Cartel Land (2015)

Cartel Land poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $704,352Details
International Box Office $443,388Details
Worldwide Box Office $1,147,740
Further financial details...

Synopsis

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," leads the Autodefensas, a citizen uprising against the violent Knights Templar drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley - a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley - Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to stop Mexico's drug wars from seeping across our border.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$15,581 (2.2% of total gross)
Legs:5.68 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:61.4% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/65 max. theaters, 4.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $900,701

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


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Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes, iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 3rd, 2015 (Limited) by The Orchard
International Releases: September 4th, 2015 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
Video Release: September 29th, 2015 by The Orchard
MPAA Rating: R for violent disturbing images, language, drug content and brief sexual material.
(Rating bulletin 2379, 6/24/2015)
Running Time: 100 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Monkey Kingdom
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Keywords: War on Drugs, Drug Cartels, Organized Crime, Set in Mexico, Hispanic, Smuggler, Sundance Film Festival 2015
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Our Time Projects, The Documentary Group, Whitewater Films
Production Countries: Mexico, United States
Languages: English, Spanish

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 3, 2015 50 $15,581   2 $7,791   $15,581 1
Jul 10, 2015 28 $99,494 +539% 20 $4,975   $129,049 2
Jul 17, 2015 28 $124,000 +25% 59 $2,102   $311,508 3
Jul 24, 2015 34 $86,000 -31% 65 $1,323   $468,000 4
Aug 7, 2015 54 $22,232   25 $889   $595,727 6
Aug 14, 2015 58 $19,367 -13% 24 $807   $624,430 7
Aug 21, 2015 68 $11,618 -40% 18 $645   $645,613 8
Aug 28, 2015 72 $9,516 -18% 12 $793   $661,343 9
Sep 4, 2015 75 $9,115 -4% 12 $760   $676,294 10
Sep 11, 2015 91 $2,954 -68% 12 $246   $688,840 11
Sep 18, 2015 92 $2,023 -32% 7 $289   $693,874 12
Sep 25, 2015 106 $582 -71% 5 $116   $695,448 13
Oct 2, 2015 109 $964 +66% 3 $321   $697,787 14
Oct 9, 2015 92 $1,089 +13% 3 $363   $700,846 15
Oct 16, 2015 88 $970 -11% 3 $323   $702,346 16
Oct 23, 2015 96 $350 -64% 1 $350   $703,046 17
Nov 6, 2015 100 $569   1 $569   $703,682 19
Nov 13, 2015 98 $430 -24% 1 $430   $704,352 20

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 3, 2015 50 $29,555   2 $14,778   $29,555 1
Jul 10, 2015 29 $157,953 +434% 20 $7,898   $187,508 2
Jul 17, 2015 29 $194,955 +23% 59 $3,304   $382,463 3
Jul 24, 2015 36 $131,075 -33% 65 $2,017   $513,538 4
Jul 31, 2015 46 $59,957 -54% 43 $1,394   $573,495 5
Aug 7, 2015 58 $31,568 -47% 25 $1,263   $605,063 6
Sep 18, 2015 94 $3,015   7 $431   $694,866 12
Sep 25, 2015 105 $1,957 -35% 5 $391   $696,823 13
Oct 2, 2015 101 $2,934 +50% 3 $978   $699,757 14
Oct 9, 2015 93 $1,619 -45% 3 $540   $701,376 15
Oct 16, 2015 104 $1,320 -18% 3 $440   $702,696 16

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
United Kingdom 9/4/2015 $34,543 23 23 23 $34,543 9/9/2015
 
Rest of World $408,845
 
International Total$443,388 9/9/2015

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Production and Technical Credits

Matthew Heineman    Director
Matthew Heineman    Producer
Tom Yellin    Producer
Myles Estey    Co-Producer
Kathryn Bigelow    Executive Producer
Molly Thompson    Executive Producer
Robert DeBitetto    Executive Producer
David McKillop    Executive Producer
Robert A. Compton    Co-Executive Producer
Donna Gruneich    Co-Executive Producer
Kevin Gruneich    Co-Executive Producer
Gabriel Rosenzvit    Co-Executive Producer
Matthew Heineman    Cinematographer
Matt Porwoll    Cinematographer
H. Scott Salinas    Composer
Jackson Greenberg    Composer
Matthew Hamachek    Editor
Matthew Heineman    Editor
Bradley J. Ross    Editor
Pax Wassermann    Editor

2015 Awards Season: Oscar Preview

February 28th, 2016

The Revenant

It’s Oscar day and, if all goes to plan, I will be live-blogging the ceremony tonight. Here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions from our readers, and my personal wishes. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers (we’ll have a full rundown of the predictions at noon, after the contest ends). If I am predicting a different film, those are in Italics. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don’t think will win, are Underlined. There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award was not even nominated, plus a few I don’t have a real opinion on.

