France Box Office for The Purge: Election Year (2016)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
France Box Office $5,421,804Details
Worldwide Box Office $118,514,727Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $3,273,650 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $4,282,017 Details
Total North America Video Sales $7,555,667
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Synopsis

It’s been two years since Leo Barnes stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan, his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent. But when a betrayal forces them onto the streets of D.C. on the one night when no help is available, they must stay alive until dawn…or both be sacrificed for their sins against the state.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$10,000,000
France Releases: July 22nd, 2016 (Wide)
Video Release: September 20th, 2016 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for disturbing bloody violence and strong language.
(Rating bulletin 2426 (Cert #50474), 5/25/2016)
Running Time: 105 minutes
Franchise: The Purge
Keywords: Political, Politicians, Political Campaign, Political Assassination, Survival Horror, Washington, D.C., Government Corruption
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Universal Pictures, Platinum Dunes, Blumhouse, Why Not Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Contest: Dark Urges: Winning Announcement

October 5th, 2016

The Purge: Election Year

The winners of our Dark Urges contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Deepwater Horizon opening weekend were... More...

Home Market Releases for October 4th, 2016

October 4th, 2016

The Wailing

The theme for this week on the home market is “good, but not great”. There are a lot of releases, but almost none of them rise above merely good. This meant there were very few contenders for Pick of the Week and the only real choice was The Wailing. It earned perfect reviews, so even though the Blu-ray isn’t loaded with extras, it is still the best release of the week. More...

Contest: Dark Urges

September 23rd, 2016

The Purge: Election Year

Three wide releases are coming out next week. Of the three, Masterminds is by far the weakest and has no real shot at first place. In fact, if it opens above fifth place, I will be surprised. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is the widest, but the early reviews for Deepwater Horizon are excellent and I think that will give it the edge at the box office. Because of this, it is the target film in this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Deepwater Horizon.

We have copies of The Purge: The Election as prizes. While the film hit VOD this past Tuesday, we have copies on Blu-ray Combo Pack as prizes.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of The Purge: The Election on Blu-ray Combo Pack. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win win a copy of The Purge: The Election on Blu-ray Combo Pack. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will also win The Purge: The Election on Blu-ray Combo Pack.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

Contest: Bewitching Prizes: Winning Announcement

September 22nd, 2016

Blair Witch

The winners of our Bewitching Prizes contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Blair Witch opening weekend were... More...

Weekend Estimates: Don’t Breathe Launches with Impressive $26.1 Million

August 28th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Fall season begins in earnest this weekend with the low-budget suspense flick Don’t Breathe taking over at the top of the box office chart. Sony is predicting a $26.1 million debut for the film, which will be the best debut for a horror or suspense film since The Purge: Election Year’s $31.5 million in July, and the best for a non-sequel since Annabelle’s $37.1 million in October, 2014. Don’t Breathe has the advantage of really good reviews (currently running at 84% positive on Rotten Tomatoes), although it will have a lot of competition over the next few weeks, with films aimed at a broadly similar audience coming out every week for the next three weeks (not to mention a truckload more arriving in October). More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: It’s No Secret that Life of Pets Will Get a Sequel

July 12th, 2016

The Secret Life of Pets

As expected, The Secret Life of Pets earned first place on the weekend box office chart. However, almost no one was expecting it to dominate the way that it did with $104.35 million. There are some calling this film the best opening for a non-franchise animation film, but let’s face the facts... Universal started work on two or three sequels as soon as Friday’s Estimates came in. Meanwhile, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates has a good opening in the role of counter-programming with $16.63 million. Overall, the box office pulled in $217 million, which was 14% more than last weekend. More importantly, it is 1.3% more than the same weekend last year. Granted, this is lower than ticket price inflation, but since most people assumed the weekend would suffer a serious decline, this should be seen as a major victory. Year-to-date, 2016’s lead over 2015 grew a tiny bit hitting 2.4% at $6.00 billion to $5.86 billion. More...

Weekend Predictions: Secret Hopes to be Exposed to Audiences

July 7th, 2016

The Secret Life of Pets

It should be a good weekend at the box office, at least for The Secret Life of Pets. The film is earning great reviews and should become the biggest hit of the month. There is one downside: the competition. There are a lot of options for families among the films currently in theaters, plus another movie from a long-running franchise opening soon. Also opening this week is Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, which is an R-rated comedy hoping to survive in the counter-programming role. It could become a midlevel hit, or it could fail to open in the top five. This weekend last year, Minions opened with $115.72 million. The Secret Life of Pets is not going to top that. 2016 has better depth, but likely not by enough to win in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Theater Averages: Purge Produces at the Box Office, Earning Average of $11,271

