The Purge: Election Year
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| Directed by | James DeMonaco |
| Written by | James DeMonaco |
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| Cinematography | Jacques Jouffret |
| Edited by | Todd E. Miller |
| Music by | Nathan Whitehead |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $118.6 million |
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. A narrative sequel, The Forever Purge, was finally released in July 2021, 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.