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The Expendables 2Follow

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

Back for War.

🍅 68% 67%

51

2.77

6.6

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$28.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$85.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$312.00M

$227.00M international

Domestic legs2.97x

Budget$100M

2012 rank#35

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Cast & crew

Full West filmography

Simon West

Simon West Director

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone Starring

Jason Statham

Jason Statham Starring

Jet Li

Jet Li Starring

Dolph Lundgren

Dolph Lundgren Starring

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jean-Claude Van Damme Starring

ScreenplayRichard Wenk, Sylvester Stallone Produced byAvi Lerner, Danny Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, Les Weldon CinematographyShelly Johnson MusicBrian Tyler StudioLionsgate SeriesThe Expendables

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 17-19 1 $28.6M — 3,316 $8,622 $28.6M

2 Aug 24-26 1 $13.4M −53.1% 3,355 $4,001 $52.2M

3 Aug 31-Sep 2 3 $9.0M −32.7% 3,334 $2,708 $66.4M

4 Sep 7-9 3 $5.0M −45.2% 3,260 $1,518 $75.6M

5 Sep 14-16 5 $3.1M −36.5% 2,896 $1,086 $80.4M

6 Sep 21-23 13 $1.5M −53.7% 1,820 $801 $83.0M

7 Sep 28-30 20 $524.2K −64.0% 815 $643 $84.0M

8 Oct 5-7 29 $167.6K −68.0% 313 $535 $84.4M

9 Oct 12-14 40 $66.0K −60.6% 146 $451 $84.5M

10 Oct 26-28 33 $112.9K +71.2% 178 $634 $84.7M

11 Nov 2-4 33 $102.6K −9.1% 173 $593 $84.9M

12 Nov 9-11 36 $63.4K −38.3% 134 $472 $85.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 16 $725.0K — $725.0K — — -1

