $19.3M 3,051 $541 6

Thu Jul 8 #3 $1.4M −13% $20.7M 3,051 $470 7

Fri Jul 9 #4 $2.3M +62% −60% $23.1M 3,058 $762 8

Sat Jul 10 #4 $2.6M +11% −38% $25.6M 3,058 $843 9

Sun Jul 11 #4 $2.2M −13% −14% $27.9M 3,058 $730 10

Mon Jul 12 #4 $1.1M −53% −67% $28.9M 3,058 $346 11

Tue Jul 13 #4 $1.1M +1% −43% $30.0M 3,058 $349 12

Wed Jul 14 #4 $920.8K −14% −44% $30.9M 3,058 $301 13

Thu Jul 15 #4 $823.8K −11% −43% $31.8M 3,058 $269 14

Fri Jul 16 #6 $1.3M +57% −45% $33.0M 2,735 $471 15

Sat Jul 17 #— $1.6M +23% −38% $34.6M 2,735 $580 16

Sun Jul 18 #— $1.2M −22% −45% $35.9M 2,735 $453 17

Mon Jul 19 #— $559.7K −55% −47% $36.4M 2,735 $204 18

Tue Jul 20 #— $593.1K +6% −44% $37.0M 2,735 $216 19

Wed Jul 21 #— $568.4K −4% −38% $37.6M 2,735 $207 20

Thu Jul 22 #— $419.0K −26% −49% $38.0M 2,735 $153 21

Fri Jul 23 #— $748.3K +79% −42% $38.8M 2,113 $354 22

Sat Jul 24 #— $934.3K +25% −41% $39.7M 2,113 $442 23

Sun Jul 25 #— $697.1K −25% −44% $40.4M 2,113 $329 24

Mon Jul 26 #— $329.1K −53% −41% $40.7M 2,113 $155 25

Tue Jul 27 #— $318.3K −3% −46% $41.0M 2,113 $150 26

Wed Jul 28 #— $300.0K −6% −47% $41.3M 2,113 $141 27

Thu Jul 29 #— $245.4K −18% −41% $41.6M 2,113 $116 28

Fri Jul 30 #11 $351.0K +43% −53% $41.9M 1,166 $300 29

Sat Jul 31 #— $460.6K +31% −51% $42.4M 1,166 $395 30

Sun Aug 1 #— $331.7K −28% −52% $42.7M 1,166 $284 31

Mon Aug 2 #— $150.2K −55% −54% $42.9M 1,166 $128 32

Tue Aug 3 #— $149.1K −1% −53% $43.0M 1,166 $127 33

Wed Aug 4 #— $129.0K −13% −57% $43.2M 1,166 $110 34

Thu Aug 5 #— $88.3K −32% −64% $43.2M 1,166 $75 35

Fri Aug 6 #11 $154.7K +75% −56% $43.4M 779 $198 36

Sat Aug 7 #— $212.4K +37% −54% $43.6M 779 $272 37

Sun Aug 8 #— $159.3K −25% −52% $43.8M 779 $204 38

Mon Aug 9 #— $67.6K −58% −55% $43.8M 779 $86 39

Tue Aug 10 #— $61.9K −8% −59% $43.9M 779 $79 40

Wed Aug 11 #— $58.5K −5% −55% $44.0M 779 $75 41

Thu Aug 12 #— $33.8K −42% −62% $44.0M 779 $43 42

Fri Aug 13 #— $63.3K +88% −59% $44.1M 516 $122 43

Sat Aug 14 #— $87.4K +38% −59% $44.1M 516 $169 44

Sun Aug 15 #— $61.3K −30% −62% $44.2M 516 $118 45

Mon Aug 16 #— $21.3K −65% −69% $44.2M 516 $41 46

Tue Aug 17 #— $20.4K −4% −67% $44.2M 516 $39 47

Wed Aug 18 #— $18.9K −8% −68% $44.3M 516 $36 48

Thu Aug 19 #— $16.4K −13% −51% $44.3M 516 $31 49

Fri Aug 20 #— $24.1K +47% −62% $44.3M 371 $64 50

Sat Aug 21 #— $33.8K +40% −61% $44.3M 371 $91 51

Sun Aug 22 #— $23.1K −31% −62% $44.4M 371 $62 52

Mon Aug 23 #— $12.7K −45% −40% $44.4M 371 $34 53

