The Purge: Election Year

The Purge: Election Year
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames DeMonaco
Written byJames DeMonaco
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJacques Jouffret
Edited byTodd E. Miller
Music byNathan Whitehead
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) (United States)
Running time
108 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[2]
Box office$118.6 million[3]

The Purge: Election Year is a 2016 American dystopian political action horror film written and directed by James DeMonaco and starring Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Mykelti Williamson. It is the sequel to The Purge: Anarchy and is the third installment in the Purge franchise. Jason Blum and Michael Bay are among the film's producers.

The film was released on July 1, 2016, and received mixed reviews from critics. It earned more than $118 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of the series before being passed by the fourth film/prequel, The First Purge, in July 2018.[4] A narrative sequel, The Forever Purge, was finally released in July 2021,[5] while a sixth film, with Frank Grillo reprising his role from Anarchy and Election Year, is in active development.

In 2017, the film's tagline 'Keep America Great', received attention from the internet and media when it was the same slogan used by Donald Trump for his 2020 re-election campaign.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "The Purge: Election Year (15)". British Board of Film Classification. August 11, 2016. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  2. ^ "2016 Feature Film Study" (PDF). Film L.A. Inc. May 23, 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "The Purge: Election Year". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "The Purge Series". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  5. ^ McClintock, Pamela (July 8, 2020). "Blumhouse's 'Forever Purge' and 'Halloween Kills' Delay Release to 2021 Amid Pandemic". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  6. ^ January 18, Derek Lawrence Updated; EST, 2017 at 01:14 PM. "Donald Trump's Proposed 2020 Slogan was Used by 'The Purge: Election Year'". EW.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Parker, Ryan (January 18, 2017). "Donald Trump's 2020 Presidential Slogan Same as Horror Movie 'Purge: Election Year'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  8. ^ Reilly, Nick (July 10, 2018). "'The Purge' producers respond to Donald Trump using their slogan". NME. Archived from the original on July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.

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