The Purge
One night a year, all crime is legal.
S.government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal.During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
- Director
- James DeMonaco
- Worldwide
- $91M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
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Box Office & Release
The Purge returned 30.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $91M
- Release date
- May 31, 2013
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United States of America
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