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2010 • R • 1h 43m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • Lionsgate

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$34.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$103.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$268.30M

$165.20M international

Domestic legs2.96x

Budget$80.0M

2010 rank#28

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Cast & crew

Full Stallone filmography

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone Director

Jason Statham

Jason Statham Starring

Jet Li

Jet Li Starring

Dolph Lundgren

Dolph Lundgren Starring

Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts Starring

ScreenplaySylvester Stallone, David Callaham Produced byAvi Lerner, John Thompson, Kevin King-Templeton CinematographyJeffrey Kimball MusicBrian Tyler StudioLionsgate SeriesThe Expendables

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 13-15 1 $34.8M — 3,270 $10,649 $34.8M

2 Aug 20-22 1 $17.0M −51.3% 3,270 $5,189 $65.4M

3 Aug 27-29 3 $9.5M −43.8% 3,398 $2,803 $82.0M

4 Sep 3-5 6 $6.6M −30.5% 3,398 $1,948 $92.2M

5 Sep 10-12 8 $3.2M −51.3% 3,058 $1,054 $98.5M

6 Sep 17-19 12 $1.4M −57.4% 1,854 $740 $101.0M

7 Sep 24-26 16 $564.1K −58.9% 852 $662 $102.1M

8 Oct 1-3 23 $231.7K −58.9% 410 $565 $102.5M

9 Oct 8-10 32 $124.3K −46.3% 225 $552 $102.7M

10 Oct 15-17 30 $190.4K +53.2% 306 $622 $103.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 12 $870.0K — $870.0K — — -1

