Name: The Mexican
Director: Gore Verbinski
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2001
Cast: Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, J.K. Simmons, David Krumholtz

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Mar 2	#1	$6.51M		—	$6.51M	2,951	$2.2K	1
Sat Mar 3	#1	$8.70M	+34%	—	$15.21M	2,951	$2.9K	2
Sun Mar 4	#1	$4.94M	-43%	—	$20.11M	2,951	$1.7K	3
Mon Mar 5	#1	$1.51M	-69%	—	$21.62M	2,951	$511	4
Tue Mar 6	#1	$1.81M	+20%	—	$23.43M	2,951	$614	5
Wed Mar 7	#1	$1.41M	-22%	—	$24.84M	2,951	$476	6
Thu Mar 8	#1	$1.31M	-7%	—	$26.15M	2,951	$444	7
Fri Mar 9	#1	$3.65M	+178%	-44%	$29.80M	2,959	$1.2K	8
Sat Mar 10	#1	$5.58M	+53%	-36%	$35.38M	2,959	$1.9K	9
Sun Mar 11	#1	$3.15M	-44%	-36%	$38.40M	2,959	$1.1K	10
Mon Mar 12	#1	$1.04M	-67%	-31%	$39.44M	2,959	$351	11
Tue Mar 13	#1	$1.27M	+22%	-30%	$40.70M	2,959	$428	12
Wed Mar 14	#1	$1.01M	-20%	-28%	$41.71M	2,959	$341	13
Thu Mar 15	#1	$1.05M	+3%	-20%	$42.76M	2,959	$353	14
Fri Mar 16	#3	$2.51M	+140%	-31%	$45.27M	3,162	$793	15
Sat Mar 17	#3	$3.31M	+32%	-41%	$48.58M	3,162	$1.0K	16
Sun Mar 18	#3	$2.02M	-39%	-36%	$50.77M	3,162	$640	17
Mon Mar 19	#3	$621K	-69%	-40%	$51.39M	3,162	$196	18
Tue Mar 20	#3	$742K	+19%	-41%	$52.13M	3,162	$234	19
Wed Mar 21	#3	$615K	-17%	-39%	$52.75M	3,162	$194	20
Thu Mar 22	#3	$607K	-1%	-42%	$53.36M	3,162	$191	21
Fri Mar 23	#5	$1.34M	+121%	-47%	$54.70M	3,043	$440	22
Sat Mar 24	#6	$2.12M	+58%	-36%	$56.82M	3,043	$697	23
Sun Mar 25	#7	$1.05M	-51%	-48%	$57.97M	3,043	$343	24
Mon Mar 26	#7	$364K	-65%	-41%	$58.34M	3,043	$119	25
Tue Mar 27	#7	$472K	+30%	-36%	$58.82M	3,043	$155	26
Wed Mar 28	#7	$411K	-13%	-33%	$59.23M	3,043	$134	27
Thu Mar 29	#7	$422K	+3%	-30%	$59.65M	3,043	$138	28
Fri Mar 30	#10	$764K	+81%	-43%	$60.41M	2,047	$373	29
Sat Mar 31	#10	$1.13M	+47%	-47%	$61.54M	2,047	$549	30
Sun Apr 1	#10	$611K	-46%	-42%	$62.18M	2,047	$298	31
Mon Apr 2	#10	$172K	-72%	-53%	$62.35M	2,047	$84	32
Tue Apr 3	#10	$227K	+32%	-52%	$62.58M	2,047	$111	33
Wed Apr 4	#10	$200K	-12%	-51%	$62.78M	2,047	$97	34
Thu Apr 5	#10	$201K	n/c	-52%	$62.98M	2,047	$98	35
Sun Apr 8	#17	$250K		-59%	$64.10M	1,328	$188	38
Tue Apr 10	#14	$116K		-49%	$64.32M	1,328	$87	40
Wed Apr 11	#20	$97K	-17%	-52%	$64.41M	1,328	$72	41
Mon May 28	#37	$22K			$66.81M	148	$148	88

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Mar 2-4	1	$20.11M	—	$20.11M	2,951	$6.8K	1
Mar 9-11	1	$12.24M	-39.1%	$38.39M	2,959	$4.1K	2
Mar 16-18	3	$8.01M	-34.6%	$50.77M	3,162	$2.5K	3
Mar 23-25	5	$4.62M	-42.3%	$57.98M	3,043	$1.5K	4
Mar 30-Apr 1	10	$2.53M	-45.3%	$62.18M	2,047	$1.2K	5
Apr 6-8	16	$1.13M	-55.5%	$64.10M	1,328	$847	6
Apr 13-15	23	$478K	-57.5%	$65.01M	660	$724	7
Apr 20-22	25	$298K	-37.7%	$65.50M	434	$685	8
Apr 27-29	34	$135K	-54.6%	$65.73M	237	$570	9
May 4-6	24	$265K	+95.9%	$66.04M	425	$623	10
May 11-13	29	$173K	-34.7%	$66.32M	359	$481	11
May 18-20	25	$188K	+8.6%	$66.59M	262	$716	12
May 25-27	19	$132K	-29.9%	$66.79M	148	$889	13

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 byGore Verbinski

ScreenplayJ. H. Wyman

Produced byLawrence Bender, John Baldecchi

CinematographyDariusz Wolski

MusicAlan Silvestri

StarringBrad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, J.K. Simmons, David Krumholtz, Bob Balaban

StudioDreamWorks Distribution

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