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The Box Office Proves To Be Expendable

ExpendablesA crush of new films — led by The Expendables 2 — opened on the softer side as the dog days of August gripped the North American box office. Expendables 2 easily topped the box office with $28.8 million, but came in $6 million behind The Expendables, which debuted to $34.8 million on the same weekend in 2010.

The sequel has even more star power, with the original team of Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture and Terry Crews being joined by Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Liam Hemsworth to its lineup. Additionally, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cameo in the first film has been expanded in this one.

The top 12 movies according to data collected on Sunday, August 18 are as follows:

RANKTITLEDISTRIBUTOR NAMEWEEKEND REVENUECUME REVENUE
REVENUE# OF LOCATIONS*LOC AVG
1Expendables 2, TheLionsgate$28,750,0003,3168,670$28,750,000
2Bourne Legacy, TheUniversal$17,019,8553,7534,535$69,580,935
3ParaNormanFocus Features$14,008,4983,4294,085$14,008,498
4Campaign, TheWarner Bros.$13,385,0003,2554,112$51,693,537
5SparkleSony$12,000,0002,2445,347$12,000,000
6Dark Knight Rises, TheWarner Bros.$11,140,0003,1573,528$409,915,911
7Odd Life Of Timothy Green, TheDisney$10,909,0002,5984,198$15,187,000
8Hope SpringsSony$9,100,0002,3613,854$35,051,792
9Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days20th Century Fox$3,850,0002,7371,406$38,762,321
10Total RecallSony$3,500,0002,4341,437$51,782,443
11Ice Age: Continental Drift20th Century Fox$2,950,0002,2741,297$150,136,416
12TedUniversal$1,624,9101,1691,390$213,146,215

 

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