<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $118.6 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Purge: Election Year is a 2016 American dystopian action horror film written and directed by James DeMonaco and starring Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell and Mykelti Williamson . It is the sequel to 2014's The Purge: Anarchy and is the third installment in The Purge franchise . </P> <P> The film was released on July 1, 2016, and grossed over $118 million, becoming the highest - grossing film of the series . </P> <P> A young Charlene Roan is forced to watch her family being killed on Purge night . Eighteen years later, Roan is a U.S. Senator campaigning for the U.S. Presidency, promising to end the annual Purge nights . Former police sergeant Leo Barnes is now head of security for Roan . The New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) and their candidate, Minister Edwidge Owens, view Roan as a threat and decide to revoke immunity on government officials during the Purge . </P>

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