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Sicario(2015)
Released
2015 · FILM

Sicario

FBI agent Kate Macer teams with a shadowy CIA‑backed task force to track down a ruthless Sonora Cartel lieutenant hiding in the United States, forcing her into a high‑stakes cross‑border war where every ally could be an enemy and failure means a blood‑soaked fallout for both nations.

“The border is just another line to cross.”

Directed by
Denis Villeneuve, Kevin Black
Written by
Taylor Sheridan
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
121 min
ActionCrimeDrama

Synopsis

A dedicated FBI agent joins a governmental task force to support efforts against the growing drug conflict along the United States‑Mexico border.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 325+ 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 Joe WalkerShot by Roger DeakinsScored by Johann JohannssonDesigned by Patrice VermetteCostumes by Renee AprilStunts by Gerardo AlbarranVFX by Jean Pierre Boies

Box Office

2015 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.8× 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

$85.0M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$85.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $46.9M — 55% of worldwide · International: $38.1M (45%)

Opening weekend: $401K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $581K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 6 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Sicariode
  • (English)Sicario
  • (Bulgarian)Сикарио
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • FranceMay 19, 2015
  • CanadaSep 11, 2015
  • United StatesSep 14, 2015
  • FinlandSep 17, 2015

Companies

ProductionLionsgate, Black Label Media, Thunder Road Pictures

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