The First Purge
Witness the birth of an American tradition.
2018 | 97m | English
Popularity: 12 (history)
| Director: | Gerard McMurray |
|---|---|
| Writer: | James DeMonaco |
| Staring: |
| To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 04, 2018 |
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| Director: | Gerard McMurray |
| Writer: | James DeMonaco |
| Genres: | Action, Horror, Thriller |
| Keywords | new york city, new jersey, dystopia, sequel, prequel, murder, church, survival horror, social media, staten island, new york city, purge, abuse of power, apartment buildings |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, Platinum Dunes, Blumhouse Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $137,056,262
Budget: $13,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Y'lan Noel | Dmitri Cimber |
| Lex Scott Davis | Nya Charms |
| Joivan Wade | Isaiah Charms |
| Steve Harris | Freddy |
| Mugga | Dolores |
| Patch Darragh | Arlo Sabian / Chief of Staff |
| Marisa Tomei | Dr. May Updale / Architect |
| Luna Lauren Velez | Luisa |
| Kristen Solis | Selina |
| Rotimi Paul | Skeletor |
| Mo McRae | 7 & 7 |
| Jermel Howard | Lorenzo |
| Siya | Blaise |
| Christian Robinson | Capital A |
| Derek Basco | Taz |
| D.K. Bowser | Sharpie |
| Mitchell Edwards | Kels |
| Maria Rivera | Anna |
| Chyna Layne | Elsa |
| Ian Blackman | Bracken |
| Melonie Díaz | Juani |
| Naszir Nance | Terence |
| Peter Johnson | Pastor Carl Almory |
| Levy Tran | Roenick |
| Kevin Carrigan | General Smiley |
| Desiigner | Kels' Crew / Purge Partygoer |
| Qurrat Ann Kadwani | News Reporter #3 |
| Cindy Robinson | Announcer (voice) |
| Cloé Xhauflaire | News Reporter #1 |
| John P. McGinty | News Reporter #2 |
| Claudine Ewing | News Reporter #6 |
| Susanna Guzman | Sister #1 |
| Olivia Frances Williams | Sister #2 |
| Matthew Mesler | Psychologist #1 |
| Geoff Schuppert | Psychologist 2 |
| Deidre Goodwin | Psychologist #3 |
| Nancy Lemenager | Psychologist #4 |
| Neal Gupta | Tech #1 |
| Ricky Needham | Tech #2 |
| Anthony Lee Medina | Tech #3 |
| Mike Cabellon | Tech #4 |
| Nathyia Jackson | Church Guard |
| Rolando Martín Gómez | Man with Gun |
| Paul Iatomasi | Security Guard |
| Katina Forte | Reporter #1 |
| Van Jones | Reporter #2 |
| Jane Fergus | Reporter #4 |
| Alan Pietruszewski | Reporter #5 |
| Aaron Moss | Reporter #6 |
| Logan Crawford | Reporter #7 |
| Gabriel Lopez | Tall Man |
| Boris Khaykin | Crackhead |
| Moisés Acevedo | Crazy-Eyed Man |
| Patrick Byas | Bloody Victim |
| Shonica Gooden | Female Resident |
| Shaun Woodland | Male Resident |
| Jessica Bell | NYPD Officer Wilson (uncredited) |
| David Breda | Purge Supporter (uncredited) |
| Korey Bastian | Purge Supporter / Villain (uncredited) |
| Jason John Beebe | Masked Purger (uncredited) |
| Robert Bozek | Statistician (uncredited) |
| Allen Wall | Cameraman Reporter |
| Aaron V. Williamson | Actor (uncredited) |
| Bill Smith | Government Purge Supporter (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gerard McMurray | Director |
| James DeMonaco | Characters, Writer |
| Brittany Petros | Location Manager, Assistant Location Manager |
| Terri Taylor | Casting |
| Dann Fink | ADR Voice Casting |
| Bruce Winant | ADR Voice Casting |
| Hank Amos | Stunt Coordinator |
| Anna Krempholtz | Scenic Artist |
| Aja Frary | Stunts |
| Carl Hicks | Construction Coordinator |
| James Rosenthal | Property Master |
| Ken Ishii | Sound Mixer, Production Sound Mixer |
| Deb Peterson | First Assistant Camera |
| Austin McLoughlin | Lighting Technician |
| Michael McFadden | Boom Operator |
| Jonathan Christiansen | Music Supervisor |