July 6th, 2016

The Purge: The Election Year

The Purge: The Election Year earned top spot on the theater average chart, at least among those films we don’t have doubts about their box office numbers. It pulled in an average of $11,271, putting it just ahead of The Legend of Tarzan, which earned an average of $10,819. The only other film in the $10,000 club was The Innocents at $10,500 in three theaters. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Dory Wins with $51.44 million, but Tarzan has Near Legendary Opening

July 6th, 2016

Finding Dory

The Fourth of July weekend went very well as two of the three new releases beat expectations. However, none of them were able to top Finding Dory, which earned its third win in a row. The Legend of Tarzan was very close in second place, which surprised a lot of analysts, but there might be a logical reason for its success. The Purge: Election Year more than tripled its production budget during its opening three-day weekend, so there’s no chance the studio isn’t giddy over that. The only real disappointment was The BFG, which got lost in the crowd. The overall box office was up from last week, which is a pleasant surprise. Granted, it grew by just under 1.0% to $192 million over the three-day weekend. More importantly, it was 41% higher than the same three-day weekend last year. Add in Monday, and the year-to-date lead rose to $120 million or 2.2% at $5.71 billion to $5.58 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Dory wins 3-Horse July 4 Race

July 3rd, 2016

Finding-Dory

Three new movies entered the race for box office glory this July 4 weekend. One, The BFG, fell at the first hurdle. One of the other two, The Legend of Tarzan is disappointing, but not disastrous. The third, The Purge: Election Year, won the night on Friday and is headed to a great debut. But, in the end, none were a match for the third weekend of Finding Dory. More...

Friday Estimates: The Purge Tops Chart, but Tarzan has Swinging Start

July 2nd, 2016

The Legend of Tarzan

The Purge: Election Year earned first place with on Friday with $14.47 million during its opening day. This is impressive for film that cost $10 million to make, but it is below the opening day for the first film. The holidays should help its internal multiplier, as will the critical reception. While its reviews have slipped below the overall positive level, they are still the best for the franchise. Additionally, its CinemaScore was B+, again the best for the franchise. This puts the film on pace for just under $40 million during its four-day weekend. This is very likely more than the film’s combined budget, so if it can make this much during the rest of its theatrical run, it will break even just on its domestic numbers. More...

Thursday Night Previews: The Purge Takes Care of the Competition with $3.64 million

July 1st, 2016

The Purge: Election Year

The Purge: Election Year earned the best Thursday previews out of the three wide releases with $3.64 million last night. This is the best in the franchise, just beating the $3.44 million the first film managed and well ahead of the $2.64 million the second film pulled in. On the downside, the film's reviews have slipped to just 57% positive. That's still good, for this genre and it might be a bigger than expected hit. More...

2016 Preview: July

July 1st, 2016

The Secret Life of Pets

It's July 1st, which is Canada Day. To celebrate, I wanted to give a gift to my American readers down south, so here's a bunch of "u"s. U, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u. Now you can spell words like "colour" and "neighbour" correctly. As for the July preview... June wasn't a good month, despite Finding Dory being on pace to become the biggest hit of the year so far. Most other films failed to match expectations and as a result, 2016's lead over 2015 has nearly evaporated. In fact, ticket sales are below last year's pace. So how does July look in comparison? Well, last July, there were five films that earned more than $100 million, led by Minions, which earned more than $300 million. This July, there are five films that should earn more than $100 million, led by The Secret Life of Pets, which should earned around $250 million. I don't think July 2016 will live up to July 2015, but it should be close. Maybe if one of the expected midlevel hits is a surprise $100 million hit, or if two more of the $100 million hits crack $200 million, then the month will look great. Or one of the expected $100 million hits could flop and 2016 will actually fall behind 2015, even without taking into account ticket price inflation. More...

Weekend Predictions: Dory Looks to Complete Threepeat, while BFG looks for a Big Opening

June 30th, 2016

The BFG

It's the first weekend of July, which means I should probably start the monthly preview. (I'm kidding. Although, I did have a computer crash this morning and lost a few hours of work. Save early. Save often.) Like last week, Finding Dory should earn first place over the weekend, while there are a trio of wide releases hoping to take advantage of the holiday. The BFG is the biggest in terms of box office potential. The Legend of Tarzan is the biggest in terms of production budget. Finally, The Purge: Election Year is the biggest in terms of profitability. This weekend last year, Inside Out climbed over Jurassic World for first place, as both films earned just under $30 million, Finding Dory will make almost that much combined. More...

