Central America Box Office for The Expendables (2010)
Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
Central America Box Office | $227,838 | Details |
Worldwide Box Office | $268,268,174 | Details |
Home Market Performance | ||
North America DVD Sales | $53,684,732 | Details |
North America Blu-ray Sales | $23,592,295 | Details |
Total North America Video Sales | $77,277,027 | |
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Synopsis
The only life they've known is war. The only loyalty they have is to each other. They are the Expendables: leader and mastermind Barney Ross, former SAS blade expert Lee Christmas, hand-to-hand combat specialist Yin Yang, long barrel weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitions expert Toll Road, and precision sniper Gunner Jensen. Living life in the fringes of the law, these hardened mercenaries take on what appears to be a routine assignment: a covert, CIA-funded operation to infiltrate the South American country of Vilena and overthrow its ruthless dictator General Garza. But when their job is revealed to be a suicide mission, the men are faced with a deadly choice, one that might redeem their souls...or destroy their brotherhood forever.
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Movie Details
Production Budget: | $82,000,000 |
Central America Releases: | November 26th, 2010 (Wide) |
Video Release: | November 23rd, 2010 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment |
MPAA Rating: | R For strong action and bloody violence throughout, and for some language. (Rating bulletin 2126, 6/22/2010) |
Running Time: | 103 minutes |
Franchise: | The Expendables |
Keywords: | Directing Yourself, Ensemble, Special Ops, Voiceover/Narration, Pirates, Government Corruption, Secret Agent, Intertitle, Rescue, Hostage, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong, Revenge, Narcotics, Mercenaries |
Source: | Original Screenplay |
Genre: | Action |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: | Nu Image, Millennium Films |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English, Somali, Spanish |
DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 3rd, 2012
January 3rd, 2012
The first Tuesday of the year is not a great time of year for new releases on the home market. It's an even worse time of year for critics, especially this year. With Christmas Day landing on the Sunday, many studios took the entire week off, so there are plenty of screeners that still haven't made it my way. (There is some good news here, as I was able to get caught up on all of the screeners that had previously arrived late.) A couple of these potential late arrivals are contenders for Pick of the Week, like Justified: Season Two - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray and Mildred Pierce - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack. They also have competition from Contagion - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray, but in the end I gave that honor to The Guard - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray.
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Featured Blu-ray Review: The Expendables: Extended Director's Cut
December 31st, 2011
The Expendables is a film that was tailor made for fans of 1980s action films. It was one of most expensive films Lionsgate ever made, and fortunately for them, it was also one of their biggest hits and only the second film of theirs to reach $100 million domestically. A sequel was inevitable, but while fans waited for that, they were given an Extended Director's Cut Blu-ray. Is the film worth checking out? Is the extended cut the better movie? Is it worth the double-dip?
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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for December 13th, 2011
December 12th, 2011
It is a surprisingly strong week on the home market with two $100 million hits, Kung Fu Panda 2 on Blu-ray Combo Pack or Rise of the Planet of the Apes on Blu-ray, both of which are contenders for pick of the week. There are also several smaller releases that are also contenders for that title like The Guild: Season Five on DVD. But in the end, I gave that honor to Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame on Blu-ray.
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DVD Sales: Color Pulling in the Green
February 23rd, 2011
Due to a mixture of weak holdovers and depth in the new releases, we had seven DVDs debut in the top 30 sales chart this week. This includes a new number one, For Colored Girls, which sold 517,000 units and generated $8.41 million in consumer spending at retail.
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DVD Sales: People Staying Home with Social
January 25th, 2011
While there were not many new releases on this week's sales chart, one of them, The Social Network, dominated the sales chart with 1.08 million units / $14.06 million during its opening week.
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DVD Sales: Toys Retake Top Spot
December 7th, 2010
It was the Thanksgiving long weekend recently and the sales numbers this week include Black Friday. It should come as no surprise that there was an uptick in sales this week, with a number of older releases seeing a massive jump. This includes Toy Story 3, which shot into top spot with 1.27 million units / $21.19 million for the week and 6.78 million / $124.60 million after a month. It is now the third-best-selling DVD of the year.
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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for November 23rd, 2010
November 22nd, 2010
This Friday is Black Friday, but there's a lull on the home market with not a whole lot of great releases.
(This is the usual pattern for Thanksgiving.)
The biggest hit coming out is The Expendables, which should top the chart, while there are a number of smaller releases that are in contention for Pick of the Week. The best of these is Metropolis: The Complete Metropolis, which comes out on Blu-ray this week after being released on DVD last week.
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Milestones and Records
September 20th, 2010
This weekend saw a new industry record set, with The Twilight Saga: Eclipse becoming the fifth film to earn $300 million in 2010 (full 2010 details here), beating the four movies that topped $300 million in 2007 (2007 details).
The Expendables also became the 18th film of the year to reach $100 million at the box office, although that is off last year's record-setting pace.
