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The Mule

2018 • R • 2h 3m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Never too old to learn a new trade.

🍅 70% 67%

58

3.34

7.0

CS A−

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$17.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$103.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$102.2M

$37.5M international

Domestic Legs5.88x

Budget$50M

2018 Rank#46

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Cast & Crew

Full Eastwood filmography

Clint Eastwood Director

Bradley Cooper Starring

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne Starring

Michael Peña Starring

Dianne Wiest Starring

ScreenplayNick Schenk Produced byClint Eastwood, Tim Moore, Kristina Rivera, Jessica Meier, Dan Friedkin CinematographyYves Bélanger MusicArturo Sandoval StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 14-16 2 $17.5M — 2,588 $6,766 $17.5M

2 Dec 21-23 5 $9.5M −45.7% 2,656 $3,577 $35.2M

3 Dec 28-30 5 $12.2M +28.0% 2,787 $4,364 $61.1M

4 Jan 4-6 6 $9.1M −25.1% 3,212 $2,836 $81.2M

5 Jan 11-13 9 $5.7M −37.7% 3,329 $1,704 $90.7M

6 Jan 18-20 11 $3.2M −42.8% 2,688 $1,208 $96.7M

7 Jan 25-27 17 $1.7M −47.9% 1,395 $1,214 $100.2M

8 Feb 1-3 20 $901.2K −46.8% 1,051 $857 $101.7M

9 Feb 8-10 25 $451.3K −49.9% 503 $897 $102.6M

10 Feb 15-17 28 $315.9K −30.0% 332 $952 $103.1M

11 Feb 22-24 34 $176.3K −44.2% 235 $750 $103.5M

12 Mar 1-3 41 $108.2K −38.6% 166 $652 $103.6M

13 Mar 8-10 39 $71.4K −34.0% 121 $590 $103.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 14 #2 $5.8M — $5.8M 2,588 $2,260 1

