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The Expendables 3

2014 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • Lionsgate

New team. New attitude. New mission.

🍅 32% 48%

35

2.48

6.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$15.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$39.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$209.5M

$170.1M international

Domestic Legs2.5x

Budget$100M

2014 Rank#82

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Cast & Crew

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone Starring

Jason Statham Starring

Harrison Ford Starring

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger Starring

Mel Gibson Starring

Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas Starring

ScreenplaySylvester Stallone, Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt Story bySylvester Stallone Produced byAvi Lerner, Kevin King-Templeton, Danny Lerner, Les Weldon, John Thompson CinematographyPeter Menzies Jr. Music byBrian Tyler StudioLionsgate SeriesThe Expendables

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 15 4 $15.9M — 3,221 $4,930 $15.9M

2 Aug 22 6 $6.5M −59.0% 3,221 $2,013 $27.4M

3 Aug 29 10 $3.6M −45.0% 2,564 $1,388 $33.2M

4 Sep 5 11 $1.8M −49.0% 1,978 $921 $36.7M

5 Sep 12 14 $968.7K −47.0% 1,302 $744 $38.3M

6 Sep 19 30 $210.8K −78.0% 584 $361 $38.8M

7 Sep 26 39 $71.0K −66.0% 232 $306 $39.0M

8 Oct 3 30 $138.7K +95.0% 197 $704 $39.2M

9 Oct 10 41 $79.6K −43.0% 149 $534 $39.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 15 #3 $6.0M — $6.0M 3,221 $1,847 1