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International Box Office: Resident Evil not Going Anywhere
September 15th, 2010
Resident Evil: Afterlife took top spot on the international chart. In fact, it dominated with $41.70 million on 3,935 screens in 33 markets for a total of $68.36 million worldwide. After just one weekend of release, the film is nearly halfway to catching up with Extinction for best in the franchise. It goes without saying that there will be another installment. Its biggest individual market was Japan, where it opened in first place with $13.27 million on 649 screens over the weekend and $15.58 million in total. It also took the top spot in Spain with an impressive $3.36 million on 488 screens, while it was a little softer in the U.K. with a chart topping opening of $2.61 million on 361 screens. On the other hand, it had to settle for second place in Italy with $1.72 million on 270 screens during its debut there.
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Will Resident Evil be Good for the Box Office?
September 9th, 2010
The weekend after Labor Day long weekend is often the worst weekend at the box office for the entire year. This time around there is only one wide release, Resident Evil: Afterlife, which will have no trouble topping the chart. In fact, it will be the only film to reach $10 million over the weekend. Will it do well enough to help 2010 keep pace with last year when there were four wide releases?
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International Box Office: Double Milestone for Inception
September 8th, 2010
It was a busy week for Inception, as it rose to top spot on the international chart and crossed two major milestones in the process: $400 million internationally and $700 million worldwide. Over the weekend, it earned $21.00 million on 7,785 screens in 61 markets for a total of $425.15 million internationally and $702.30 million worldwide. Much of this was due to its debut in China, where it placed first with $13.6 million. It has yet to open in Italy, but it will likely start falling off at an accelerated pace from now till its premiere in that market at the end of the month.
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International Box Office: Expendables Remain Essential
September 1st, 2010
The Expendables held on to top spot on the international chart with $24.70 million on 4823 screens in 38 markets for a total of $101.46 million after just three weeks of release. It had a few openings over the weekend, most notably in Germany where it placed third with $2.94 million on 531 screens. Meanwhile, it fell from first to fourth in the U.K., but still added $2.02 million on 453 screens over the weekend for a total of $10.52 million after two. With openings in Italy and Japan ahead, the film will have no trouble getting to $250 million worldwide, which is more than enough to ensure a profit.
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Takers Take Top Spot
August 30th, 2010
There was an upset at the box office with Takers pulling out a last minute win. However, it wasn't enough for the overall box office, as that sunk 12% from last weekend to $113 million. More importantly, it was down nearly 10% from last year. 2010 still has a $300 million lead over 2009 at $7.53 billion to $7.23 billion and I'm not concerned about the big picture, yet.
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Not Quite the Last Weekend of Summer
August 26th, 2010
The last weekend of summer is actually the Labor Day long weekend, which is next weekend. So that makes this weekend the penultimate weekend of summer, which is one of the worst weekends of the year to open a film. Last year was a bit of an exception with The Final Destination opening with $27.41 million. There's almost no chance The Last Exorcism will perform that well; in fact, if it matches Halloween 2's opening, I think the studio will be happy.
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International Box Office: Expendables Explode on International Scene
August 25th, 2010
Powered by openings in a trio of major markets, The Expendables climbed into top spot with $35.49 million on 4501 screens in 30 markets for a still early international total of $60.30 million. At this point, reaching $100 million internationally and $200 million worldwide is practically a given. The film's best opening of the weekend came from the U.K. where it debuted in the top spot with $6.08 million on 453 screens, while it was also triumphant in France with $4.75 million on 445 screens. On the other hand, it had to settle for fifth place in South Korea with $1.25 million on 298 screens over the weekend and $1.52 million in total. Next up for the film is Germany this weekend, while it opens in Italy next month and in Japan in October.
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Expendables are Indispensable
August 23rd, 2010
If it wasn't for The Expendables, there would be very little good news to report this weekend. None of the five new releases were major hits at the box office, but on the other hand, none were complete bombs either and even the weakest of them had some reason for optimism. The overall box office was down 11% from last weekend to $128 million, but that was close to 1% higher than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2010 has a $300 million lead on 2009 at $7.36 billion to $7.05 billion.
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Weekend Estimates: Expendables Beats Five Openers to Stay Top
August 22nd, 2010
Five openers with a decidedly end-of-Summer feel to them all posted so-so numbers this weekend, according to studio estimates released on Sunday morning, which left The Expendables as the weekend winner.
The ensemble action movie was down 53% in its second weekend to $16.5 million and has now earned a respectable $64.89 million.
Vampires Suck topped the openers with $12.2 million Friday to Sunday.
The spoof movie is projected to finish the weekend with $18.56 million since its opening on Wednesday.
Perhaps surprisingly, none of the openers has completely disastrous weekends.
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Will Summer End With a Bang?
August 19th, 2010
Five new releases should enter the top ten this weekend, including a few that at least have a reasonable chance at top spot.
But there's also a reasonable chance that The Expendables will squeak out another win.
Regardless, there's almost no chance the box office will keep up with last year's pace when Inglourious Basterds opened with nearly $40 million.
We will be lucky if any film makes half of that this weekend.
