Name: The Mexican
Director: Gore Verbinski
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2001
Cast: Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, J.K. Simmons, David Krumholtz

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Mar 2	#1	$6.5M		—	$6.5M	2,951	$2K	1
Sat Mar 3	#1	$8.7M	+34%	—	$15.2M	2,951	$3K	2
Sun Mar 4	#1	$4.9M	-43%	—	$20.1M	2,951	$2K	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	$1K	8
Sat Mar 10	#1	$5.6M	+53%	-36%	$35.4M	2,959	$2K	9
Sun Mar 11	#1	$3.2M	-44%	-36%	$38.4M	2,959	$1K	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	$1K	16
Sun Mar 18	#3	$2.0M	-39%	-36%	$50.8M	3,162	$640	17
Mon Mar 19	#3	$621K	-69%	-40%	$51.4M	3,162	$196	18
Tue Mar 20	#3	$742K	+19%	-41%	$52.1M	3,162	$234	19
Wed Mar 21	#3	$615K	-17%	-39%	$52.7M	3,162	$194	20
Thu Mar 22	#3	$607K	-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	$364K	-65%	-41%	$58.3M	3,043	$119	25
Tue Mar 27	#7	$472K	+30%	-36%	$58.8M	3,043	$155	26
Wed Mar 28	#7	$411K	-13%	-33%	$59.2M	3,043	$134	27
Thu Mar 29	#7	$422K	+3%	-30%	$59.6M	3,043	$138	28
Fri Mar 30	#10	$764K	+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	$611K	-46%	-42%	$62.2M	2,047	$298	31
Mon Apr 2	#10	$172K	-72%	-53%	$62.3M	2,047	$84	32
Tue Apr 3	#10	$227K	+32%	-52%	$62.6M	2,047	$111	33
Wed Apr 4	#10	$200K	-12%	-51%	$62.8M	2,047	$97	34
Thu Apr 5	#10	$201K	n/c	-52%	$63.0M	2,047	$98	35
Sun Apr 8	#17	$250K		-59%	$64.1M	1,328	$188	38
Tue Apr 10	#14	$116K		-49%	$54.3M	1,328	$87	40
Wed Apr 11	#20	$97K	-17%	-52%	$54.4M	1,328	$72	41
Mon May 28	#37	$22K			$66.8M	148	$148	88

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Mar 2-4	1	$20.1M	—	$20.1M	2,951	$7K	1
Mar 9-11	1	$12.2M	-39.1%	$38.4M	2,959	$4K	2
Mar 16-18	3	$8.0M	-34.6%	$50.8M	3,162	$3K	3
Mar 23-25	5	$4.6M	-42.3%	$58.0M	3,043	$2K	4
Mar 30-Apr 1	10	$2.5M	-45.3%	$62.2M	2,047	$1K	5
Apr 6-8	16	$1.1M	-55.5%	$64.1M	1,328	$847	6
Apr 13-15	23	$478K	-57.5%	$65.0M	660	$724	7
Apr 20-22	25	$298K	-37.7%	$65.5M	434	$685	8
Apr 27-29	34	$135K	-54.6%	$65.7M	237	$570	9
May 4-6	24	$265K	+95.9%	$66.0M	425	$623	10
May 11-13	29	$173K	-34.7%	$66.3M	359	$481	11
May 18-20	25	$188K	+8.6%	$66.6M	262	$716	12
May 25-27	19	$132K	-29.9%	$66.8M	148	$889	13

Performance Charts

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byGore Verbinski

ScreenplayJ. H. Wyman

StarringBrad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, J.K. Simmons, David Krumholtz, Bob Balaban

StudioDreamWorks Distribution