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The Purge: Election Year movie poster

The Purge: Election Year

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

No nation, no borders, no mercy.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$79.0M
Final
Opening Weekend
$31.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.51x
Opening → Total
Budget
$10M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$118.5M
$39.5M international
2016 Rank
#38
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 1-3 3 $31.5M $31.5M 2,796 $11K 1
Jul 8-10 5 $12.4M -60.7% $58.8M 2,821 $4K 2
Jul 15-17 6 $6.2M -50.1% $71.1M 2,671 $2K 3
Jul 22-24 12 $2.4M -61.5% $76.6M 1,701 $1K 4
Jul 29-31 18 $739K -68.9% $78.4M 510 $1K 5
Aug 5-7 28 $182K -75.4% $78.8M 207 $879 6
Aug 12-14 41 $72K -60.6% $79.0M 116 $617 7

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJames DeMonaco
Written byJames DeMonaco
StarringFrank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, Joseph Julian Soria
StudioUniversal Pictures