Once Upon a Time in Mexico
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A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.
- Director
- Robert Rodriguez
- Worldwide
- $99M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Once Upon a Time in Mexico returned 3.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $29M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $99M
- Release date
- Sep 11, 2003
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- Mexico, United States of America
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