| Megan Norris | Makeup Artist |
| Quenell Jones | Camera Operator |
| Mitsuko Alexandra Yabe | Music Editor |
| Amela Bakšić | Costume Design |
| Jennifer Suarez | Key Makeup Artist |
| Faith Abraham | Casting Assistant |
| Tracey Phillips-Boone | Costume Supervisor |
| Matthew Sullivan | Set Decoration |
| Leo Corey Castellano | Makeup Effects Designer, Makeup Department Head |
| Frank Coppola | Scenic Artist |
| Peggy Fisher Pajak | Scenic Artist |
| Ray Bivins | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Gregory Cahill | Rigging Grip |
| Kelsey Ettman | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Mitch Hounslow | Visual Effects Editor |
| Dexter Kennedy | Drone Operator |
| Sharon Lomofsky | Production Design |
| Jon Carter | Hair Department Head |
| Timothy Limner | Dolly Grip |
| Monique Hyman | Key Hair Stylist |
| Steven R. Molen | Production Manager, Unit Production Manager |
| Michelle Brennen | Visual Effects Producer |
| Anastas N. Michos | Director of Photography |
| Ally Conover | Casting Associate |
| Shawna-Nova Foley | Key Costumer |
| Mike Soppit | Visual Effects Editor |
| Ellis Redd | Art Department Coordinator |
| Jon Graham | Aerial Camera |
| Andrew Femenella | Casting Associate |
| Sarah Domeier Lindo | Casting |
| David Blankenship | Art Direction |
| James Gucciardo | Camera Operator |
| Matt Naughton | Gaffer, Chief Lighting Technician |
| Hersha McKinney | Hairstylist |
| Jerome Camera Williams | First Assistant Camera |
| Jenna Dayton | Script Supervisor |
| Jim Page | Editor |
| Aaron Khristeus | In Memory Of |
| Kevin Lax | Music |
| Christine Kromer | Casting |
| Cory Johnson | First Assistant Director |
| Cyndi Martin | Second Assistant Director |
| Paige Pemberton | Production Supervisor |
| Kristy Choo | Production Coordinator |
| Rose Beale | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Patrick McBride | Production Secretary |
| Holly Pilato-Scharnweber | Production Secretary |
| Michael Collins | Production Accountant |
| Brigitte Altenhaus | Assistant Art Director |
| Dave Lieber | Assistant Art Director |
| Tiffany Apple Keenan | Graphic Designer |
| Juan Sanchez | Storyboard Artist |
| Robin Simmerly | Assistant Property Master |
| Adam Cameron | Leadman |
| Jason Jurewicz | Set Dresser |
| James P. Kerr | Set Dresser |
| Keith B. Massey | Set Dresser |
| Randy Krautsack Jr. | Set Dresser |
| Tom J Rukavina | Set Dresser |
| Marcus Cole | Steadicam Operator |
| Yale Gropman | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Brett Roldel | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Lewis Rothenberg | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Kristina Lally | Clapper Loader |
| Annette Brown | Still Photographer |
| Jared Dubinski | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Alexander Stevens | Lighting Technician |
| Christopher Barbaria | Lighting Technician |
| Thomas Doyle | Lighting Technician |
| Anthony Pacella | Generator Operator |
| Sean Cassidy | Key Grip |
| Kevin Meegan | Best Boy Grip |
| John-Paul Rankin | Dolly Grip |
| James Sullivan | Grip |
| Roberto Pierson | Grip |
| Thomas G. Rosputni | Grip |
| Jesse Panuccio | Rigging Grip |
| John Panuccio | Rigging Grip |
| Janet Gaglione | Costumer |
| Laurie Podsiadly | Costumer |
| Clare Jordan | Tailor |
| Eric s Wilson | Makeup Artist |
| Angel Cobb | Hairstylist |
| Martin De Boer | Utility Stunts |
| Alison A. Taylor | Location Manager |
| Tisha Jefferson | Assistant Location Manager |
| Pedro Mata | Assistant Location Manager |
| Jake Cassel | Assistant Location Manager |
| Bobby Gott | Assistant Location Manager |
