The Mauritanian
The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Studio
30WEST
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Mauritanian performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$7.5M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
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
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Tahar Rahim
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Nancy Hollander
Jodie Foster
Nancy Hollander
Lt. Stuart Couch
Benedict Cumberbatch
Lt. Stuart Couch
Teri Duncan
Shailene Woodley
Teri Duncan
Neil Buckland
Zachary Levi
Neil Buckland
Sergeant Sands
Langley Kirkwood
Sergeant Sands
Arjun
Saamer Usmani
Arjun
Bill Seidel
Corey Johnson
Bill Seidel
General Miller
Matthew Marsh
General Miller
Kent
David Fynn
Kent
Judge Robertson
André Jacobs
Judge Robertson
Wafa
Meena Rayann
Wafa
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