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Machete

2010 • R • 1h 45m • Action, Crime, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

They just messed with the wrong Mexican.

🍅 70% 63%

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3.1

6.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$26.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$46.4M

$19.8M international

Domestic Legs2.3x

Budget$12.5M

2010 Rank#105

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Cast & Crew

Full Rodriguez filmography

Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez Director

Danny Trejo Starring

Robert De Niro Starring

Jessica Alba Starring

Michelle Rodriguez

Michelle Rodriguez Starring

Steven Seagal Starring

ScreenplayRobert Rodriguez, Álvaro Rodríguez Produced byRobert Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellán, Rick Schwartz CinematographyJimmy Lindsey Edited byRobert Rodriguez, Rebecca Rodriguez Music byChingon Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 3-5 2 $11.4M — 2,670 $4,276 $11.4M

2 Sep 10-12 4 $4.3M −62.4% 2,678 $1,603 $20.9M

3 Sep 17-19 10 $1.8M −59.1% 1,704 $1,030 $24.4M

4 Sep 24-26 14 $642.8K −63.4% 682 $943 $25.7M

5 Oct 1-3 28 $213.7K −66.8% 314 $681 $26.2M

6 Oct 8-10 36 $100.9K −52.8% 167 $604 $26.4M

7 Oct 15-17 47 $46.2K −54.2% 96 $482 $26.5M

8 Oct 22-24 56 $21.3K −54.0% 50 $426 $26.5M

9 Oct 29-31 50 $20.9K −1.9% 56 $373 $26.6M

10 Nov 5-7 67 $12.0K −42.5% 32 $375 $26.6M

11 Nov 12-14 74 $7.4K −38.1% 19 $391 $26.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 3 #1 $3.9M — $3.9M 2,670 $1,448 1