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International Box Office: Summer Slows But Blockbusters Still Reach Milestones
August 18th, 2010
As the summer blockbuster season comes to a close, there are few major releases in theaters worldwide. Regardless, there are still a few major milestones being reached, and a few more to come. For instance, Inception maintained its hold in first place with $35.51 million on 6879 screens, in 61 markets, for a total of $320.44 million internationally. It also reached a major milestone worldwide with $568.91 million, making it just one of 78 films to reach $500 million. It is still going strong in a number of major markets, including Spain, where it remained in first place with $2.72 million on 497 screens over the weekend, for a total of $10.15 million after two. It was down just 22% in Brazil adding $1.56 million on 292 screens over the weekend and $4.43 million after two. Its best market overall is the U.K. where it has made $45.53 million after a month of release, including $2.62 million on 472 screens this past weekend. By this time next week, it should have $600 million worldwide, with $700 million becoming a lot more likely.
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Summer Nearly Ends on the Per Theater Chart
August 17th, 2010
One of the ways of telling when summer is over, is when the number one film on the overall box office chart doesn't top the $10,000 mark on the per theater chart. That didn't happen this weekend, but it came close, as The Expendables was the only film to earn better than $10,000 on the per theater chart, and it was close with an average of $10,650.
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Expendables are Explosive, in a Good Way
August 16th, 2010
Two of the three wide releases that opened this past weekend were able to score at the box office and that was enough to lift the total box office to $144 million. This was 8% higher than last weekend and 1% higher than the same weekend last year. Granted, that 1% improvement is well below the rate of inflation, but a win is a win. Year-to-date, 2010 has earned $7.15 billion compared to 2009's pace of $6.85 billion. As we transition into fall, we are in an excellent position to top $10 billion for the second year in a row and set yet another record. Granted, the lack of a Avatar-like megahit coming out could be an issue, but I think 2010 has built up enough of a lead that it won't prevent the yearly box office from reaching 10 digits.
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Will Summer Give Us One Last Hit, or are the New Releases Expendable?
August 12th, 2010
There are three wide releases this week, but fortunately they are all aimed at widely different audiences, which means they might all reach their potential.
However, that potential might not be enough for the market as a whole to keep pace with last year.
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2010 Preview: August
August 1st, 2010
July started out rather well, and while there was a little weakness in the end, four films surpassed $100 million, and another could join them soon.
That said, there don't appear to be any $100 million movies opening in August; in fact, there is a chance none will come close.
Worse still, August of last year saw three $100 million movies open in the first three weeks.
There's almost no chance that will happen this year, so 2010 will likely lose ground to 2009 in the yearly box office race.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013/01/25 | 12 | $79,590 | 58 | $1,372 | $227,838 | 114 |
Box Office Summary Per Territory
Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brazil | 8/13/2010 | $0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $4,739,155 | 12/12/2015 |
Central America | 11/26/2010 | $0 | 0 | 58 | 58 | $227,838 | 12/14/2015 |
Italy | 9/1/2010 | $0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | $3,652,483 | 12/11/2015 |
North America | 8/13/2010 | $34,825,135 | 3,270 | 3,398 | 20,041 | $103,068,524 | |
Rest of World | $156,580,174 | ||||||
Worldwide Total | $268,268,174 | 12/14/2015 |
Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.
Lead Ensemble Members
Sylvester Stallone | Barney Ross |
Jason Statham | Lee Christmas |
Jet Li | Yin Yang |
Terry Crews | Hale Caesar |
Randy Couture | Toll Road |
Dolph Lundgren | Gunnar Jensen |
Steve Austin | Paine |
Mickey Rourke | Tool |
Supporting Cast
Giselle Itie | Sandra |
Eric Roberts | James Monroe |
David Zayas | General Garza |
Charisma Carpenter | Lacy |
For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.
Production and Technical Credits
Sylvester Stallone | Director |
David Callaham | Screenwriter |
Sylvester Stallone | Screenwriter |
David Callaham | Story Creator |
Avi Lerner | Producer |
John Thomson | Producer |
Kevin King-Templeton | Producer |
Danny Dimbort | Executive Producer |
Trevor Short | Executive Producer |
Boaz Davidson | Executive Producer |
Les Weldon | Executive Producer |
Jon Feltheimer | Executive Producer |
Jason Constantine | Executive Producer |
Eda Kowan | Executive Producer |
Basil Iwanyk | Executive Producer |
Guymon Casady | Executive Producer |
Robert Earl | Co-Producer |
Matt O'Toole | Co-Producer |
Jeffrey Kimball | Cinematographer |
Ken Blackwell | Editor |
Paul Harb | Editor |
Brian Tyler | Composer |
Franco-Giacomo Carbone | Production Designer |
Drew Boughton | Supervising Art Director |
Scott Plauche | Supervising Art Director |
Andy Rhodes | Art Director |
Bob Gould | Set Decorator |
Paul Ledford | Sound Mixer |
Christopher Eakins | Supervising Sound Editor |
Chris David | Re-recording Mixer |
Gabriel J. Serrano | Re-recording Mixer |
Wes C. Caefer | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Chad Stahelski | Stunt Coordinator |
J. Celester Salzer | Associate Producer |
Richard Fox | Assistant Director |
Spiro Razatos | Second Unit Director |
Matthew F. Leonetti | Second Unit Camera |
Deborah Aquila | Casting Director |
Tricia Wood | Casting Director |
The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.