Cartel Land (2015)
| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $704,352 | Details |
| International Box Office | $443,388 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $1,147,740 | |
| OpusData ID: 225690100 More info... | ||
| 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 | $999,294 |
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 |
| MPA Rating: | R for violent disturbing images, language, drug content and brief sexual material. (Rating bulletin 2379, 6/24/2015) |
| Running Time: | 100 minutes |
| Film festival: | Sundance Film Festival 2015 |
| Geographical setting: | Mexico |
| Plot point: | Drug Cartels, Smuggler |
| Social setting: | Organized Crime, War on Drugs |
| Target audience: | Hispanic |
| 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: | United States, Mexico |
| Languages: | English, Spanish |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Top International Territories
Box Office Summary Per Territory
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens/Theaters |
Maximum Screens/Theaters |
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 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
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 |
Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.
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.
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 | $999,294 |
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 |
| MPA Rating: | R for violent disturbing images, language, drug content and brief sexual material. (Rating bulletin 2379, 6/24/2015) |
| Running Time: | 100 minutes |
| Film festival: | Sundance Film Festival 2015 |
| Geographical setting: | Mexico |
| Plot point: | Drug Cartels, Smuggler |
| Social setting: | Organized Crime, War on Drugs |
| Target audience: | Hispanic |
| 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: | United States, Mexico |
| Languages: | English, Spanish |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Top International Territories
Box Office Summary Per Territory
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens/Theaters |
Maximum Screens/Theaters |
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 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
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 |
Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.
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.