The First Purge

2018 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Prequel

Synopsis

America's third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given to anyone who does.

Scores

Overall Score
81.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
87.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
94.0%
Review Aggregate
44.8

Critic Consensus

55.4% Fresh • 175 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 55% of 175 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, political, gritty. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

thin plotpoliticalgrittyvisually strikingdarksatiricalsuspensefulscarycharacter-drivenfunny

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Y'lan Noel2018$1,058,000$1,321,000(est)
Lex Scott Davis2018$651,000$813,000(est)
Joivan Wade2018$490,000$612,000(est)
Steve Harris2018$401,000$501,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score55.0
RT critic review count175
Rotten Tomatoes audience score28.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating5.2
IMDb votes76,274

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2018$69,488,744$86,812,508
International2018$67,567,520$84,412,317
Worldwide2018$137,056,260$171,224,820

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2018$61,771,380$77,171,181
Digital Rentals ?2018$4,184,000$5,227,084
Digital Purchases ?2018$5,045,000$6,302,734
Physical Rentals ?2018$2,578,000$3,220,704
Physical Purchases ?2018$7,312,000$9,134,905
TV & Streaming Revenue2018$17,372,186$21,703,127
Total Revenues2018$98,262,566$122,759,735
Expenses
Budget ?2018$13,000,000$16,240,941
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2018$16,250,000 (est)$20,301,177 (est)
Participations2018$7,861,000$9,820,772
Residuals ?2018$1,830,000$2,286,225
Interest & Overhead2018$2,600,000$3,248,188
Total Expenses2018$41,541,000$51,897,303
Movie Net Profit or Loss2018$56,721,566$70,862,432

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