If you haven’t done so already, it’s not too late to enter our Oscar competition, and win all Best Picture nominees on Blu-ray or DVD. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Feature-Length Documentary

February 18th, 2016

Amy

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at Best Feature-Length Documentary. Last year, this category was in chaos. This year, we have a favorite, a long shot with a shot, and then the rest. More...

2015 Awards Season: DGA Winners—The Revenant Bounces Back

February 7th, 2016

The Revenant

The Directors Guild of America awards were handed out and it was a big night for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and The Revenant. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations

January 15th, 2016

The Revenant

The Oscar nominations were announced at 5:30 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, this was a terrible year for snubs, especially when it comes to diversity of the nominees. The voters for the Oscars are 94% white and 77% male... but that's still more diverse than the list of nominees. The Revenant led the way with 12 nominations and it is expected to win a few of those, while it is a serious contender in most of the categories it was nominated in. More...

2015 - Awards Season: DGA - Nominations

January 14th, 2016

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Directors Guild of America spread out the nominations, which I always felt hurt the buzz. There are ten categories of awards, but only three of which pertain to theatrical releases. There are very few surprises across these three categories, so the Oscar nominations today shouldn't be full of surprises either. More...

2015 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations

January 9th, 2016

Bridge of Spies

The BAFTA nominations were announced and you can read them on their site... in alphabetical order. Alphabetical order is very useful in most circumstances, but not here. On the other hand, the nominees within each category are not presented in alphabetical order. ... Are the BAFTAs trolling us? As for the actual nominees, the big winners here are Bridge of Spies and Carol, both of which earned nine nominations. For Carol, this is just another impressive score, but this was a pleasant surprise for Bridge of Spies. More...

Per Theater Chart: Amy Earns an A

July 8th, 2015

Amy

Only one film was in the $10,000 club this week. Amy earned an average of $37,083 in six theaters. That's amazing for a documentary, but this genre rarely expands truly wide. Let's see what happens next weekend and maybe I will be proven wrong. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Have Faith in Limited Releases

July 3rd, 2015

Jimmy's Hall

There are a few limited releases on this week's list that are earning overwhelming positive reviews, but they are all documentaries. Documentaries rarely have breakout success, but Amy is the one with the best shot. Jimmy's Hall is the best of the rest and while I don't think it will expand wide, it should be the biggest hit on this week's list. More...


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Synopsis

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," leads the Autodefensas, a citizen uprising against the violent Knights Templar drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley - a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley - Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to stop Mexico's drug wars from seeping across our border.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$15,581 (2.2% of total gross)
Legs:5.68 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:61.4% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/65 max. theaters, 4.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $900,701

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes, iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 3rd, 2015 (Limited) by The Orchard
International Releases: September 4th, 2015 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
Video Release: September 29th, 2015 by The Orchard
MPAA Rating: R for violent disturbing images, language, drug content and brief sexual material.
(Rating bulletin 2379, 6/24/2015)
Running Time: 100 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Monkey Kingdom
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: War on Drugs, Drug Cartels, Organized Crime, Set in Mexico, Hispanic, Smuggler, Sundance Film Festival 2015
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Our Time Projects, The Documentary Group, Whitewater Films
Production Countries: Mexico, United States
Languages: English, Spanish

Production and Technical Credits

Matthew Heineman    Director
Matthew Heineman    Producer
Tom Yellin    Producer
Myles Estey    Co-Producer
Kathryn Bigelow    Executive Producer
Molly Thompson    Executive Producer
Robert DeBitetto    Executive Producer
David McKillop    Executive Producer
Robert A. Compton    Co-Executive Producer
Donna Gruneich    Co-Executive Producer
Kevin Gruneich    Co-Executive Producer
Gabriel Rosenzvit    Co-Executive Producer
Matthew Heineman    Cinematographer
Matt Porwoll    Cinematographer
H. Scott Salinas    Composer
Jackson Greenberg    Composer
Matthew Hamachek    Editor
Matthew Heineman    Editor
Bradley J. Ross    Editor
Pax Wassermann    Editor

2015 Awards Season: Oscar Preview

February 28th, 2016

The Revenant

It’s Oscar day and, if all goes to plan, I will be live-blogging the ceremony tonight. Here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions from our readers, and my personal wishes. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers (we’ll have a full rundown of the predictions at noon, after the contest ends). If I am predicting a different film, those are in Italics. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don’t think will win, are Underlined. There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award was not even nominated, plus a few I don’t have a real opinion on.

