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Released
2018 · FILM

The Mule

A disgraced horticulturist desperate to save his crumbling farm agrees to smuggle cocaine for a ruthless cartel, forcing him to juggle dangerous crime against the chance to rebuild his shattered family before it’s too late.

“Nobody runs forever”

Directed by
Clint Eastwood, David M Bernstein
Written by
Nick Schenk, Sam Dolnick
Rated
FSK · FSK 12
Runtime
116 min
CrimeDramaThriller

Synopsis

Earl Stone, an elderly man in his eighties, is broke, living alone, and facing the foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that only requires him to drive. The task seems simple, but Earl is unaware that he is being used for a more dangerous purpose.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 299+ 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 Joel CoxShot by Yves BelangerScored by Arturo SandovalDesigned by Kevin IshiokaCostumes by Deborah HopperStunts by Doug Coleman

Box Office

2018 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.5× 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

$174.8M

Budget$50.0M
Worldwide gross$174.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $103.8M — 59% of worldwide · International: $71.0M (41%)

Opening weekend: $17.5M — 17% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $25.7M — 25% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,588 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • The Mulede
  • La Mulefr
  • Mulefr
  • Il corriere - The Muleit
  • (Mandarin)Luo zi
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesDec 10, 2018
  • CanadaDec 14, 2018
  • ArgentinaJan 3, 2019
  • GreeceJan 3, 2019

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., Imperative Entertainment, Bron Creative

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