The micro-budget home-invasion thriller “The Purge” debuted with an estimated $36.3 million at the box office this weekend, putting the brakes on the two-week dominance of the cars-and-criminals sequel “Fast & Furious 6."
The
weekend's other wide opener, Fox's Owen Wilson-Vince Vaughn comedy
"The Internship," was no match, bringing in roughly half
the haul of "The Purge" with $18.1 million for fourth.
The
big showing by “The Purge” means quite a return on the dollar for
Universal Pictures, which is distributing both of the top two movies.
“The Purge” is the first movie to come out of its 2011 deal with
Jason Blum, the producer of the famously lucrative “Paranormal
Activity” franchise, and cost just $3 million to make.
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