Tue Aug 24 #— $6.4K −49% −69% $44.4M 371 $17 54

Wed Aug 25 #— $11.3K +75% −40% $44.4M 371 $30 55

Thu Aug 26 #— $10.1K −10% −38% $44.4M 371 $27 56

Fri Aug 27 #— $9.4K −8% −61% $44.4M 298 $31 57

Sat Aug 28 #— $14.0K +50% −59% $44.4M 298 $46 58

Sun Aug 29 #— $6.3K −55% −73% $44.4M 298 $21 59

Mon Aug 30 #— $2.6K −58% −79% $44.4M 298 $8 60

Tue Aug 31 #— $1.9K −29% −71% $44.4M 298 $6 61

Wed Sep 1 #— $2.2K +20% −80% $44.4M 298 $7 62

Thu Sep 2 #— $1.8K −17% −82% $44.4M 298 $6 63

Fri Sep 3 #— $5.5K +198% −41% $44.4M 234 $23 64

Sat Sep 4 #— $8.9K +61% −37% $44.5M 234 $37 65

Sun Sep 5 #— $7.6K −14% +21% $44.5M 234 $32 66

Mon Sep 6 #— $4.0K −48% +50% $44.5M 234 $16 67

Tue Sep 7 #— $895 −77% −52% $44.5M 234 $3 68

Wed Sep 8 #— $1.2K +30% −48% $44.5M 234 $4 69

Thu Sep 9 #— $1.0K −12% −44% $44.5M 234 $4 70

Fri Sep 10 #— $9.6K +834% +75% $44.5M 182 $52 71

Sat Sep 11 #— $20.3K +111% +128% $44.5M 182 $111 72

Sun Sep 12 #— $4.5K −78% −41% $44.5M 182 $24 73

Mon Sep 13 #— $1.4K −69% −65% $44.5M 182 $7 74

Tue Sep 14 #— $1.3K −4% +49% $44.5M 182 $7 75

Wed Sep 15 #— $1.5K +14% +30% $44.5M 182 $8 76

Thu Sep 16 #— $1.3K −14% +26% $44.5M 182 $7 77

Fri Sep 17 #— $6.1K +373% −36% $44.5M 175 $35 78

Sat Sep 18 #— $8.4K +37% −58% $44.5M 175 $48 79

Sun Sep 19 #— $5.9K −30% +30% $44.5M 175 $33 80

Mon Sep 20 #— $1.2K −80% −16% $44.5M 175 $6 81

Tue Sep 21 #— $535 −54% −60% $44.5M 175 $3 82

Wed Sep 22 #— $255 −52% −83% $44.5M 175 $1 83

Thu Sep 23 #— $680 +167% −48% $44.5M 175 $3 84

Fri Sep 24 #— $3.0K +343% −51% $44.5M 174 $17 85

Sat Sep 25 #— $4.7K +55% −45% $44.5M 174 $26 86

Sun Sep 26 #— $2.0K −56% −65% $44.5M 174 $11 87

Mon Sep 27 #— $650 −68% −44% $44.5M 174 $3 88

Tue Sep 28 #— $350 −46% −35% $44.5M 174 $2 89

Wed Sep 29 #— $215 −39% −16% $44.5M 174 $1 90

Thu Sep 30 #— $205 −5% −70% $44.5M 174 $1 91

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$44.5M

Jul 1Jul 19Aug 5Aug 23Sep 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $22.0K

$12.6M

$7.1M

$4.1M

$2.4M

$1.1M

$526.4K

$212.0K

$81.0K

$29.7K

$22.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,058 → 234 −92.3%

2,550 open234 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.8%

−43.1% W1→2

−42.4% W2→3

−42.2% W3→4

−52.0% W4→5

−54.0% W5→6

−59.7% W6→7

−61.8% W7→8

−63.4% W8→9

−25.8% W9→10

Steepest −63.4%Best hold −25.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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