The Playlist: Box Office: ‘The Purge’ Surges With $36 Million; ‘The Internship’ Doesn’t Get Hired

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Box Office: 'The Purge' Surges With $36 Million; 'The Internship' Doesn't Get Hired Jun 9th 2013, 16:36 The dystopian horror-thriller "The Purge" is destined to gross roughly $36.4 million domestically for its opening weekend ($16.7 million dollars from the opening night alone) and has become the surprise hit of the summer, with The Hollywood Reporter dubbing it the "Box Office Shocker." Not only is "The Purge" in the top spot over some should-have-been-tough competition (we saw this coming), the film is also whupping said competition, making nearly over 3 times per screen as "The Internship." This is made all the more astounding by the fact that "The Purge" was made on a $3 million microbudget, a figure that was covered in box office returns even before the actual weekend (grossed $3.4 million dollars from its Thursday 10 PM and Friday midnight screenings). More so, this would make "The Purge" the highest-grossing debut of a non-sequel or non-remake R-rated horror film in history (beating out the $20 million debut of "The Strangers").In second place with $19.8 million, "Fast... Media files: 5673-d007-00145.jpg (image/jpeg)

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