Name: Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 2003
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Sep 12	#1	$9.46M		—	$9.46M	3,282	$2.9K	1
Sat Sep 13	#1	$8.36M	-12%	—	$17.16M	3,282	$2.5K	2
Sun Sep 14	#1	$6.27M	-25%	—	$23.42M	3,282	$1.9K	3
Mon Sep 15	#1	$1.75M	-72%	—	$25.18M	3,282	$534	4
Tue Sep 16	#1	$1.86M	+6%	—	$27.04M	3,282	$566	5
Wed Sep 17	#1	$1.51M	-19%	—	$28.54M	3,282	$459	6
Thu Sep 18	#1	$1.40M	-7%	—	$29.95M	3,282	$427	7
Fri Sep 19	#6	$2.46M	+75%	-74%	$32.40M	3,289	$748	8
Sat Sep 20	#4	$4.53M	+84%	-46%	$38.01M	3,289	$1.4K	9
Sun Sep 21	#3	$2.94M	-35%	-53%	$40.95M	3,289	$895	10
Mon Sep 22	#3	$776K	-74%	-56%	$41.73M	3,289	$236	11
Tue Sep 23	#2	$852K	+10%	-54%	$42.58M	3,289	$259	12
Wed Sep 24	#3	$705K	-17%	-53%	$43.28M	3,289	$214	13
Thu Sep 25	#3	$678K	-4%	-52%	$43.96M	3,289	$206	14
Fri Sep 26	#6	$1.58M	+133%	-36%	$45.54M	2,922	$541	15
Sat Sep 27	#6	$2.17M	+37%	-52%	$47.60M	2,922	$742	16
Sun Sep 28	#6	$1.37M	-37%	-54%	$48.97M	2,922	$467	17
Mon Sep 29	#5	$362K	-73%	-53%	$49.33M	2,922	$124	18
Tue Sep 30	#5	$414K	+14%	-51%	$49.74M	2,922	$142	19
Wed Oct 1	#5	$353K	-15%	-50%	$50.10M	2,922	$121	20
Thu Oct 2	#5	$345K	-2%	-49%	$50.44M	2,922	$118	21
Fri Oct 3	#9	$766K	+122%	-52%	$51.21M	2,097	$365	22
Sat Oct 4	#10	$1.14M	+49%	-47%	$52.33M	2,097	$542	23
Sun Oct 5	#9	$743K	-35%	-46%	$53.07M	2,097	$354	24
Mon Oct 6	#9	$227K	-69%	-37%	$53.30M	2,097	$108	25
Tue Oct 7	#8	$239K	+5%	-42%	$53.53M	2,097	$114	26
Wed Oct 8	#8	$199K	-17%	-44%	$53.73M	2,097	$95	27
Thu Oct 9	#8	$214K	+8%	-38%	$53.95M	2,097	$102	28

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Sep 12-14	1	$23.42M	—	$23.42M	3,282	$7.1K	1
Sep 19-21	4	$11.01M	-53.0%	$40.95M	3,289	$3.3K	2
Sep 26-28	6	$5.00M	-54.5%	$48.97M	2,922	$1.7K	3
Oct 3-5	9	$2.63M	-47.5%	$53.07M	2,097	$1.3K	4
Oct 10-12	14	$1.07M	-59.4%	$55.01M	1,131	$942	5
Oct 17-19	21	$276K	-74.1%	$55.68M	288	$958	6
Oct 24-26	36	$85K	-69.2%	$55.85M	114	$746	7
Oct 31-Nov 2	49	$48K	-43.1%	$55.92M	69	$701	8
Dec 5-7	40	$60K	—	$56.23M	124	$484	13
Dec 12-14	53	$36K	-40.0%	$56.29M	94	$383	14
Dec 19-21	60	$19K	-47.0%	$56.33M	56	$341	15

Performance Charts

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

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Rodriguez

ScreenplayRobert Rodriguez

Produced byElizabeth Avellán, Carlos Gallardo, Robert Rodriguez

CinematographyRobert Rodriguez

Music byRobert Rodriguez

StarringAntonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes

StudioColumbia Pictures

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