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The Expendables 2

2012 R 1h 43m Action, Adventure, Thriller Lionsgate

Back for War.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$85.0M
Final
Opening Weekend
$28.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.97x
Opening → Total
Budget
$100M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$315M
$230M international
2012 Rank
#35
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 17-19 1 $28.6M $28.6M 3,316 $9K 1
Aug 24-26 1 $13.4M -53.1% $52.2M 3,355 $4K 2
Aug 31-Sep 2 3 $9.0M -32.7% $66.4M 3,334 $3K 3
Sep 7-9 3 $5.0M -45.2% $75.6M 3,260 $2K 4
Sep 14-16 5 $3.1M -36.5% $80.4M 2,896 $1K 5
Sep 21-23 13 $1.5M -53.7% $83.0M 1,820 $801 6
Sep 28-30 20 $524K -64.0% $84.0M 815 $643 7
Oct 5-7 29 $168K -68.0% $84.4M 313 $535 8
Oct 12-14 40 $66K -60.6% $84.5M 146 $451 9
Oct 26-28 33 $113K +71.2% $84.7M 178 $634 10
Nov 2-4 33 $103K -9.1% $84.9M 173 $593 11
Nov 9-11 36 $63K -38.3% $85.0M 134 $472 12

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Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySimon West
ScreenplayRichard Wenk, Sylvester Stallone
StarringSylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis
StudioLionsgate