THE PURGE Scares Up $36.3 Million at Weekend Box Office
By: Tyler Peterson Jun. 09, 2013
James DeMonaco's THE PURGE managed to outperform Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in THE INTERNSHIP, taking the weekend box office with $36.3 million.
The film, starring DeMonaco, stars Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane and Max Burkholder, shows an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity-including murder-becomes legal. The police can't be called. Hospitals suspend help. It's one night when the citizenry regulates itself without thought of punishment. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking.
FAST & FURIOUS 6 held strong in its third week, taking in an additional $19.7 million, bolstering its total to $202.9 million.
The magician marvel NOW YOU SEE ME took the third spot, earning an estimated $19.5 million, bumping its total to $61.3 million.
Vaugh and Wilson's latest comedy THE INTERNSHIP underperformed, drawing in only $18.1 million, and taking the fourth spot, while EPIC rounded out the top five with $12.1 million.
Rentrak announced the top earners for this weekend (June 7 - 9) check out the top 10 below!
| 1 | Purge, The | Universal | $36,378,920 | $36,378,920 | ||
| 2 | Fast & Furious 6 | Universal | $19,760,040 | $202,945,735 | ||
| 3 | Now You See Me | Lionsgate | $19,500,000 | $61,374,024 | ||
| 4 | Internship, The | 20th Century Fox | $18,100,000 | $18,100,000 | ||
| 5 | Epic | 20th Century Fox | $12,100,000 | $84,154,556 | ||
| 6 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Paramount | $11,700,000 | $200,140,439 | ||
| 7 | After Earth | Sony | $11,200,000 | $46,591,569 | ||
| 8 | Hangover 3, The | Warner Bros. | $7,380,000 | $102,373,956 | ||
| 9 | Iron Man 3 | Disney | $5,787,000 | $394,316,000 | ||
| 10 | Great Gatsby, The | Warner Bros. | $4,230,000 | $136,175,118 |
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