Sat Sep 4 #3 $3.8M −2% $7.7M 2,670 $1,425 2

Sun Sep 5 #2 $3.7M −2% $11.4M 2,670 $1,402 3

Mon Sep 6 #2 $2.7M −28% $14.1M 2,670 $1,006 4

Tue Sep 7 #2 $1.0M −62% $15.1M 2,670 $379 5

Wed Sep 8 #2 $819.0K −19% $15.9M 2,670 $307 6

Thu Sep 9 #2 $688.1K −16% $16.6M 2,670 $258 7

Fri Sep 10 #4 $1.3M +94% −66% $18.0M 2,678 $498 8

Sat Sep 11 #4 $1.8M +31% −54% $19.7M 2,678 $654 9

Sun Sep 12 #4 $1.2M −31% −68% $20.9M 2,678 $452 10

Mon Sep 13 #3 $419.7K −65% −84% $21.3M 2,678 $157 11

Tue Sep 14 #3 $497.3K +18% −51% $21.8M 2,678 $186 12

Wed Sep 15 #3 $400.6K −19% −51% $22.2M 2,678 $150 13

Thu Sep 16 #4 $401.4K — −42% $22.6M 2,678 $150 14

Fri Sep 17 #10 $530.4K +32% −60% $23.2M 1,704 $311 15

Sat Sep 18 #10 $708.8K +34% −60% $23.9M 1,704 $416 16

Sun Sep 19 #8 $516.3K −27% −57% $24.4M 1,704 $303 17

Mon Sep 20 #8 $172.6K −67% −59% $24.6M 1,704 $101 18

Tue Sep 21 #9 $187.9K +9% −62% $24.8M 1,704 $110 19

Wed Sep 22 #9 $173.3K −8% −57% $24.9M 1,704 $102 20

Thu Sep 23 #10 $165.6K −4% −59% $25.1M 1,704 $97 21

Fri Sep 24 #14 $187.9K +14% −65% $25.3M 682 $276 22

Sat Sep 25 #14 $266.2K +42% −62% $25.5M 682 $390 23

Sun Sep 26 #14 $188.7K −29% −63% $25.7M 682 $277 24

Mon Sep 27 #14 $67.9K −64% −61% $25.8M 682 $99 25

Tue Sep 28 #14 $68.7K +1% −63% $25.9M 682 $101 26

Wed Sep 29 #14 $61.1K −11% −65% $25.9M 682 $90 27

Thu Sep 30 #15 $60.1K −2% −64% $26.0M 682 $88 28

Fri Oct 1 #- $65.0K +8% −65% $26.1M 314 $207 29

Sat Oct 2 #- $91.3K +41% −66% $26.1M 314 $291 30

Sun Oct 3 #- $57.4K −37% −70% $26.2M 314 $183 31

Mon Oct 4 #- $19.3K −66% −72% $26.2M 314 $62 32

Tue Oct 5 #- $23.4K +21% −66% $26.2M 314 $74 33

Wed Oct 6 #- $21.0K −10% −66% $26.3M 314 $67 34

Thu Oct 7 #- $20.2K −4% −66% $26.3M 314 $64 35

Fri Oct 8 #- $27.8K +38% −57% $26.3M 167 $167 36

Sat Oct 9 #- $41.0K +47% −55% $26.4M 167 $245 37

Sun Oct 10 #- $32.1K −22% −44% $26.4M 167 $192 38

Mon Oct 11 #- $12.4K −61% −36% $26.4M 167 $74 39

Tue Oct 12 #- $9.9K −20% −58% $26.4M 167 $59 40

Wed Oct 13 #- $9.6K −3% −54% $26.4M 167 $57 41

Thu Oct 14 #- $9.9K +3% −51% $26.4M 167 $59 42

Fri Oct 15 #- $12.9K +30% −54% $26.4M 96 $134 43

Sat Oct 16 #- $19.3K +50% −53% $26.5M 96 $201 44

Sun Oct 17 #- $14.1K −27% −56% $26.5M 96 $146 45

Mon Oct 18 #- $5.3K −62% −57% $26.5M 96 $55 46

Tue Oct 19 #- $5.3K — −46% $26.5M 96 $55 47

Wed Oct 20 #- $4.8K −9% −50% $26.5M 96 $50 48

Thu Oct 21 #- $5.5K +14% −44% $26.5M 96 $57 49

Fri Oct 22 #- $5.9K +7% −54% $26.5M 50 $117 50

Sat Oct 23 #- $8.4K +44% −56% $26.5M 50 $169 51

Sun Oct 24 #- $7.0K −17% −50% $26.5M 50 $140 52

Mon Oct 25 #- $3.0K −57% −43% $26.5M 50 $61 53

Tue Oct 26 #- $3.2K +4% −40% $26.5M 50 $63 54

Wed Oct 27 #- $2.7K −14% −44% $26.5M 50 $54 55

Thu Oct 28 #- $2.8K +2% −50% $26.5M 50 $55 56

Fri Oct 29 #- $7.8K +180% +32% $26.5M 56 $138 57

Sat Oct 30 #- $8.5K +10% +1% $26.5M 56 $152 58

Sun Oct 31 #- $4.6K −45% −34% $26.6M 56 $83 59

Mon Nov 1 #- $2.6K −45% −16% $26.6M 56 $46 60

Tue Nov 2 #- $2.9K +15% −7% $26.6M 56 $52 61

Wed Nov 3 #- $3.3K +12% +21% $26.6M 56 $59 62

Thu Nov 4 #- $3.4K +4% +23% $26.6M 56 $61 63

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

Cumulative total$26.6M

Sep 3Sep 19Oct 4Oct 20Nov 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $12.0K

$11.4M

$4.3M

$1.8M

$642.8K

$213.7K

$100.9K

$46.2K

$21.3K

$20.9K

$12.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,678 → 56 −97.9%

2,670 open56 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.5%

−62.4%

W1→2

−59.1%

W2→3

−63.4%

W3→4

−66.8%

W4→5

−52.8%

W5→6

−54.2%

W6→7

−54.0%

W7→8

−1.9%

W8→9

−42.5%

W9→10

Steepest −66.8%Best hold −1.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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