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The MechanicFollow

2011 • R • 1h 33m • Action, Crime, Thriller • CBS Films

Someone has to fix the problems.

🍅 54% 51%

49

2.91

6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$29.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$76.30M

$47.20M international

Domestic legs2.5x

Budget$42.5M

2011 rank#106

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Cast & crew

Full West filmography

Simon West

Simon West Director

Jason Statham

Jason Statham Starring

Ben Foster

Ben Foster Starring

Tony Goldwyn

Tony Goldwyn Starring

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland Starring

ScreenplayRichard Wenk, Lewis John Carlino Produced byIrwin Winkler, David Winkler, William Chartoff, René Besson CinematographyEric Schmidt Music byMark Isham StudioCBS Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 28-30 3 $11.4M — 2,703 $4,226 $11.4M

2 Feb 4-6 7 $5.3M −53.6% 2,704 $1,958 $20.0M

3 Feb 11-13 12 $3.2M −39.5% 1,886 $1,698 $25.4M

4 Feb 18-20 17 $1.0M −68.7% 952 $1,054 $27.9M

5 Feb 25-27 25 $322.0K −67.9% 404 $797 $28.7M

6 Mar 4-6 44 $68.4K −78.8% 109 $627 $28.9M

7 Mar 11-13 60 $22.4K −67.2% 42 $534 $28.9M

8 Mar 18-20 44 $55.5K +147.5% 99 $560 $29.0M

9 Mar 25-27 49 $48.4K −12.8% 100 $484 $29.1M

10 Apr 1-3 69 $15.8K −67.4% 43 $367 $29.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 28 #3 $3.6M — $3.6M 2,703 $1,337 1

