Desperado

Name: Desperado
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 1995
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin

1995 • R • 1h 44m • Action, Crime, Drama • Columbia Pictures

He came back to settle the score with someone. Anyone. EVERYONE.

🍅 71% 79%

3.54

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$7.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$25.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$25.5M

Domestic only

Domestic Legs3.2x

Budget$7M

1995 Rank#68

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Cast & Crew

Full Rodriguez filmography

Robert Rodriguez Director

Antonio Banderas Starring

Salma Hayek Starring

Joaquim de Almeida Starring

Steve Buscemi Starring

Cheech Marin Starring

Written byRobert Rodriguez Produced byRobert Rodriguez, Bill Borden CinematographyGuillermo Navarro Edited byRobert Rodriguez Music byLos Lobos StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 25-27 2 $7.9M — 2,027 $3,903 $7.9M

2 Sep 1-3 4 $6.0M −23.8% 2,027 $2,973 $17.1M

3 Sep 8-10 5 $2.6M −56.3% 1,921 $1,372 $20.9M

4 Sep 15-17 13 $1.4M −48.0% 1,203 $1,140 $23.1M

5 Sep 22-24 16 $702.1K −48.8% 708 $992 $24.3M

6 Sep 29-Oct 1 24 $401.4K −42.8% 320 $1,254 $24.9M

7 Oct 6-8 38 $103.3K −74.3% 200 $517 $25.1M

8 Oct 13-15 26 $232.0K +124.5% 460 $504 $25.4M

Weekend grossWk 8 · $232.0K

$7.9M

$6.0M

$2.6M

$1.4M

$702.1K

$401.4K

$103.3K

$232.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · +124.5%

−23.8%

W1→2

−56.3%

W2→3

−48.0%

W3→4

−48.8%

W4→5

−42.8%

W5→6

−74.3%

W6→7

+124.5%

W7→8

Steepest −74.3%Biggest gain +124.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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