| Noreen Dimster-Denk | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Roslyn Aronowitz | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Chris Cook | Second Assistant Director |
| James Harkerss | Transportation Captain |
| Thomas O'Connor | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Maize Muscato | Craft Service |
| Hannah Leilani Jordan | Craft Service |
| Ann Podolak | Set Medic |
| Mallory Trice | Post Production Coordinator |
| Julie Carr | First Assistant Editor |
| Morgan Heller | Assistant Editor |
| Josh Berger | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jacob Ribicoff | Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Eric Strausser | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Giuseppe Cappello | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Rich Bologna | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sean Garnhart | Sound Effects Editor |
| John Werner | Dialogue Editor |
| Ruth Hernandez | ADR Editor |
| Tony Martinez | ADR Editor |
| Roland Vajs | Foley Editor |
| Nuno Bento | Foley Artist |
| Joana Niza Braga | Foley Mixer |
| Avi Laniado | Sound Engineer |
| Joel Scheuneman | Sound Engineer |
| Bobby Johanson | ADR Mixer |
| Michael Rivera | ADR Mixer, Music Supervisor |
| Corey Wallace | Orchestrator |
| Richie Adams | Title Designer |
| Daniel Wehr | Music Sound Design and Processing, Additional Music |
| Ilyana Eberhardt | Stunt Double |
| Joe Fugallo | Other |
| Tara Macken | Stunt Double |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Bay | Producer |
| Jason Blum | Producer |
| Andrew Form | Producer |
| Brad Fuller | Producer |
| James DeMonaco | Executive Producer |
| Steven R. Molen | Executive Producer |
| Couper Samuelson | Executive Producer |
| Jeanette Volturno | Executive Producer |
| Phillip Dawe | Co-Producer |
| Sébastien K. Lemercier | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 67 | 104 | 53 |
| 2024 | 5 | 129 | 152 | 104 |
| 2024 | 6 | 94 | 144 | 55 |
| 2024 | 7 | 71 | 98 | 55 |
| 2024 | 8 | 58 | 80 | 39 |
| 2024 | 9 | 57 | 76 | 45 |
| 2024 | 10 | 67 | 111 | 51 |
| 2024 | 11 | 61 | 103 | 42 |
| 2024 | 12 | 49 | 73 | 41 |
| 2025 | 1 | 45 | 62 | 32 |
| 2025 | 2 | 33 | 57 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 7 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 899 | 934 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 913 | 948 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 527 | 721 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 544 | 704 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 525 | 813 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 812 | 812 |
Ruuz
6.0
_The Purge_ has come a long way since its inception. Originally used as nothing more than an excuse to explain away "Why don't they just call the cops?" in your average home-invasion movie, the original _Purge_ movie had implied classism for the meat of it, and then an actual call to class division ... right at the end. Since then, the classism, and racism in American society has become a focal B-story to the _Purge_ movies, and now we're in 2018 for the prequel - _The First Purge_ - and those issues are now the whole point of the movie. Some might say that it's because the movies have lost any sense of subtlety, personally I think it's more that the creatives are sick of people missing the point. _The First Purge_ can't have been an easy thing to give the go-ahead in the current political climate over in the US, but it's important, and moreover, not a bad little film, socio-economic politics aside. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
Jun 23, 2021