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The Purge

2013 film directed by James DeMonaco
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Summary

The Purge is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40,362 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: James DeMonaco[3]
  • Screenwriter: James DeMonaco[4]
  • Composer: Nathan Whitehead[5]
  • Genre: horror film[6], science fiction film[7], thriller film[8], dystopian film[9]
  • Followed by: The Purge: Anarchy[10]
  • Cast member: Ethan Hawke[11], Lena Headey[12], Adelaide Kane[13], Rhys Wakefield[14], Tony Oller[15], Edwin Hodge[16], Arija Bareikis[17], Chris Mulkey[18], Max Burkholder[19]
  • Producer: Michael Bay[20], Bradley Fuller[21], Jason Blum[22], Andrew Form[23]
  • Part of the series: The Purge[24]
  • Production company: Universal Pictures[25], Platinum Dunes[26], Blumhouse Productions[27]
  • Director of photography: Jacques Jouffret[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[30]
  • Review score: 39%[31], 5.2/10[32], 41/100[33]
  • Color: color[34]
  • Country of origin: France[35], United States[36], Belgium[37]
  • Publication date: May 2, 2013[38], June 13, 2013[39], September 5, 2013[40]
  • Distributed by: UIP-Dunafilm[41], Netflix[42]
  • Narrative location: Los Angeles[43]
  • Official website: http://NewFoundersAmerica.org[44]
  • Topic's main category: Q101601922[45]
  • Filming location: Los Angeles[46]
  • Title: The Purge[47]
  • Has characteristic: title for Spain[48], title for Hispanic America[49]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[50]
  • Duration: 85[51]

Why It Matters

The Purge has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

Related Entities

Adelaide Kane Belgium film France Lena Headey Los Angeles Michael Bay Netflix The Purge: Anarchy United States

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 115251
    P14821 → 2184339
    Has characteristic → title for Spain, title for Hispanic America
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  2. 10w ago · BrookTheHumming · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → title for Spain, title for Hispanic America
    P14710 → F01253
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: title for Spain"
  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 103075
    Logo image → Logoja e The purge.png
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
  4. 21w ago · Máté · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → March 2022
    Duration → {'amount': '+85'}
    Fsk film rating → FSK 16
    Distributed by → UIP-Dunafilm, Netflix
    + 39 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Eirin film rating: R15+, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779682919022"
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