Sat Jan 29 #5 $4.7M +30% $8.3M 2,703 $1,736 2

Sun Jan 30 #4 $3.1M −34% $11.4M 2,703 $1,153 3

Mon Jan 31 #4 $865.8K −72% $12.3M 2,703 $320 4

Tue Feb 1 #3 $894.6K +3% $13.2M 2,703 $331 5

Wed Feb 2 #4 $765.3K −14% $13.9M 2,703 $283 6

Thu Feb 3 #3 $762.6K — $14.7M 2,703 $282 7

Fri Feb 4 #6 $1.8M +135% −50% $16.5M 2,704 $663 8

Sat Feb 5 #7 $2.6M +45% −44% $19.1M 2,704 $964 9

Sun Feb 6 #7 $897.1K −66% −71% $20.0M 2,704 $332 10

Mon Feb 7 #5 $558.0K −38% −36% $20.6M 2,704 $206 11

Tue Feb 8 #5 $624.8K +12% −30% $21.2M 2,704 $231 12

Wed Feb 9 #6 $504.9K −19% −34% $21.7M 2,704 $187 13

Thu Feb 10 #5 $522.4K +3% −31% $22.2M 2,704 $193 14

Fri Feb 11 #12 $837.9K +60% −53% $23.1M 1,886 $444 15

Sat Feb 12 #12 $1.4M +69% −46% $24.5M 1,886 $751 16

Sun Feb 13 #11 $949.2K −33% +6% $25.4M 1,886 $503 17

Mon Feb 14 #10 $616.0K −35% +10% $26.0M 1,886 $327 18

Tue Feb 15 #9 $315.6K −49% −49% $26.4M 1,886 $167 19

Wed Feb 16 #9 $264.8K −16% −48% $26.6M 1,886 $140 20

Thu Feb 17 #10 $267.7K +1% −49% $26.9M 1,886 $142 21

Fri Feb 18 #17 $259.5K −3% −69% $27.1M 952 $273 22

Sat Feb 19 #17 $416.6K +61% −71% $27.6M 952 $438 23

Sun Feb 20 #- $327.3K −21% −66% $27.9M 952 $344 24

Mon Feb 21 #17 $191.2K −42% −69% $28.1M 952 $201 25

Tue Feb 22 #- $102.3K −47% −68% $28.2M 952 $107 26

Wed Feb 23 #- $87.8K −14% −67% $28.3M 952 $92 27

Thu Feb 24 #- $88.4K +1% −67% $28.4M 952 $93 28

Fri Feb 25 #- $87.7K −1% −66% $28.4M 404 $217 29

Sat Feb 26 #- $140.3K +60% −66% $28.6M 404 $347 30

Sun Feb 27 #- $94.0K −33% −71% $28.7M 404 $233 31

Mon Feb 28 #- $34.2K −64% −82% $28.7M 404 $85 32

Tue Mar 1 #- $35.5K +4% −65% $28.7M 404 $88 33

Wed Mar 2 #- $32.7K −8% −63% $28.8M 404 $81 34

Thu Mar 3 #- $32.0K −2% −64% $28.8M 404 $79 35

Fri Mar 4 #- $17.9K −44% −80% $28.8M 109 $164 36

Sat Mar 5 #- $30.2K +69% −78% $28.9M 109 $277 37

Sun Mar 6 #- $20.3K −33% −78% $28.9M 109 $186 38

Mon Mar 7 #- $6.5K −68% −81% $28.9M 109 $59 39

Tue Mar 8 #- $7.7K +20% −78% $28.9M 109 $71 40

Wed Mar 9 #- $6.2K −20% −81% $28.9M 109 $57 41

Thu Mar 10 #- $7.9K +28% −75% $28.9M 109 $73 42

Fri Mar 11 #- $6.4K −19% −64% $28.9M 42 $153 43

Sat Mar 12 #- $9.1K +41% −70% $28.9M 42 $216 44

Sun Mar 13 #- $6.9K −24% −66% $28.9M 42 $164 45

Mon Mar 14 #- $2.5K −64% −62% $28.9M 42 $59 46

Tue Mar 15 #- $3.4K +38% −56% $28.9M 42 $82 47

Wed Mar 16 #- $3.5K +3% −43% $28.9M 42 $84 48

Thu Mar 17 #- $2.2K −38% −72% $28.9M 42 $52 49

Fri Mar 18 #- $15.1K +588% +134% $29.0M 99 $152 50

Sat Mar 19 #- $22.7K +50% +149% $29.0M 99 $229 51

Sun Mar 20 #- $17.7K −22% +157% $29.0M 99 $179 52

Mon Mar 21 #- $7.5K −58% +201% $29.0M 99 $75 53

Tue Mar 22 #- $7.3K −2% +112% $29.0M 99 $74 54

Wed Mar 23 #- $6.3K −13% +79% $29.0M 99 $64 55

Thu Mar 24 #- $6.9K +9% +214% $29.0M 99 $70 56

Fri Mar 25 #- $12.8K +86% −15% $29.0M 100 $128 57

Sat Mar 26 #- $19.8K +55% −13% $29.1M 100 $198 58

Sun Mar 27 #- $15.8K −20% −11% $29.1M 100 $158 59

Mon Mar 28 #- $5.6K −64% −24% $29.1M 100 $56 60

Tue Mar 29 #- $6.8K +20% −7% $29.1M 100 $68 61

Wed Mar 30 #- $5.4K −20% −14% $29.1M 100 $54 62

Thu Mar 31 #- $5.3K −3% −24% $29.1M 100 $53 63

Fri Apr 1 #- $4.6K −13% −64% $29.1M 43 $106 64

Sat Apr 2 #- $6.7K +47% −66% $29.1M 43 $156 65

Sun Apr 3 #- $4.5K −33% −72% $29.1M 43 $105 66

Mon Apr 4 #- $1.7K −62% −70% $29.1M 43 $40 67

Tue Apr 5 #- $2.1K +23% −69% $29.1M 43 $49 68

Wed Apr 6 #- $2.0K −5% −63% $29.1M 43 $47 69

Thu Apr 7 #- $2.1K +6% −60% $29.1M 43 $49 70

Cumulative total$29.1M

Jan 28Feb 14Mar 4Mar 21Apr 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $15.8K

$11.4M

$5.3M

$3.2M

$1.0M

$322.0K

$68.4K

$22.4K

$55.5K

$48.4K

$15.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,704 → 43 −98.4%

2,703 open43 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −67.4%

−53.6%

W1→2

−39.5%

W2→3

−68.7%

W3→4

−67.9%

W4→5

−78.8%

W5→6

−67.2%

W6→7

+147.5%

W7→8

−12.8%

W8→9

−67.4%

W9→10

Steepest −78.8%Biggest gain +147.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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