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The Expendables 2

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

Back for War.

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySimon West
ScreenplayRichard Wenk, Sylvester Stallone
Produced byAvi Lerner, Danny Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, Les Weldon
CinematographyShelly Johnson
MusicBrian Tyler
StarringSylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis
StudioLionsgate