Mud
“Running from his past. Hiding from the law. Only one way out.”
Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Everest Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How Mud performed
Budget
$10.0M
Worldwide Gross
$32.6M
Gross Profit
$22.6M
Return
3.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Mud
Matthew McConaughey
Mud
Juniper
Reese Witherspoon
Juniper
Ellis
Tye Sheridan
Ellis
Neckbone
Jacob Lofland
Neckbone
Tom
Sam Shepard
Tom
Senior
Ray McKinnon
Senior
Mary Lee
Sarah Paulson
Mary Lee
Galen
Michael Shannon
Galen
King
Joe Don Baker
King
Carver
Paul Sparks
Carver
May Pearl
Bonnie Sturdivant
May Pearl
Miller
Stuart Greer
Miller
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