Sat Dec 15 #2 $6.9M +17.9% $12.7M 2,588 $2,665 2

Sun Dec 16 #2 $4.8M −30.9% $17.5M 2,588 $1,841 3

Mon Dec 17 #3 $1.9M −61.0% $19.4M 2,588 $718 4

Tue Dec 18 #2 $2.8M +50.8% $22.2M 2,588 $1,082 5

Wed Dec 19 #3 $1.8M −36.7% $23.9M 2,588 $685 6

Thu Dec 20 #3 $1.8M −0.6% $25.7M 2,588 $681 7

Fri Dec 21 #5 $2.8M +56.8% −52.8% $28.5M 2,656 $1,040 8

Sat Dec 22 #5 $3.6M +31.6% −47.3% $32.1M 2,656 $1,369 9

Sun Dec 23 #5 $3.1M −14.7% −34.9% $35.2M 2,656 $1,168 10

Mon Dec 24 #6 $2.2M −28.3% +19.6% $37.4M 2,656 $837 11

Tue Dec 25 #6 $4.9M +119.8% +74.4% $42.3M 2,656 $1,840 12

Wed Dec 26 #5 $3.5M −28.1% +98.1% $45.8M 2,656 $1,322 13

Thu Dec 27 #6 $3.1M −11.1% +77.2% $48.9M 2,656 $1,176 14

Fri Dec 28 #5 $4.0M +26.7% +43.2% $52.9M 2,787 $1,420 15

Sat Dec 29 #5 $4.3M +9.7% +19.3% $57.2M 2,787 $1,557 16

Sun Dec 30 #5 $3.9M −10.9% +24.6% $61.1M 2,787 $1,387 17

Mon Dec 31 #5 $3.6M −6.6% +62.4% $64.7M 2,787 $1,296 18

Tue Jan 1 #5 $4.1M +12.6% −16.8% $68.8M 2,787 $1,459 19

Wed Jan 2 #5 $1.7M −57.3% −50.5% $70.5M 2,787 $623 20

Thu Jan 3 #5 $1.5M −11.1% −50.5% $72.1M 2,787 $554 21

Fri Jan 4 #6 $2.9M +85.0% −27.8% $74.9M 3,212 $890 22

Sat Jan 5 #6 $3.9M +35.3% −10.9% $78.8M 3,212 $1,204 23

Sun Jan 6 #6 $2.4M −38.3% −38.3% $81.2M 3,212 $743 24

Mon Jan 7 #6 $754.8K −68.4% −79.1% $81.9M 3,212 $235 25

Tue Jan 8 #6 $1.3M +77.7% −67.0% $83.3M 3,212 $418 26

Wed Jan 9 #5 $907.2K −32.4% −47.8% $84.2M 3,212 $282 27

Thu Jan 10 #5 $852.4K −6.0% −44.8% $85.0M 3,212 $265 28

Fri Jan 11 #9 $1.7M +103.4% −39.3% $86.8M 3,329 $521 29

Sat Jan 12 #9 $2.4M +37.4% −38.4% $89.2M 3,329 $716 30

Sun Jan 13 #8 $1.6M −34.7% −34.7% $90.7M 3,329 $468 31

Mon Jan 14 #6 $602.8K −61.3% −20.1% $91.3M 3,329 $181 32

Tue Jan 15 #6 $962.2K +59.6% −28.3% $92.3M 3,329 $289 33

Wed Jan 16 #7 $604.2K −37.2% −33.4% $92.9M 3,329 $181 34

Thu Jan 17 #7 $548.0K −9.3% −35.7% $93.4M 3,329 $165 35

Fri Jan 18 #11 $929.7K +69.6% −46.4% $94.4M 2,688 $346 36

Sat Jan 19 #11 $1.5M +58.5% −38.2% $95.8M 2,688 $548 37

Sun Jan 20 #11 $844.3K −42.7% −45.8% $96.7M 2,688 $314 38

Mon Jan 21 #13 $612.3K −27.5% +1.6% $97.3M 2,688 $228 39

Tue Jan 22 #11 $498.0K −18.7% −48.2% $97.8M 2,688 $185 40

Wed Jan 23 #10 $340.3K −31.7% −43.7% $98.1M 2,688 $127 41

Thu Jan 24 #9 $361.9K +6.3% −34.0% $98.5M 2,688 $135 42

Fri Jan 25 #- $411.2K +13.6% −55.8% $98.9M 1,395 $295 43

Sat Jan 26 #- $767.7K +86.7% −47.9% $99.7M 1,395 $550 44

Sun Jan 27 #- $514.5K −33.0% −39.1% $100.2M 1,395 $369 45

Mon Jan 28 #- $144.4K −71.9% −76.4% $100.3M 1,395 $103 46

Tue Jan 29 #- $201.1K +39.3% −59.6% $100.5M 1,395 $144 47

Wed Jan 30 #- $152.2K −24.3% −55.3% $100.7M 1,395 $109 48

Thu Jan 31 #- $152.0K −0.1% −58.0% $100.8M 1,395 $109 49

Fri Feb 1 #- $265.0K +74.3% −35.6% $101.1M 1,051 $252 50

Sat Feb 2 #- $479.7K +81.0% −37.5% $101.6M 1,051 $456 51

