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Desperado (1995) | Cinemetrics

Desperado

1995Robert RodriguezSony Pictures

Critical Reception

B+

Critics

71%56 reviews

Top Critics

57%14 reviews

Audience

79%5,135 ratings

Critics

5518 reviews

Audience

7.1130 ratings

6.9

3,219 ratings

Markets

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Movie Overview

Release DateAugust 25, 1995

Runtime1h 44m

StatusReleased

Production CompaniesColumbia Pictures, Los Hooligans Productions

Production CountriesUnited States of America

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Keywordsgunslinger, showdown, mexico, ambush, hitman, guitar, anti terror, bartender, revenge, tragic hero, shootout, mariachi, explosion, brutality, drug lord, leg brace, concealed weapon, book store

Key Metrics

Worldwide Gross

$25.5M

#4948 all-time (#74 in 1995)

Domestic Gross

$25.5M

#3372 all-time (#66 in 1995)

Opening Weekend

$7.9M

#2762 all-time (#49 in 1995)

Budget

$7.0M

#577 all-time (#47 in 1995)

Legs

3.2x

#1757 all-time (#147 in 1995)

Average Run per Theater

4.4 weeks

#202 all-time (#63 in 1995)

Profitability

$5.8M

#2452 all-time (#40 in 1995)

Production Multiple

3.6x

#1102 all-time (#33 in 1995)