If you haven’t done so already, it’s not too late to enter our Oscar competition, and win all Best Picture nominees on Blu-ray or DVD. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Feature-Length Documentary

February 18th, 2016

Amy

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at Best Feature-Length Documentary. Last year, this category was in chaos. This year, we have a favorite, a long shot with a shot, and then the rest. More...

2015 Awards Season: DGA Winners—The Revenant Bounces Back

February 7th, 2016

The Revenant

The Directors Guild of America awards were handed out and it was a big night for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and The Revenant. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations

January 15th, 2016

The Revenant

The Oscar nominations were announced at 5:30 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, this was a terrible year for snubs, especially when it comes to diversity of the nominees. The voters for the Oscars are 94% white and 77% male... but that's still more diverse than the list of nominees. The Revenant led the way with 12 nominations and it is expected to win a few of those, while it is a serious contender in most of the categories it was nominated in. More...

2015 - Awards Season: DGA - Nominations

January 14th, 2016

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Directors Guild of America spread out the nominations, which I always felt hurt the buzz. There are ten categories of awards, but only three of which pertain to theatrical releases. There are very few surprises across these three categories, so the Oscar nominations today shouldn't be full of surprises either. More...

2015 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations

January 9th, 2016

Bridge of Spies

The BAFTA nominations were announced and you can read them on their site... in alphabetical order. Alphabetical order is very useful in most circumstances, but not here. On the other hand, the nominees within each category are not presented in alphabetical order. ... Are the BAFTAs trolling us? As for the actual nominees, the big winners here are Bridge of Spies and Carol, both of which earned nine nominations. For Carol, this is just another impressive score, but this was a pleasant surprise for Bridge of Spies. More...

Per Theater Chart: Amy Earns an A

July 8th, 2015

Amy

Only one film was in the $10,000 club this week. Amy earned an average of $37,083 in six theaters. That's amazing for a documentary, but this genre rarely expands truly wide. Let's see what happens next weekend and maybe I will be proven wrong. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Have Faith in Limited Releases

July 3rd, 2015

Jimmy's Hall

There are a few limited releases on this week's list that are earning overwhelming positive reviews, but they are all documentaries. Documentaries rarely have breakout success, but Amy is the one with the best shot. Jimmy's Hall is the best of the rest and while I don't think it will expand wide, it should be the biggest hit on this week's list. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 3, 2015 50 $15,581   2 $7,791   $15,581 1
Jul 10, 2015 28 $99,494 +539% 20 $4,975   $129,049 2
Jul 17, 2015 28 $124,000 +25% 59 $2,102   $311,508 3
Jul 24, 2015 34 $86,000 -31% 65 $1,323   $468,000 4
Aug 7, 2015 54 $22,232   25 $889   $595,727 6
Aug 14, 2015 58 $19,367 -13% 24 $807   $624,430 7
Aug 21, 2015 68 $11,618 -40% 18 $645   $645,613 8
Aug 28, 2015 72 $9,516 -18% 12 $793   $661,343 9
Sep 4, 2015 75 $9,115 -4% 12 $760   $676,294 10
Sep 11, 2015 91 $2,954 -68% 12 $246   $688,840 11
Sep 18, 2015 92 $2,023 -32% 7 $289   $693,874 12
Sep 25, 2015 106 $582 -71% 5 $116   $695,448 13
Oct 2, 2015 109 $964 +66% 3 $321   $697,787 14
Oct 9, 2015 92 $1,089 +13% 3 $363   $700,846 15
Oct 16, 2015 88 $970 -11% 3 $323   $702,346 16
Oct 23, 2015 96 $350 -64% 1 $350   $703,046 17
Nov 6, 2015 100 $569   1 $569   $703,682 19
Nov 13, 2015 98 $430 -24% 1 $430   $704,352 20

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 3, 2015 50 $29,555   2 $14,778   $29,555 1
Jul 10, 2015 29 $157,953 +434% 20 $7,898   $187,508 2
Jul 17, 2015 29 $194,955 +23% 59 $3,304   $382,463 3
Jul 24, 2015 36 $131,075 -33% 65 $2,017   $513,538 4
Jul 31, 2015 46 $59,957 -54% 43 $1,394   $573,495 5
Aug 7, 2015 58 $31,568 -47% 25 $1,263   $605,063 6
Sep 18, 2015 94 $3,015   7 $431   $694,866 12
Sep 25, 2015 105 $1,957 -35% 5 $391   $696,823 13
Oct 2, 2015 101 $2,934 +50% 3 $978   $699,757 14
Oct 9, 2015 93 $1,619 -45% 3 $540   $701,376 15
Oct 16, 2015 104 $1,320 -18% 3 $440   $702,696 16

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
United Kingdom 9/4/2015 $34,543 23 23 23 $34,543 9/9/2015
 
Rest of World $408,845
 
International Total$443,388 9/9/2015

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.