The Mule
Nobody runs forever
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive.Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel.
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Worldwide
- $175M
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Cast
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What It's About
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Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.
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Box Office & Release
The Mule returned 3.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $50M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $175M
- Release date
- Dec 14, 2018
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
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