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The MexicanFollow

2001 • R • 2h 3m • Adventure, Comedy, Drama • DreamWorks Distribution

Love with the safety off.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$66.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$148.00M

$81.00M international

Domestic legs3.32x

Budget$57.0M

2001 rank#36

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Cast & crew

Full Verbinski filmography

Gore Verbinski

Gore Verbinski Director

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt Starring

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts Starring

James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini Starring

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons Starring

David Krumholtz

David Krumholtz Starring

ScreenplayJ. H. Wyman Produced byLawrence Bender, John Baldecchi CinematographyDariusz Wolski MusicAlan Silvestri StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 2-4 1 $20.1M — 2,951 $6,814 $20.1M

2 Mar 9-11 1 $12.2M −39.1% 2,959 $4,138 $38.4M

3 Mar 16-18 3 $8.0M −34.6% 3,162 $2,533 $50.8M

4 Mar 23-25 5 $4.6M −42.3% 3,043 $1,519 $58.0M

5 Mar 30-Apr 1 10 $2.5M −45.3% 2,047 $1,234 $62.2M

6 Apr 6-8 16 $1.1M −55.5% 1,328 $847 $64.1M

7 Apr 13-15 23 $478.1K −57.5% 660 $724 $65.0M

8 Apr 20-22 25 $297.7K −37.7% 434 $685 $65.5M

9 Apr 27-29 34 $135.3K −54.6% 237 $570 $65.7M

10 May 4-6 24 $264.9K +95.9% 425 $623 $66.0M

11 May 11-13 29 $172.9K −34.7% 359 $481 $66.3M

12 May 18-20 25 $187.8K +8.6% 262 $716 $66.6M

13 May 25-27 19 $131.7K −29.9% 148 $889 $66.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 2 #1 $6.5M — $6.5M 2,951 $2,206 1

Sat Mar 3 #1 $8.7M +34% $15.2M 2,951 $2,947 2

Sun Mar 4 #1 $4.9M −43% $20.1M 2,951 $1,674 3

Mon Mar 5 #1 $1.5M −69% $21.6M 2,951 $511 4

Tue Mar 6 #1 $1.8M +20% $23.4M 2,951 $614 5

Wed Mar 7 #1 $1.4M −22% $24.8M 2,951 $476 6

Thu Mar 8 #1 $1.3M −7% $26.2M 2,951 $444 7

Fri Mar 9 #1 $3.6M +178% −44% $29.8M 2,959 $1,233 8

Sat Mar 10 #1 $5.6M +53% −36% $35.4M 2,959 $1,887 9

Sun Mar 11 #1 $3.2M −44% −36% $38.4M 2,959 $1,065 10

Mon Mar 12 #1 $1.0M −67% −31% $39.4M 2,959 $351 11

Tue Mar 13 #1 $1.3M +22% −30% $40.7M 2,959 $428 12

Wed Mar 14 #1 $1.0M −20% −28% $41.7M 2,959 $341 13

Thu Mar 15 #1 $1.0M +3% −20% $42.8M 2,959 $353 14

Fri Mar 16 #3 $2.5M +140% −31% $45.3M 3,162 $793 15

Sat Mar 17 #3 $3.3M +32% −41% $48.6M 3,162 $1,046 16

Sun Mar 18 #3 $2.0M −39% −36% $50.8M 3,162 $640 17

Mon Mar 19 #3 $621.3K −69% −40% $51.4M 3,162 $196 18

Tue Mar 20 #3 $741.5K +19% −41% $52.1M 3,162 $234 19

Wed Mar 21 #3 $615.3K −17% −39% $52.7M 3,162 $194 20

Thu Mar 22 #3 $606.9K −1% −42% $53.4M 3,162 $191 21

Fri Mar 23 #5 $1.3M +121% −47% $54.7M 3,043 $440 22

Sat Mar 24 #6 $2.1M +58% −36% $56.8M 3,043 $697 23

Sun Mar 25 #7 $1.0M −51% −48% $58.0M 3,043 $343 24

Mon Mar 26 #7 $363.6K −65% −41% $58.3M 3,043 $119 25

Tue Mar 27 #7 $472.2K +30% −36% $58.8M 3,043 $155 26

Wed Mar 28 #7 $410.6K −13% −33% $59.2M 3,043 $134 27

Thu Mar 29 #7 $422.4K +3% −30% $59.6M 3,043 $138 28

Fri Mar 30 #10 $764.0K +81% −43% $60.4M 2,047 $373 29

Sat Mar 31 #10 $1.1M +47% −47% $61.5M 2,047 $549 30

Sun Apr 1 #10 $611.0K −46% −42% $62.2M 2,047 $298 31

Mon Apr 2 #10 $172.4K −72% −53% $62.3M 2,047 $84 32

Tue Apr 3 #10 $227.5K +32% −52% $62.6M 2,047 $111 33

Wed Apr 4 #10 $199.8K −12% −51% $62.8M 2,047 $97 34

Thu Apr 5 #10 $200.6K n/c −52% $63.0M 2,047 $98 35

Sun Apr 8 #17 $250.0K — −59% $64.1M 1,328 $188 38

Tue Apr 10 #14 $116.2K — −49% $64.3M 1,328 $87 40

Wed Apr 11 #20 $96.8K −17% −52% $64.4M 1,328 $72 41

Mon May 28 #37 $22.0K — $66.8M 148 $148 88

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$64.4M

Mar 2Mar 11Mar 21Mar 30Apr 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $264.9K

$20.1M

$12.2M

$8.0M

$4.6M

$2.5M

$1.1M

$478.1K

$297.7K

$135.3K

$264.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,162 → 1,328 −58.0%

2,951 open1,328 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +95.9%

−39.1%

W1→2

−34.6%

W2→3

−42.3%

W3→4

−45.3%

W4→5

−55.5%

W5→6

−57.5%

W6→7

−37.7%

W7→8

−54.6%

W8→9

+95.9%

W9→10

Steepest −57.5%Biggest gain +95.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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