The Purge: Election Year backdrop
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.

Box office summary
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
Compare with other movies
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

Performance Charts

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJames DeMonaco
ScreenplayJames DeMonaco
Produced byJason Blum, Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Sébastien K. Lemercier
CinematographyJacques Jouffret
MusicNathan Whitehead
StarringFrank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, Joseph Julian Soria
Written byJames DeMonaco
StudioUniversal Pictures