The Purge
Horror Universal R 1h 25m Released Jun 7, 2013 Discussed 2023
Opening weekend
$34.1M
2,536 theaters
Per-theater average
$13,430
opening weekend
Domestic total
$64.5M
1.9× its opening
Worldwide total
$91.3M
71% domestic
Production budget
$3.0M
30.4× worldwide
RT critics
41%
RT audience
36%
-5 vs critics
Metacritic
41
Where it turns up
Friday, September 1, 2023 Labor Day weekend 2023
In the note
Theaters are fighting enough headwinds these days without turning one day a year into The Purge. I’m sure the concession sales were good, because there were more people coming in, but too many of those concessions were purchased so they could throw it at someone else. Anyway, with the accuracy normally associated with a Post Malone Skin Cancer screening, here are some thoughts on the weekend box office. Equalizer 3 - Nice to see movie stars being movie stars at the box-office, and I was a little concerned about this film because there’s a TV version of the IP.