Contest: Big Fun Prizes

June 24th, 2016

The BFG

July begins next weekend and there are three films hoping to make an impact at the box office. The Purge: Election Year might not hit $50 million domestically, but that's fine given its low production budget. The Legend of Tarzan should do a little better, but it had a troubled production and it cost more than $150 million to make. That leaves The BFG, a.k.a., the Big Friendly Giant. It is a live action family film released by Disney. It's aimed at too young an audience to be a monster hit, but it has a shot at $100 million, which is more than the other two films can say. As a result, it is the only real choice for the target film in this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for The BFG.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprize of previously reviewed DVD and / or Blu-rays. I grabbed a few more boxes from storage, so we can do winner's choice again. The choices are, two movies, one TV on DVD release, or three single-disc kids DVDs. I'm out of mystery box items, unless I find some more later on. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a Frankenprize, as described above. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will win the final Frankenprize.

Note: It is a long weekend, but we only use the three-day, Friday through Sunday box office for this contest. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2016/07/22 - $1,669,955   218 $7,660   $1,669,955 1
2016/07/29 - $927,266 -44% 216 $4,293   $3,151,952 2
2016/08/05 - $556,000 -40% 0     $4,000,000 3
2016/08/12 - $292,761 -47% 163 $1,796   $4,487,641 4
2016/08/19 - $157,474 -46% 113 $1,394   $4,695,812 5
2016/08/26 - $62,285 -60% 24 $2,595   $5,380,107 6
2016/09/02 - $20,658 -67% 30 $689   $5,402,494 7
2016/09/09 - $6,052 -71% 10 $605   $5,408,425 8
2016/09/16 - $5,444 -10% 9 $605   $5,416,639 9
2016/09/23 - $2,076 -62% 3 $692   $5,419,422 10
2016/09/30 - $676 -67% 1 $676   $5,421,804 11

Box Office Summary Per Territory

$00
Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 7/14/2016 $789,011 116 150 391 $2,788,336 11/30/2018
Austria 9/16/2016 $66,677 10 12 70 $273,249 11/29/2016
Belgium 7/29/2016 $190,343 25 25 110 $508,239 10/4/2016
Bolivia 8/12/2016 $15,000 0 0 0 $15,000 12/31/2018
Brazil 10/6/2016 $80,570 58 58 102 $163,561 11/1/2016
Chile 8/26/2016 $114,722 37 44 167 $398,362 12/31/2018
Colombia 8/26/2016 $197,414 108 108 172 $469,212 12/31/2018
Croatia 7/14/2016 $11,985 16 16 53 $32,915 12/20/2018
Czech Republic 7/7/2016 $34,252 68 68 158 $126,453 12/31/2018
France 7/22/2016 $1,669,955 218 218 787 $5,421,804 10/4/2016
Germany 9/15/2016 $2,227,423 353 373 1924 $5,709,859 12/6/2016
Greece 7/7/2016 $25,378 22 22 59 $108,587 9/1/2016
Hong Kong 9/29/2016 $174,821 26 26 48 $283,221 10/18/2016
Italy 7/29/2016 $702,435 242 242 255 $1,672,000 11/13/2018
Lithuania 7/8/2016 $15,350 11 51 76 $48,089 7/28/2016
Malaysia 7/14/2016 $377,252 68 68 203 $691,319 9/1/2016
Mexico 8/19/2016 $1,443,409 0 419 903 $5,065,335 10/25/2016
Netherlands 7/8/2016 $218,780 62 62 307 $919,246 9/13/2016
North America 7/1/2016 $31,515,110 2,796 2,821 10,822 $79,042,440 1/18/2017
Panama 7/21/2016 $289,164 13 13 25 $521,378 12/31/2018
Paraguay 7/29/2016 $16,000 12 12 12 $16,000 12/31/2018
Peru 9/2/2016 $150,983 80 80 140 $348,509 12/31/2018
Philippines 7/8/2016 $547,346 78 81 200 $1,077,032 12/31/2018
Poland 7/8/2016 $82,146 104 104 260 $291,088 11/18/2018
Russia (CIS) 7/29/2016 $396,512 515 515 1183 $801,000 12/31/2018
Singapore 7/14/2016 $264,027 23 23 56 $496,214 8/3/2016
Slovakia 7/8/2016 $25,611 49 49 102 $73,428 7/29/2016
Slovenia 7/1/2016 $5,105 10 10 40 $21,528 7/29/2016
Spain 7/15/2016 $841,124 237 281 1041 $3,075,605 9/13/2016
Sweden 7/8/2016 $90,409 39 44 129 $254,734 8/3/2016
Switzerland 7/20/2016 $46,539 10 29 163 $688,327 11/22/2016
Taiwan 7/8/2016 $284,080 54 54 143 $674,000 10/30/2018
Thailand 7/14/2016 $47,031 40 40 111 $447,978 8/3/2016
Trinidad 7/13/2016 00$0
Turkey 7/1/2016 $71,088 123 124 447 $467,317 2/26/2019
United Kingdom 8/26/2016 $1,063,738 442 442 1230 $3,066,439 10/11/2016
Venezuela 8/19/2016 $0 0 30 50 $70,022 10/4/2016
 