Sat Aug 16 #4 $5.7M −4.0% $11.7M 3,221 $1,778 2

Sun Aug 17 #4 $4.2M −27.0% $15.9M 3,221 $1,304 3

Mon Aug 18 #4 $1.3M −69.0% $17.2M 3,221 $410 4

Tue Aug 19 #4 $1.6M +23.0% $18.8M 3,221 $504 5

Wed Aug 20 #5 $1.1M −33.0% $19.9M 3,221 $337 6

Thu Aug 21 #5 $1.0M −7.0% $20.9M 3,221 $314 7

Fri Aug 22 #8 $1.9M +86.0% −68.0% $22.8M 3,221 $582 8

Sat Aug 23 #7 $2.7M +46.0% −52.0% $25.5M 3,221 $853 9

Sun Aug 24 #6 $1.9M −32.0% −56.0% $27.4M 3,221 $579 10

Mon Aug 25 #7 $564.4K −70.0% −57.0% $28.0M 3,221 $175 11

Tue Aug 26 #7 $757.6K +34.0% −53.0% $28.7M 3,221 $235 12

Wed Aug 27 #9 $476.9K −37.0% −56.0% $29.2M 3,221 $148 13

Thu Aug 28 #9 $436.6K −8.0% −57.0% $29.6M 3,221 $136 14

Fri Aug 29 #10 $839.1K +92.0% −55.0% $30.5M 2,564 $327 15

Sat Aug 30 #10 $1.3M +56.0% −52.0% $31.8M 2,564 $511 16

Sun Aug 31 #10 $1.4M +7.0% −24.0% $33.2M 2,564 $549 17

Mon Sep 1 #10 $980.4K −30.0% +74.0% $34.2M 2,564 $382 18

Tue Sep 2 #11 $302.0K −69.0% −60.0% $34.5M 2,564 $118 19

Wed Sep 3 #11 $217.9K −28.0% −54.0% $34.7M 2,564 $85 20

Thu Sep 4 #11 $200.3K −8.0% −54.0% $34.9M 2,564 $78 21

Fri Sep 5 #12 $486.0K +143.0% −42.0% $35.4M 1,978 $246 22

Sat Sep 6 #11 $864.9K +78.0% −34.0% $36.2M 1,978 $437 23

Sun Sep 7 #11 $471.1K −46.0% −67.0% $36.7M 1,978 $238 24

Mon Sep 8 #11 $141.1K −70.0% −86.0% $36.9M 1,978 $71 25

Tue Sep 9 #11 $189.8K +35.0% −37.0% $37.1M 1,978 $96 26

Wed Sep 10 #11 $139.6K −26.0% −36.0% $37.2M 1,978 $71 27

Thu Sep 11 #11 $139.5K — −30.0% $37.3M 1,978 $71 28

Fri Sep 12 #14 $264.9K +90.0% −45.0% $37.6M 1,302 $203 29

Sat Sep 13 #14 $442.4K +67.0% −49.0% $38.0M 1,302 $340 30

Sun Sep 14 #14 $261.4K −41.0% −45.0% $38.3M 1,302 $201 31

Mon Sep 15 #14 $79.6K −70.0% −44.0% $38.4M 1,302 $61 32

Tue Sep 16 #14 $104.2K +31.0% −45.0% $38.5M 1,302 $80 33

Wed Sep 17 #14 $82.7K −21.0% −41.0% $38.6M 1,302 $64 34

Thu Sep 18 #14 $69.1K −16.0% −50.0% $38.6M 1,302 $53 35

Fri Sep 19 - $59.5K −14.0% −78.0% $38.7M 584 $102 36

Sat Sep 20 - $99.3K +67.0% −78.0% $38.8M 584 $170 37

Sun Sep 21 - $51.9K −48.0% −80.0% $38.8M 584 $89 38

Mon Sep 22 - $17.7K −66.0% −78.0% $38.9M 584 $30 39

Tue Sep 23 - $19.7K +11.0% −81.0% $38.9M 584 $34 40

Wed Sep 24 - $19.0K −4.0% −77.0% $38.9M 584 $33 41

Thu Sep 25 - $16.4K −14.0% −76.0% $38.9M 584 $28 42

Fri Sep 26 - $19.0K +16.0% −68.0% $38.9M 232 $82 43

Sat Sep 27 - $33.5K +76.0% −66.0% $39.0M 232 $144 44

Sun Sep 28 - $18.5K −45.0% −64.0% $39.0M 232 $80 45

Mon Sep 29 - $6.2K −66.0% −65.0% $39.0M 232 $27 46

Tue Sep 30 - $8.4K +35.0% −57.0% $39.0M 232 $36 47

Wed Oct 1 - $6.1K −27.0% −68.0% $39.0M 232 $26 48

Thu Oct 2 - $5.2K −14.0% −68.0% $39.0M 232 $23 49

Fri Oct 3 - $37.6K +619.0% +98.0% $39.1M 197 $191 50

Sat Oct 4 - $62.1K +65.0% +85.0% $39.1M 197 $315 51

Sun Oct 5 - $38.9K −37.0% +110.0% $39.2M 197 $197 52

Mon Oct 6 - $12.8K −67.0% +106.0% $39.2M 197 $65 53

Tue Oct 7 - $16.8K +31.0% +100.0% $39.2M 197 $85 54

Wed Oct 8 - $13.8K −18.0% +126.0% $39.2M 197 $70 55

Thu Oct 9 - $15.4K +11.0% +194.0% $39.2M 197 $78 56

Fri Oct 10 - $23.3K +52.0% −38.0% $39.2M 149 $157 57

Sat Oct 11 - $34.2K +47.0% −45.0% $39.3M 149 $230 58

Sun Oct 12 - $22.1K −36.0% −43.0% $39.3M 149 $148 59

Mon Oct 13 - $8.6K −61.0% −33.0% $39.3M 149 $57 60

Tue Oct 14 - $7.4K −13.0% −56.0% $39.3M 149 $50 61

Wed Oct 15 - $7.0K −6.0% −50.0% $39.3M 149 $47 62

Thu Oct 16 - $7.6K +9.0% −51.0% $39.3M 149 $51 63

Cumulative total$39.3M

Aug 15Aug 31Sep 15Oct 1Oct 16

Weekend grossWk 9 · $79.6K

$15.9M

$6.5M

$3.6M

$1.8M

$968.7K

$210.8K

$71.0K

$138.7K

$79.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,221 → 149 −95.4%

3,221 open149 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −43.0%

−59.0%

W1→2

−45.0%

W2→3

−49.0%

W3→4

−47.0%

W4→5

−78.0%

W5→6

−66.0%

W6→7

+95.0%

W7→8

−43.0%

W8→9

Steepest −78.0%Biggest gain +95.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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