Name: Machete
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 2010
Cast: Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Sep 3	#1	$3.87M		—	$3.87M	2,670	$1.4K	1
Sat Sep 4	#3	$3.81M	-2%	—	$7.67M	2,670	$1.4K	2
Sun Sep 5	#2	$3.74M	-2%	—	$11.42M	2,670	$1.4K	3
Mon Sep 6	#2	$2.69M	-28%	—	$14.10M	2,670	$1.0K	4
Tue Sep 7	#2	$1.01M	-62%	—	$15.12M	2,670	$379	5
Wed Sep 8	#2	$819K	-19%	—	$15.93M	2,670	$307	6
Thu Sep 9	#2	$688K	-16%	—	$16.62M	2,670	$258	7
Fri Sep 10	#4	$1.33M	+94%	-66%	$17.96M	2,678	$498	8
Sat Sep 11	#4	$1.75M	+31%	-54%	$19.71M	2,678	$654	9
Sun Sep 12	#4	$1.21M	-31%	-68%	$20.92M	2,678	$452	10
Mon Sep 13	#3	$420K	-65%	-84%	$21.34M	2,678	$157	11
Tue Sep 14	#3	$497K	+18%	-51%	$21.83M	2,678	$186	12
Wed Sep 15	#3	$401K	-19%	-51%	$22.23M	2,678	$150	13
Thu Sep 16	#4	$401K		-42%	$22.64M	2,678	$150	14
Fri Sep 17	#10	$530K	+32%	-60%	$23.17M	1,704	$311	15
Sat Sep 18	#10	$709K	+34%	-60%	$23.88M	1,704	$416	16
Sun Sep 19	#8	$516K	-27%	-57%	$24.39M	1,704	$303	17
Mon Sep 20	#8	$173K	-67%	-59%	$24.56M	1,704	$101	18
Tue Sep 21	#9	$188K	+9%	-62%	$24.75M	1,704	$110	19
Wed Sep 22	#9	$173K	-8%	-57%	$24.93M	1,704	$102	20
Thu Sep 23	#10	$166K	-4%	-59%	$25.09M	1,704	$97	21
Fri Sep 24	#14	$188K	+14%	-65%	$25.28M	682	$276	22
Sat Sep 25	#14	$266K	+42%	-62%	$25.54M	682	$390	23
Sun Sep 26	#14	$189K	-29%	-63%	$25.73M	682	$277	24
Mon Sep 27	#14	$68K	-64%	-61%	$25.80M	682	$99	25
Tue Sep 28	#14	$69K	+1%	-63%	$25.87M	682	$101	26
Wed Sep 29	#14	$61K	-11%	-65%	$25.93M	682	$90	27
Thu Sep 30	#15	$60K	-2%	-64%	$25.99M	682	$88	28
Fri Oct 1	#-	$65K	+8%	-65%	$26.06M	314	$207	29
Sat Oct 2	#-	$91K	+41%	-66%	$26.15M	314	$291	30
Sun Oct 3	#-	$57K	-37%	-70%	$26.21M	314	$183	31
Mon Oct 4	#-	$19K	-66%	-72%	$26.22M	314	$62	32
Tue Oct 5	#-	$23K	+21%	-66%	$26.25M	314	$74	33
Wed Oct 6	#-	$21K	-10%	-66%	$26.27M	314	$67	34
Thu Oct 7	#-	$20K	-4%	-66%	$26.29M	314	$64	35
Fri Oct 8	#-	$28K	+38%	-57%	$26.32M	167	$167	36
Sat Oct 9	#-	$41K	+47%	-55%	$26.36M	167	$245	37
Sun Oct 10	#-	$32K	-22%	-44%	$26.39M	167	$192	38
Mon Oct 11	#-	$12K	-61%	-36%	$26.40M	167	$74	39
Tue Oct 12	#-	$10K	-20%	-58%	$26.41M	167	$59	40
Wed Oct 13	#-	$10K	-3%	-54%	$26.42M	167	$57	41
Thu Oct 14	#-	$10K	+3%	-51%	$26.43M	167	$59	42
Fri Oct 15	#-	$13K	+30%	-54%	$26.44M	96	$134	43
Sat Oct 16	#-	$19K	+50%	-53%	$26.46M	96	$201	44
Sun Oct 17	#-	$14K	-27%	-56%	$26.48M	96	$146	45
Mon Oct 18	#-	$5K	-62%	-57%	$26.48M	96	$55	46
Tue Oct 19	#-	$5K		-46%	$26.49M	96	$55	47
Wed Oct 20	#-	$5K	-9%	-50%	$26.49M	96	$50	48
Thu Oct 21	#-	$5K	+14%	-44%	$26.50M	96	$57	49
Fri Oct 22	#-	$6K	+7%	-54%	$26.50M	50	$117	50
Sat Oct 23	#-	$8K	+44%	-56%	$26.51M	50	$169	51
Sun Oct 24	#-	$7K	-17%	-50%	$26.52M	50	$140	52
Mon Oct 25	#-	$3K	-57%	-43%	$26.52M	50	$61	53
Tue Oct 26	#-	$3K	+4%	-40%	$26.53M	50	$63	54
Wed Oct 27	#-	$3K	-14%	-44%	$26.53M	50	$54	55
Thu Oct 28	#-	$3K	+2%	-50%	$26.53M	50	$55	56
Fri Oct 29	#-	$8K	+180%	+32%	$26.54M	56	$138	57
Sat Oct 30	#-	$8K	+10%	+1%	$26.55M	56	$152	58
Sun Oct 31	#-	$5K	-45%	-34%	$26.55M	56	$83	59
Mon Nov 1	#-	$3K	-45%	-16%	$26.56M	56	$46	60
Tue Nov 2	#-	$3K	+15%	-7%	$26.56M	56	$52	61
Wed Nov 3	#-	$3K	+12%	+21%	$26.56M	56	$59	62
Thu Nov 4	#-	$3K	+4%	+23%	$26.56M	56	$61	63

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Sep 3-5	2	$11.42M	—	$11.42M	2,670	$4.3K	1
Sep 10-12	4	$4.29M	-62.4%	$20.92M	2,678	$1.6K	2
Sep 17-19	10	$1.76M	-59.1%	$24.39M	1,704	$1.0K	3
Sep 24-26	14	$643K	-63.4%	$25.73M	682	$943	4
Oct 1-3	28	$214K	-66.8%	$26.21M	314	$681	5
Oct 8-10	36	$101K	-52.8%	$26.39M	167	$604	6
Oct 15-17	47	$46K	-54.2%	$26.48M	96	$482	7
Oct 22-24	56	$21K	-54.0%	$26.52M	50	$426	8
Oct 29-31	50	$21K	-1.9%	$26.55M	56	$373	9
Nov 5-7	67	$12K	-42.5%	$26.58M	32	$375	10
Nov 12-14	74	$7K	-38.1%	$26.59M	19	$391	11

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis

ScreenplayRobert Rodriguez, Álvaro Rodríguez

Produced byRobert Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellán, Rick Schwartz

CinematographyJimmy Lindsey

Edited byRobert Rodriguez, Rebecca Rodriguez

Music byChingon

StarringDanny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal, Jeff Fahey

StudioTroublemaker Studios

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