(Updated, 5:47 PM EST)
"The Purge" earned more than its $3 million production budget in a single evening.
The home-invasion horror film racked up $3.4 million at late shows on Thursday night, according to studio estimates. Advance ticket sales for the film have been strong, and it is on course to make more than $20 million at the box office this weekend.
If it can hit that threshold, the micro-budgeted production could unseat "Fast & the Furious 6" from the top spot — it has been the highest-grossing film at the box office for the past two weekends and has racked up more than $520 million globally.