One night a year, all crime is legal.
The Purge
38Standing
755th of 1,098 in Hollywood
- Out-grossed 36% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($91M).
- Returned 20× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
- Momentum in the 20th percentile.
- Audience rating 6.2 from 9,041 votes, the 16th percentile.
- Cost
- $3M
- Took
- $91M
Blockbuster30.4× its cost
Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 9.8 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
The picture
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.
- Released
- 31 May 2013
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Language
- English
- Industry
- Hollywood
Top billedAll 24 credits
- Ethan HawkeJames Sandin
- Lena HeadeyMary Sandin
- Max BurkholderCharlie Sandin
- Adelaide KaneZoey Sandin
- Edwin HodgeBloody Stranger
- Rhys WakefieldPolite Leader
Made by
- Director
- James DeMonaco
- Writer
- James DeMonaco
- Original Music Composer
- Nathan Whitehead
- Director of Photography
- Jacques Jouffret
Filed under
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