Synopsis
Well into their 30s, Juan Nuñez and Benjamín Wilson still can’t seem to finish veterinary school or leave their parents’ homes. Instead, they wallow in comfortable limbo in the district of Satelite, Mexico City’s version of an American suburb. On a fateful Christmas Eve, however, they decide it’s finally time to distinguish themselves by executing the most infamous cultural artifacts heist in all of Mexican history. Excusing themselves from the traditional family dinners and seizing on the holiday’s lax security—not to mention the sheer improbability of their crime—they loot Mexico’s iconic National Anthropology Museum of its most precious pieces and embark upon a misadventure that will forever change their lives. The magnitude of the theft exceeds the amateur thieves’ expectations, and by the very next morning they realize, too late, the full scope and implications of their actions. Stumbling through the next steps of their ill-conceived plan, they leave everything behind and set off on a journey that takes them from the Mayan ruins of Palenque to the decadent underworld of Acapulco Bay in a futile effort to fence treasures so valuable and recognizable that no one dares acquire them.
Metrics
Opening Weekend: | $16,554 (11.1% of total gross) |
Legs: | 6.86 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
Domestic Share: | 67.4% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/12 max. theaters, 3.8 weeks average run per theater |
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $175,725 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
---|---|---|
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 12,201-12,300) | 12,219 | $148,505 |
All Time International Box Office (Rank 19,401-19,500) | 19,438 | $71,694 |
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 21,601-21,700) | 21,602 | $220,199 |
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,101-4,200) | 4,143 | $148,505 |
See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.
Watch Now On
Amazon VOD: | Amazon |
iTunes: | iTunes |
Movie Details
Domestic Releases: | September 14th, 2018 (Limited) by YouTube, released as Museum |
International Releases: | October 26th, 2018 (Wide) (Mexico)
October 26th, 2018 (Wide), released as Müze (Turkey) August 21st, 2020 (Wide) (Portugal) |
Video Release: | January 21st, 2020 by Kino Lorber, released as Museum |
MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
Running Time: | 128 minutes |
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Keywords: | 1980s, Museum, Set in Mexico, Heist |
Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
Genre: | Drama |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Dramatization |
Production/Financing Companies: | YouTube , Panorama Global, Detalle Films, Ring Cine , Distant Horizon, Serendipity Point Films, EFO Films, Secretaria De Cultura, Panorama Films |
Production Countries: | Mexico |
Languages: | English, Spanish |
Ranking on other Records and Milestones
Record | Rank | Amount | Chart Date | Days In Release |
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Top 2018 Theater Average | 69 | $16,554 | Sep 14, 2018 | 3 |