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Once Upon a Time in Mexico

2003 • R • 1h 42m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Columbia Pictures

The time has come.

🍅 66% 64%

56

3.06

6.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$23.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$56.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$97.4M

$41.1M international

Domestic Legs2.4x

Budget$29M

2003 Rank#50

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Cast & Crew

Full Rodriguez filmography

Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez Director

Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas Starring

Salma Hayek Starring

Johnny Depp Starring

Cheech Marin Starring

Mickey Rourke Starring

ScreenplayRobert Rodriguez Produced byElizabeth Avellán, Carlos Gallardo, Robert Rodriguez CinematographyRobert Rodriguez Music byRobert Rodriguez StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 12-14 1 $23.4M — 3,282 $7,137 $23.4M

2 Sep 19-21 4 $11.0M −53.0% 3,289 $3,347 $41.0M

3 Sep 26-28 6 $5.0M −54.5% 2,922 $1,713 $49.0M

4 Oct 3-5 9 $2.6M −47.5% 2,097 $1,252 $53.1M

5 Oct 10-12 14 $1.1M −59.4% 1,131 $942 $55.0M

6 Oct 17-19 21 $275.8K −74.1% 288 $958 $55.7M

7 Oct 24-26 36 $85.1K −69.2% 114 $746 $55.8M

8 Oct 31-Nov 2 49 $48.4K −43.1% 69 $701 $55.9M

13 Dec 5-7 40 $60.0K — 124 $484 $56.2M

14 Dec 12-14 53 $36.0K −40.0% 94 $383 $56.3M

15 Dec 19-21 60 $19.1K −47.0% 56 $341 $56.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 12 #1 $9.5M — $9.5M 3,282 $2,882 1

Sat Sep 13 #1 $8.4M −12% $17.2M 3,282 $2,547 2

Sun Sep 14 #1 $6.3M −25% $23.4M 3,282 $1,910 3

Mon Sep 15 #1 $1.8M −72% $25.2M 3,282 $534 4

Tue Sep 16 #1 $1.9M +6% $27.0M 3,282 $566 5

Wed Sep 17 #1 $1.5M −19% $28.5M 3,282 $459 6

Thu Sep 18 #1 $1.4M −7% $29.9M 3,282 $427 7

Fri Sep 19 #6 $2.5M +75% −74% $32.4M 3,289 $748 8

Sat Sep 20 #4 $4.5M +84% −46% $38.0M 3,289 $1,376 9

Sun Sep 21 #3 $2.9M −35% −53% $41.0M 3,289 $895 10

Mon Sep 22 #3 $776.0K −74% −56% $41.7M 3,289 $236 11

Tue Sep 23 #2 $852.0K +10% −54% $42.6M 3,289 $259 12

Wed Sep 24 #3 $705.0K −17% −53% $43.3M 3,289 $214 13

Thu Sep 25 #3 $678.0K −4% −52% $44.0M 3,289 $206 14

Fri Sep 26 #6 $1.6M +133% −36% $45.5M 2,922 $541 15

Sat Sep 27 #6 $2.2M +37% −52% $47.6M 2,922 $742 16

Sun Sep 28 #6 $1.4M −37% −54% $49.0M 2,922 $467 17

Mon Sep 29 #5 $362.0K −73% −53% $49.3M 2,922 $124 18

Tue Sep 30 #5 $414.0K +14% −51% $49.7M 2,922 $142 19

Wed Oct 1 #5 $353.0K −15% −50% $50.1M 2,922 $121 20

Thu Oct 2 #5 $345.0K −2% −49% $50.4M 2,922 $118 21

Fri Oct 3 #9 $766.0K +122% −52% $51.2M 2,097 $365 22

Sat Oct 4 #10 $1.1M +49% −47% $52.3M 2,097 $542 23

Sun Oct 5 #9 $742.6K −35% −46% $53.1M 2,097 $354 24

Mon Oct 6 #9 $227.0K −69% −37% $53.3M 2,097 $108 25

Tue Oct 7 #8 $239.0K +5% −42% $53.5M 2,097 $114 26

Wed Oct 8 #8 $199.0K −17% −44% $53.7M 2,097 $95 27

Thu Oct 9 #8 $214.0K +8% −38% $53.9M 2,097 $102 28

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

Cumulative total$53.9M

Sep 12Sep 19Sep 26Oct 2Oct 9

Weekend grossWk 8 · $48.4K

$23.4M

$11.0M

$5.0M

$2.6M

$1.1M

$275.8K

$85.1K

$48.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,289 → 2,097 −36.2%

3,282 open2,097 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −43.1%

−53.0%

W1→2

−54.5%

W2→3

−47.5%

W3→4

−59.4%

W4→5

−74.1%

W5→6

−69.2%

W6→7

−43.1%

W7→8

Steepest −74.1%Best hold −43.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Similar movies

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