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Machete Kills

2013 • R • 1h 47m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Open Road Films

Trained to kill. Left for dead. Back for more.

🍅 29% 35%

41

2.62

5.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$3.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$8.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$18.3M

$10.3M international

Domestic Legs2.1x

Budget$20M

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Cast & Crew

Full Rodriguez filmography

Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez Director

Danny Trejo Starring

Mel Gibson Starring

Demián Bichir Starring

Amber Heard Starring

Michelle Rodriguez

Michelle Rodriguez Starring

ScreenplayKyle Ward Produced byRobert Rodriguez, Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Bespalov, Rick Schwartz CinematographyRobert Rodriguez MusicRobert Rodriguez, Carl Thiel StudioOpen Road Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 11-13 4 $3.8M — 2,538 $1,512 $3.8M

2 Oct 18-20 12 $1.2M −68.6% 2,538 $474 $6.4M

3 Oct 25-27 21 $305.3K −74.6% 1,253 $244 $7.3M

4 Nov 1-3 27 $163.2K −46.5% 263 $620 $7.6M

5 Nov 8-10 25 $150.1K −8.0% 212 $708 $7.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 11 #4 $1.4M — $1.4M 2,538 $568 1

Sat Oct 12 #6 $1.4M −2.5% $2.9M 2,538 $554 2

Sun Oct 13 #6 $987.1K −29.9% $3.8M 2,538 $389 3

Mon Oct 14 #6 $451.0K −54.3% $4.3M 2,538 $178 4

Tue Oct 15 #6 $365.0K −19.1% $4.7M 2,538 $144 5

Wed Oct 16 #6 $290.0K −20.5% $4.9M 2,538 $114 6

Thu Oct 17 #6 $256.0K −11.7% $5.2M 2,538 $101 7

Fri Oct 18 #13 $350.0K +36.7% −75.7% $5.5M 2,538 $138 8

Sat Oct 19 #13 $508.1K +45.2% −63.9% $6.1M 2,538 $200 9

Sun Oct 20 #10 $345.0K −32.1% −65.1% $6.4M 2,538 $136 10

Mon Oct 21 #10 $140.0K −59.4% −69.0% $6.5M 2,538 $55 11

Tue Oct 22 #10 $170.0K +21.4% −53.4% $6.7M 2,538 $67 12

Wed Oct 23 #10 $131.0K −22.9% −54.8% $6.8M 2,538 $52 13

Thu Oct 24 #11 $120.0K −8.4% −53.1% $7.0M 2,538 $47 14

Fri Oct 25 — $95.1K −20.7% −72.8% $7.1M 1,253 $76 15

Sat Oct 26 — $119.0K +25.2% −76.6% $7.2M 1,253 $95 16

Sun Oct 27 — $91.1K −23.5% −73.6% $7.3M 1,253 $73 17

Mon Oct 28 — $49.2K −46.0% −64.9% $7.3M 1,253 $39 18

Tue Oct 29 — $54.2K +10.1% −68.1% $7.4M 1,253 $43 19

Wed Oct 30 — $49.8K −8.0% −62.0% $7.4M 1,253 $40 20

Thu Oct 31 — $47.8K −4.0% −60.1% $7.5M 1,253 $38 21

Fri Nov 1 — $48.1K +0.6% −49.4% $7.5M 263 $183 22

Sat Nov 2 — $68.5K +42.4% −42.4% $7.6M 263 $261 23

Sun Nov 3 — $46.5K −32.1% −49.0% $7.6M 263 $177 24

Mon Nov 4 — $31.2K −32.8% −36.5% $7.7M 263 $119 25

Tue Nov 5 — $43.2K +38.2% −20.3% $7.7M 263 $164 26

Wed Nov 6 — $40.9K −5.3% −17.9% $7.7M 263 $155 27

Thu Nov 7 — $50.9K +24.4% +6.3% $7.8M 263 $193 28

Fri Nov 8 — $46.5K −8.5% −3.3% $7.8M 212 $220 29

Sat Nov 9 — $63.0K +35.5% −8.0% $7.9M 212 $297 30

Sun Nov 10 — $40.5K −35.7% −12.8% $7.9M 212 $191 31

Mon Nov 11 — $11.0K −72.7% −64.6% $8.0M 212 $52 32

Tue Nov 12 — $22.4K +102.5% −48.2% $8.0M 212 $106 33

Wed Nov 13 — $13.1K −41.4% −68.0% $8.0M 212 $62 34

Thu Nov 14 — $12.5K −4.6% −75.4% $8.0M 212 $59 35

Cumulative total$8.0M

Oct 11Oct 20Oct 28Nov 6Nov 14

Weekend grossWk 5 · $150.1K

$3.8M

$1.2M

$305.3K

$163.2K

$150.1K

W1W2W3W4W5

Theater countPeak 2,538 → 212 −91.6%

2,538 open212 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −8.0%

−68.6%

W1→2

−74.6%

W2→3

−46.5%

W3→4

−8.0%

W4→5

Steepest −74.6%Best hold −8.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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