Rest of World $2,386,901
 
Worldwide Total$118,514,727 2/26/2019

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Frank Grillo    Sergeant Leo Barnes
Elizabeth Mitchell    Charlene 'Charlie' Roan
Mykelti Williamson    Joe Dixon

Supporting Cast

Edwin Hodge    Dwayne "The Stranger"
Betty Gabriel    Laney Rucker
Joseph Julian Soria    Marcos
Kyle Secor    Minister Edwidge Owens
Ethan Phillips    Chief Couper
Raymond J. Barry    Caleb Warrens
Liza Colon-Zayas    Dawn
Terry Serpico    Earl Danzinger
Barry Nolan    Reporter #1
Adam Cantor    Tall Eric Busmails
Christopher James Baker*    Harmon James
Jared Kemp    Rondo
Brittany Mirabile    Schoolgirl #1 Freakbride/Kimmy
Naeem Duren    Rev with Angel in Command Center
Naheem Garcia    Angel Munoz
Steven Barkhimer    Drab Suited Man 1
Tom Kemp    Drab Suited Man 2
Portland Helmich    Moderator
Roman Blat    Uncle Sam
David Aaron Baker    Tommy Roseland
George Lee Miles    Irish Ike Jenkins
Antoine Coetzee    South African Male
Drew Cooper    Enormous Gang Member
Johnnie Mae    Mrs. Sabian
Tom Paolino    Axe Headed Man
Emily Petta    Screaming Woman
Alexander Cook    Masked Man
Juani Feliz    Schoolgirl #2
Jamal Peters    Gang Member with Dying Friend
Matt Walton    Reporter #1
Thomas Kee    Crazy Man (Self-Purger)
Lonnie Farmer    Man with Bull Horn
Christy Coco    Young Charlie Roan
Darcie Fisher    Reporter #3
Alexander Schuler    Demonic Man
Hank Amos    Mercenary #8
Lindsey Pires    Dancer #1
Emily Smith    Dancer #2

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

James DeMonaco    Director
James DeMonaco    Screenwriter
Jason Blum    Producer
Michael Bay    Producer
Andrew Form    Producer
Brad Fuller    Producer
Sebastien K. Lemercier    Producer
Jeanette Volturno-Brill    Executive Producer
Couper Samuelson    Executive Producer
Luc Etienne    Executive Producer
Sharon Lomofsky    Production Designer
Todd E. Miller    Editor
Nathan Whitehead    Composer
Jacques Jouffret    Director of Photography
Elisabeth Vastola    Costume Designer
Phillip Dawe    Co-Producer
Luc Etienne    Unit Production Manager
Stephen Hagen    First Assistant Director
Johnny Recher    Second Assistant Director
Jayson Merrill    First Assistant Director
Aaron J. Stone    Second Assistant Director
Don J. Hug    Production Supervisor
Jason Fyrberg    Sound Mixer
David Blankenship    Art Director
Martin Fahrer    Set Designer
Vanessa Knoll    Set Decorator
Jenna Dayton    Script Supervisor
John Ruggieri    Special Effects Coordinator
Joe Rossi    Make up
Frank Barbosa    Hairstylist
Michael Buonanno    Location Manager
Alison Taylor    Location Manager
Terri Taylor    Casting Director
Sarah Domeier    Additional Casting-Casting Associate
Ally Conover    Additional Casting-Casting Assistant
Donna Madrigal    Associate Editor
Jamison Goei    Visual Effects Producer
Daniel Kresco    Score Mixer
Dan Evans Farkas    Music Editor
Lewis Goldstein    Supervising Sound Editor
Lewis Goldstein    Re-recording Mixer
Thomas Ryan    Supervising Dialogue Editor/ADR Editor
Allan Zaleski    Dialogue Editor
Alex Soto    Sound Effects Editor
Gong Myung Lee    Visual Effects Supervisor
Patrick Neighly    Visual Effects Producer
Joe Harkins    Visual Effects Supervisor
James David Hattin    Visual Effects Supervisor
Matthew T. Lynn    Visual Effects Supervisor
Christopher Sinnott    Visual Effects Producer
Tommy Tran    Visual Effects Supervisor
Jason Spratt    Visual Effects Producer
Tim Jacobsen    Visual Effects Producer
Luke DiTommaso    Visual Effects Supervisor
Chris Healer    Visual Effects Executive Producer
Andrew Bly    Visual Effects Executive Producer
David McElfresh    Visual Effects Producer
Hank Amos    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.