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Released
2013 · FILM

Machete Kills

Ex‑federal enforcer Machete is recruited by the President to take down a rogue revolutionary and a billionaire arms dealer whose plot threatens to ignite global war, forcing him into an impossible, high‑stakes showdown.

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

Directed by
Robert Rodriguez
Written by
Kyle Ward, Robert Rodriguez
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
108 min
ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

Machete, a former Federale agent, is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission that would be impossible for any ordinary person. He is tasked with stopping a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer, who have devised a plan to incite war and anarchy across the globe.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 62+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Rebecca RodriguezShot by Robert RodriguezDesigned by Caylah Eddleblute

Box Office

2013 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$17.5M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$17.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $5.2M

Peak 2,538 theaters

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