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In 2022, the United States of America celebrates once a year "The Purge", a 12-hour period when any crime is allowed including murder. The result is economical growth and a society free of homeless, sick and unproductive persons.

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Genre- Horror/Thriller
Director- James DeMonaco
Actors- Ethan Hawke
- Lena Headey
-Adelaide Kane
-Max Burkeholder
Producing companies- Blumhouse productions
-Platinum Dunes
Distribution companies- Universal pictures

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The official release date for the purge was June 7th 2013, however it had been previously released at the Stanley film festival on may 2nd 2013. The UK rating was a 15 due to the strong violence and home invasion scenes.

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budget- $3million
box office-$89.3million
In its opening weekend, The Purge topped the box office with $16.8 million on opening day and $34.1 million through the entire weekend. The film has collected $64,473,115 domestically and $24,855,512 outside the United States, for a total of $89,328,627 worldwide.
The success of the first film haslead on to the creation of two more purge movies, which have both increased in popularity and has brought in more money than the previous movie.

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The trailer for the purge was released on the 3rd April 2013, however the synopsis of the film had already been released in December 2012. The movie poster was also released into cinemas and online on the same day of the trailer release.
The over all marketing campaign for the film was very social media based, and the creators and producers of the film even asked people on social media to share their opinion on how they would survive the purge.
From the first purges release date the distributing company Universal studios, has made the purge a section of their horror nights at halloween since 2013. Bringing publicity to the film even after its cinema release; and even good Publicity for the 2nd and 3rd films during these events.
The production and distributing companies brought out the dvd version of the purge on the 8th October 2013.