Sun Feb 3 #- $156.4K −67.4% −69.6% $101.7M 1,051 $149 52

Mon Feb 4 #- $104.0K −33.5% −27.9% $101.8M 1,051 $99 53

Tue Feb 5 #- $138.8K +33.4% −31.0% $102.0M 1,051 $132 54

Wed Feb 6 #- $101.6K −26.8% −33.2% $102.1M 1,051 $97 55

Thu Feb 7 #- $79.5K −21.8% −47.7% $102.2M 1,051 $76 56

Fri Feb 8 #- $115.1K +44.8% −56.6% $102.3M 503 $229 57

Sat Feb 9 #- $209.2K +81.8% −56.4% $102.5M 503 $416 58

Sun Feb 10 #- $127.1K −39.2% −18.7% $102.6M 503 $253 59

Mon Feb 11 #- $40.3K −68.3% −61.3% $102.6M 503 $80 60

Tue Feb 12 #- $55.7K +38.3% −59.8% $102.7M 503 $111 61

Wed Feb 13 #- $42.9K −23.1% −57.8% $102.7M 503 $85 62

Thu Feb 14 #- $54.4K +26.9% −31.5% $102.8M 503 $108 63

Fri Feb 15 #- $78.1K +43.6% −32.1% $102.9M 332 $235 64

Sat Feb 16 #- $137.1K +75.4% −34.5% $103.0M 332 $413 65

Sun Feb 17 #- $100.7K −26.5% −20.8% $103.1M 332 $303 66

Mon Feb 18 #- $57.8K −42.6% +43.4% $103.2M 332 $174 67

Tue Feb 19 #- $40.9K −29.2% −26.6% $103.2M 332 $123 68

Wed Feb 20 #- $29.9K −27.0% −30.3% $103.2M 332 $90 69

Thu Feb 21 #- $33.8K +13.3% −37.8% $103.3M 332 $102 70

Fri Feb 22 #- $47.7K +41.1% −38.9% $103.3M 235 $203 71

Sat Feb 23 #- $78.5K +64.5% −42.7% $103.4M 235 $334 72

Sun Feb 24 #- $50.0K −36.3% −50.3% $103.5M 235 $213 73

Mon Feb 25 #- $16.4K −67.2% −71.6% $103.5M 235 $70 74

Tue Feb 26 #- $22.9K +39.3% −44.0% $103.5M 235 $97 75

Wed Feb 27 #- $17.5K −23.6% −41.4% $103.5M 235 $74 76

Thu Feb 28 #- $18.3K +4.5% −46.0% $103.5M 235 $78 77

Fri Mar 1 #- $25.8K +41.0% −46.0% $103.6M 166 $155 78

Sat Mar 2 #- $48.6K +88.5% −38.1% $103.6M 166 $293 79

Sun Mar 3 #- $33.8K −30.4% −32.4% $103.6M 166 $204 80

Mon Mar 4 #- $13.0K −61.5% −20.8% $103.6M 166 $78 81

Tue Mar 5 #- $16.0K +22.9% −30.2% $103.7M 166 $96 82

Wed Mar 6 #- $13.8K −13.8% −21.2% $103.7M 166 $83 83

Thu Mar 7 #- $13.3K −3.6% −27.3% $103.7M 166 $80 84

Fri Mar 8 #- $19.2K +44.7% −25.4% $103.7M 121 $159 85

Sat Mar 9 #- $31.0K +61.5% −36.1% $103.7M 121 $257 86

Sun Mar 10 #- $21.2K −31.8% −37.4% $103.8M 121 $175 87

Mon Mar 11 #- $9.5K −55.2% −27.1% $103.8M 121 $78 88

Tue Mar 12 #- $12.7K +34.1% −20.4% $103.8M 121 $105 89

Wed Mar 13 #- $9.7K −23.7% −29.6% $103.8M 121 $80 90

Thu Mar 14 #- $9.5K −2.4% −28.7% $103.8M 121 $78 91

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

Cumulative total$103.3M

Dec 14Dec 31Jan 18Feb 4Feb 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $315.9K

$17.5M

$9.5M

$12.2M

$9.1M

$5.7M

$3.2M

$1.7M

$901.2K

$451.3K

$315.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,329 → 332 −90.0%

2,588 open332 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.0%

−45.7% W1→2

+28.0% W2→3

−25.1% W3→4

−37.7% W4→5

−42.8% W5→6

−47.9% W6→7

−46.8% W7→8

−49.9% W8→9

−30.0% W9→10

Steepest −49.9%Best hold −25.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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