| The Purge | |
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| Directed by | James DeMonaco |
| Written by | James DeMonaco |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jacques Jouffret |
| Edited by | Peter Gvozdas |
| Music by | Nathan Whitehead |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures[1] |
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Running time | 85 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million[3] |
| Box office | $91.3 million[4] |
The Purge is a 2013 American dystopian action horror film written and directed by James DeMonaco. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, and Max Burkholder as members of a wealthy family who find themselves endangered by a gang of murderers during the annual Purge, a night during which all crime, including murder, is temporarily legal. The Purge premiered at the Stanley Film Festival on May 2, 2013, and Universal Pictures theatrically released it in the United States on June 7, 2013. The film grossed $91 million against a $3 million budget.
It is the first installment in the Purge franchise. A sequel, subtitled Anarchy, was released worldwide on July 18, 2014.[5] A third film, Election Year, was released July 1, 2016, and a prequel, The First Purge, was released on July 4, 2018,[6][7] and a television series, set between the second and third films, aired for two seasons from September 4, 2018, to December 17, 2019. A fifth film, The Forever Purge, was released on July 2, 2021.[8]
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- ^ "The Purge (15)". British Board of Film Classification. April 30, 2013. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ Kaufman, Amy (June 6, 2013). "Box office: Low-budget 'The Purge' expected to beat 'The Internship'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
- ^ "The Purge (2013) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ "The Purge Movies at the Box Office - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ "Warning: The next Purge will take place on July 4, 2018". ComingSoon.net. February 17, 2017. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ "Purge 4 Director Will be Burning Sands' Gerard McMurray". July 20, 2017. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ Welk, Brian (July 8, 2020). "Universal Shifts Blumhouse's 'Halloween' Sequel and 'The Forever Purge' to 2021". TheWrap. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.