Fri Aug 13 #1 $13.3M — $13.3M 3,270 $4,076 1

Sat Aug 14 #1 $11.9M −11% $25.2M 3,270 $3,639 2

Sun Aug 15 #1 $9.6M −19% $34.8M 3,270 $2,934 3

Mon Aug 16 #1 $3.9M −59% $38.8M 3,270 $1,205 4

Tue Aug 17 #1 $3.9M −2% $42.6M 3,270 $1,182 5

Wed Aug 18 #2 $3.0M −22% $45.7M 3,270 $926 6

Thu Aug 19 #1 $2.7M −10% $48.4M 3,270 $834 7

Fri Aug 20 #1 $4.9M +81% −63% $53.3M 3,270 $1,508 8

Sat Aug 21 #1 $6.7M +35% −44% $60.0M 3,270 $2,042 9

Sun Aug 22 #1 $5.4M −20% −44% $65.4M 3,270 $1,638 10

Mon Aug 23 #1 $2.0M −64% −50% $67.3M 3,270 $596 11

Tue Aug 24 #1 $2.1M +7% −46% $69.4M 3,270 $635 12

Wed Aug 25 #1 $1.6M −21% −46% $71.0M 3,270 $501 13

Thu Aug 26 #1 $1.5M −10% −46% $72.5M 3,270 $454 14

Fri Aug 27 #3 $2.7M +83% −45% $75.2M 3,398 $800 15

Sat Aug 28 #3 $4.0M +46% −41% $79.2M 3,398 $1,168 16

Sun Aug 29 #3 $2.8M −29% −47% $82.0M 3,398 $834 17

Mon Aug 30 #3 $915.5K −68% −53% $83.0M 3,398 $269 18

Tue Aug 31 #4 $1.1M +15% −49% $84.0M 3,398 $309 19

Wed Sep 1 #5 $794.6K −25% −52% $84.8M 3,398 $233 20

Thu Sep 2 #5 $764.3K −4% −49% $85.6M 3,398 $224 21

Fri Sep 3 #6 $1.7M +116% −39% $87.2M 3,398 $485 22

Sat Sep 4 #5 $2.5M +49% −38% $89.7M 3,398 $722 23

Sun Sep 5 #4 $2.5M +2% −11% $92.2M 3,398 $739 24

Mon Sep 6 #4 $1.7M −32% +85% $93.9M 3,398 $499 25

Tue Sep 7 #5 $497.4K −71% −53% $94.4M 3,398 $146 26

Wed Sep 8 #6 $443.4K −11% −44% $94.8M 3,398 $130 27

Thu Sep 9 #6 $416.2K −6% −46% $95.2M 3,398 $122 28

Fri Sep 10 #8 $941.0K +126% −43% $96.2M 3,058 $307 29

Sat Sep 11 #8 $1.5M +57% −40% $97.7M 3,058 $481 30

Sun Sep 12 #6 $809.2K −45% −68% $98.5M 3,058 $264 31

Mon Sep 13 #7 $267.0K −67% −84% $98.7M 3,058 $87 32

Tue Sep 14 #7 $325.7K +22% −35% $99.1M 3,058 $106 33

Wed Sep 15 #7 $281.9K −13% −36% $99.3M 3,058 $92 34

Thu Sep 16 #7 $306.4K +9% −26% $99.6M 3,058 $100 35

Fri Sep 17 #13 $399.6K +30% −58% $100.0M 1,854 $215 36

Sat Sep 18 #12 $630.7K +58% −57% $100.7M 1,854 $340 37

Sun Sep 19 #12 $343.0K −46% −58% $101.0M 1,854 $185 38

Mon Sep 20 #13 $114.8K −67% −57% $101.1M 1,854 $61 39

Tue Sep 21 #13 $128.8K +12% −60% $101.3M 1,854 $69 40

Wed Sep 22 #13 $119.8K −7% −57% $101.4M 1,854 $64 41

Thu Sep 23 $121.9K +2% −60% $101.5M 1,854 $65 42

Fri Sep 24 #15 $164.0K +35% −59% $101.7M 852 $192 43

Sat Sep 25 #16 $258.0K +57% −59% $101.9M 852 $302 44

Sun Sep 26 #16 $142.0K −45% −59% $102.1M 852 $166 45

Mon Sep 27 #16 $51.9K −63% −55% $102.1M 852 $60 46

Tue Sep 28 #15 $56.8K +10% −56% $102.2M 852 $66 47

Wed Sep 29 #16 $51.4K −10% −57% $102.2M 852 $60 48

Thu Sep 30 #17 $55.0K +7% −55% $102.3M 852 $64 49

Fri Oct 1 $66.3K +21% −60% $102.4M 410 $161 50

Sat Oct 2 $105.6K +59% −59% $102.5M 410 $257 51

Sun Oct 3 $59.7K −43% −58% $102.5M 410 $145 52

Mon Oct 4 $21.5K −64% −58% $102.5M 410 $52 53

Tue Oct 5 $25.2K +17% −56% $102.6M 410 $61 54

Wed Oct 6 $22.5K −11% −56% $102.6M 410 $54 55

Thu Oct 7 $24.7K +10% −55% $102.6M 410 $60 56

Fri Oct 8 $35.8K +45% −46% $102.6M 225 $158 57

Sat Oct 9 $54.3K +52% −49% $102.7M 225 $241 58

Sun Oct 10 $34.3K −37% −43% $102.7M 225 $152 59

Mon Oct 11 $17.6K −49% −18% $102.8M 225 $78 60

Tue Oct 12 $12.9K −27% −49% $102.8M 225 $57 61

Wed Oct 13 $12.0K −7% −47% $102.8M 225 $53 62

Thu Oct 14 $13.8K +15% −44% $102.8M 225 $61 63

Fri Oct 15 $54.3K +293% +52% $102.8M 306 $177 64

Sat Oct 16 $82.1K +51% +51% $102.9M 306 $268 65

Sun Oct 17 $54.0K −34% +58% $103.0M 306 $176 66

Mon Oct 18 $20.3K −62% +15% $103.0M 306 $66 67

Tue Oct 19 $23.8K +17% +85% $103.0M 306 $77 68

Wed Oct 20 $22.0K −8% +83% $103.0M 306 $71 69

Thu Oct 21 $20.9K −5% +51% $103.1M 306 $68 70

Cumulative total$103.1M

Aug 12Aug 30Sep 16Oct 4Oct 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $190.4K

$34.8M

$17.0M

$9.5M

$6.6M

$3.2M

$1.4M

$564.1K

$231.7K

$124.3K

$190.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,398 → 306 −91.0%

3,270 open306 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +53.2%

−51.3%

W1→2

−43.8%

W2→3

−30.5%

W3→4

−51.3%

W4→5

−57.4%

W5→6

−58.9%

W6→7

−58.9%

W7→8

−46.3%

W8→9

+53.2%

W9→10

Steepest −58.9%Biggest gain +53.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 36 days

$100M

Day 36

Sep 17

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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