Fri Aug 17 #1 $10.5M — $10.5M 3,316 $3,164 1

Sat Aug 18 #1 $10.2M −3% $20.7M 3,316 $3,079 2

Sun Aug 19 #1 $7.9M −23% $28.6M 3,316 $2,378 3

Mon Aug 20 #1 $2.8M −65% $31.4M 3,316 $842 4

Tue Aug 21 #1 $3.2M +16% $34.6M 3,316 $974 5

Wed Aug 22 #1 $2.2M −33% $36.8M 3,316 $652 6

Thu Aug 23 #1 $2.0M −6% $38.8M 3,316 $614 7

Fri Aug 24 #1 $3.8M +88% −63% $42.7M 3,355 $1,143 8

Sat Aug 25 #1 $5.6M +46% −45% $48.2M 3,355 $1,668 9

Sun Aug 26 #1 $4.0M −29% −49% $52.2M 3,355 $1,189 10

Mon Aug 27 #1 $1.4M −66% −51% $53.6M 3,355 $405 11

Tue Aug 28 #1 $1.6M +21% −49% $55.2M 3,355 $490 12

Wed Aug 29 #2 $1.1M −35% −51% $56.3M 3,355 $316 13

Thu Aug 30 #1 $1.1M −1% −48% $57.4M 3,355 $313 14

Fri Aug 31 #3 $2.2M +110% −42% $59.6M 3,334 $662 15

Sat Sep 1 #3 $3.3M +51% −40% $62.9M 3,334 $1,002 16

Sun Sep 2 #3 $3.5M +4% −13% $66.4M 3,334 $1,043 17

Mon Sep 3 #3 $2.4M −30% +78% $68.8M 3,334 $727 18

Tue Sep 4 #3 $788.0K −68% −52% $69.6M 3,334 $236 19

Wed Sep 5 #4 $517.6K −34% −51% $70.1M 3,334 $155 20

Thu Sep 6 #4 $547.5K +6% −48% $70.7M 3,334 $164 21

Fri Sep 7 #4 $1.3M +144% −39% $72.0M 3,260 $410 22

Sat Sep 8 #3 $2.3M +73% −31% $74.3M 3,260 $708 23

Sun Sep 9 #3 $1.3M −44% −63% $75.6M 3,260 $400 24

Mon Sep 10 #4 $378.7K −71% −84% $76.0M 3,260 $116 25

Tue Sep 11 #4 $505.4K +33% −36% $76.5M 3,260 $155 26

Wed Sep 12 #4 $380.7K −25% −26% $76.9M 3,260 $116 27

Thu Sep 13 #4 $376.1K −1% −31% $77.3M 3,260 $115 28

Fri Sep 14 #6 $888.4K +136% −34% $78.1M 2,896 $306 29

Sat Sep 15 #6 $1.4M +61% −38% $79.6M 2,896 $494 30

Sun Sep 16 #6 $824.3K −42% −37% $80.4M 2,896 $284 31

Mon Sep 17 #5 $279.0K −66% −26% $80.7M 2,896 $96 32

Tue Sep 18 #5 $364.7K +31% −28% $81.0M 2,896 $125 33

Wed Sep 19 #5 $254.4K −30% −33% $81.3M 2,896 $87 34

Thu Sep 20 #5 $257.8K +1% −31% $81.6M 2,896 $89 35

Fri Sep 21 #12 $399.1K +55% −55% $82.0M 1,820 $219 36

Sat Sep 22 #12 $681.1K +71% −52% $82.6M 1,820 $374 37

Sun Sep 23 #11 $377.6K −45% −54% $83.0M 1,820 $207 38

Mon Sep 24 #12 $108.0K −71% −61% $83.1M 1,820 $59 39

Tue Sep 25 $141.9K +31% −61% $83.3M 1,820 $77 40

Wed Sep 26 $120.1K −15% −53% $83.4M 1,820 $66 41

Thu Sep 27 #12 $111.3K −7% −57% $83.5M 1,820 $61 42

Fri Sep 28 #21 $140.0K +26% −65% $83.6M 815 $171 43

Sat Sep 29 #20 $244.2K +74% −64% $83.9M 815 $299 44

Sun Sep 30 #20 $140.0K −43% −63% $84.0M 815 $171 45

Mon Oct 1 $39.8K −72% −63% $84.1M 815 $48 46

Tue Oct 2 $53.7K +35% −62% $84.1M 815 $65 47

Wed Oct 3 $39.5K −26% −67% $84.2M 815 $48 48

Thu Oct 4 $44.3K +12% −60% $84.2M 815 $54 49

Fri Oct 5 $43.8K −1% −69% $84.2M 313 $139 50

Sat Oct 6 $75.7K +73% −69% $84.3M 313 $241 51

Sun Oct 7 $48.2K −36% −66% $84.4M 313 $153 52

Mon Oct 8 $22.2K −54% −44% $84.4M 313 $70 53

Tue Oct 9 $16.9K −24% −69% $84.4M 313 $54 54

Wed Oct 10 $15.0K −11% −62% $84.4M 313 $47 55

Thu Oct 11 $11.6K −23% −74% $84.4M 313 $36 56

Fri Oct 12 $19.0K +64% −57% $84.5M 146 $130 57

Sat Oct 13 $29.1K +53% −62% $84.5M 146 $199 58

Sun Oct 14 $17.9K −38% −63% $84.5M 146 $122 59

Mon Oct 15 $6.0K −66% −73% $84.5M 146 $41 60

Tue Oct 16 $8.1K +35% −52% $84.5M 146 $55 61

Wed Oct 17 $6.0K −26% −60% $84.5M 146 $41 62

Thu Oct 18 $6.1K +2% −47% $84.5M 146 $41 63

Fri Oct 19 $12.7K +109% −33% $84.5M 92 $138 64

Sat Oct 20 $20.8K +63% −28% $84.6M 92 $226 65

Sun Oct 21 $11.5K −45% −36% $84.6M 92 $125 66

Mon Oct 22 $4.3K −63% −29% $84.6M 92 $46 67

Tue Oct 23 $6.0K +40% −27% $84.6M 92 $64 68

Wed Oct 24 $4.1K −32% −32% $84.6M 92 $44 69

Thu Oct 25 $4.9K +19% −20% $84.6M 92 $52 70

Fri Oct 26 $31.2K +541% +145% $84.6M 178 $175 71

Sat Oct 27 $48.3K +55% +132% $84.7M 178 $271 72

Sun Oct 28 $33.4K −31% +190% $84.7M 178 $187 73

Mon Oct 29 $11.3K −66% +165% $84.7M 178 $63 74

Tue Oct 30 $13.3K +18% +123% $84.7M 178 $74 75

Wed Oct 31 $10.5K −21% +158% $84.7M 178 $59 76

Thu Nov 1 $12.2K +16% +151% $84.8M 178 $68 77

Fri Nov 2 $26.9K +121% −14% $84.8M 173 $155 78

Sat Nov 3 $47.0K +74% −3% $84.8M 173 $271 79

Sun Nov 4 $28.7K −39% −14% $84.9M 173 $166 80

Mon Nov 5 $9.1K −68% −19% $84.9M 173 $52 81

Tue Nov 6 $10.2K +12% −23% $84.9M 173 $59 82

Wed Nov 7 $9.2K −10% −12% $84.9M 173 $53 83

Thu Nov 8 $9.0K −2% −26% $84.9M 173 $51 84

Fri Nov 9 $16.0K +77% −41% $84.9M 134 $119 85

Sat Nov 10 $27.8K +74% −41% $84.9M 134 $207 86

Sun Nov 11 $19.6K −29% −32% $85.0M 134 $146 87

Mon Nov 12 $9.7K −51% +6% $85.0M 134 $72 88

Tue Nov 13 $5.7K −42% −45% $85.0M 134 $42 89

Wed Nov 14 $5.0K −12% −46% $85.0M 134 $37 90

Thu Nov 15 $5.5K +10% −39% $85.0M 134 $40 91

Fri Nov 16 $8.7K +60% −45% $85.0M 95 $92 92

Sat Nov 17 $15.5K +77% −44% $85.0M 95 $163 93

Sun Nov 18 $11.1K −29% −43% $85.0M 95 $116 94

Mon Nov 19 $4.9K −56% −50% $85.0M 95 $51 95

Tue Nov 20 $5.9K +21% +4% $85.0M 95 $62 96

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$84.6M

Aug 16Sep 3Sep 20Oct 8Oct 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $112.9K

$28.6M

$13.4M

$9.0M

$5.0M

$3.1M

$1.5M

$524.2K

$167.6K

$66.0K

$112.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,355 → 92 −97.3%

3,316 open92 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +71.2%

−53.1%

W1→2

−32.7%

W2→3

−45.2%

W3→4

−36.5%

W4→5

−53.7%

W5→6

−64.0%

W6→7

−68.0%

W7→8

−60.6%

W8→9

+71.2%

W9→10

Steepest −68.0%Biggest gain +71.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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