The Purge

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Town Uses Purge Siren to Mark Coronavirus Curfew

Chief says he wasn't aware of horror movie

(Newser) - In The Purge and its sequels, a siren marks the start of a 12-hour period in which all crimes, including murder, are legal. Police in a Louisiana town apparently hadn't seen the movies. A siren just like the Purge one was used in recent days to signal the start...

Low-Budget Purge Beats Internship
 Low-Budget Purge 
 Has Shock 
 $36.4M Win 
box office
Jun 9, 2013 3:52 PM CDT

Low-Budget Purge Has Shock $36.4M Win

$3M film beats 'The Internship' in opening weekend

(Newser) - Well, this was unexpected: The highest grossing film at the box office this weekend was The Purge. The what? Exactly. The low-budget thriller starring Ethan Hawke raked in $36.4 million in its opening weekend. That's twice as much as Shawn Levy's new comedy The Internship, which debuted...

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