A wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.A wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.A wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaDirector James DeMonaco was asked why the film began with footage of multiple purges taking place outdoors - yet he opted to have all purging occur inside one family's home. He responded, "we only had 19 days to shoot and $2.7 million to work with". If he ever got a chance to do a second one, he vowed it would be more like Escape from New York (1981).
- GoofsFor a while in the middle of the movie, James has a shaped goatee and moustache, which he does not have during the rest of the movie.
- Quotes
Mary Sandin: We are gonna play the rest of this night out in motherfucking peace. Does anyone have a problem with that?
- Crazy creditsAt the end Credits there are radio broadcasting about the Purge Night.
- ConnectionsEdited into Everything Wrong with...: Everything Wrong with The First Purge (2018)
- SoundtracksClair de Lune
Written by Claude Debussy
Arranged by Alfred Reed
Performed by Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu (as Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
Published by Klams Music & Co, Inc.
Featured review
Decent
I am a movie theatre employee, so I saw this film last night at an employee screening. Going into the movie, I was rather excited. The concept is interesting, and has never been done before. While this movie was not as scary as I had anticipated, I still thoroughly enjoyed it. The antagonists were disturbing, and the movie really shows the struggle between self-preservation and what's right. It is somewhat short, but the makers certainly do get the job done. Plenty of flashlight-and-pistol standoffs and suspenseful scenes make for a movie with an interesting plot, and good acting. The ending was a bit predictable, but did not ruin the movie in my opinion. Not the best that I've seen, but overall a decent flick.
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- ncollogan
- May 16, 2013
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- Vigilandia
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $64,473,115
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $34,058,360
- Jun 9, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $89,328,627
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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