The Mexican
Love with the safety off.
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"...or suffer the consequences.The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob.
- Director
- Gore Verbinski
- Worldwide
- $148M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
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Box Office & Release
The Mexican returned 2.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $57M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $148M
- Release date
- Mar 1, 2001
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
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