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EXPENDABLES Wins Again
The Expendables Grabs Second Weekend Win. By
Jarrod Sarafin
August 22, 2010
The Expendables wins again at the box office.
© Bob Trate
In a sure sign that we’re reaching the final moments of the summer season, Hollywood saturated the market with five new wide releases over the past three days and none of them could topple last weekend’s winner. It’s not often that a film pulling in a little over $16 million is the winner but that seems to be the case Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables. His action fest grabbed $16.5 million on its 3,270 theaters across the nation to increase its domestic cume to $64.8 million. A decent chunk of coin after ten days of release with the production cost set at $80 million.
Following in 2nd place is Fox’s spoof Vampires Suck. The producers who took on (and won) against Stallone’s 2008 Rambo with Meet the Spartans tried to cut into his latest release but fell short in its premiere. The film tallied up $12.2 million over its first three days of release, which is a very decent opening for the studio given the small $20 million budget. For their part, Fox executives are pleased with the premiere.
"We are happy, happy, happy," Fox senior vp Bert Livingston said. "The five-day number includes a great opening-day number of $4 million from Wednesday. So that took something away from the weekend, but the weekend was still terrific."
Right behind the spoof is Sony’s Eat Pray Love which fell just $200 k short into 3rd place. With its first two weekends in the bag, the film has accumulated $47.1 million in domestic sales. The budget is set at $60 million.
Next new wide release to hit the top spots is Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy reveal of Lottery Ticket. With the film hitting only 1,973 theaters the film’s score of $11.1 million helped it become the highest average for the frame with $5,639 per showing. And with the budget set at $17 million it will clearly be another profitable release for the studio.
And the 5th place spot goes to Sony’s buddy cop tale The Other Guys, which grabbed another $10.1 million in its third weekend of release. Unless it has some major drops the next few frames it’s pretty much guaranteed to hit the $100 million threshold. It has $88.1 million at the moment.
Piranha 3D didn’t quite make the top 5 spots with its premiere taking in $100 k less than the Ferrell-Wahlberg vehicle. It wound up taking $10.0 million on 2,470 theaters, a lackluster result but not the end of the world with its budget set at just $35 million.
The same can’t be said for Universal’s comic adaptation of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. In only its second weekend it dropped down to 10th place with only $5.0 million. This makes it very likely it won’t even show up in the top ten next Sunday and that’s a not good sign given the fact that it has only $20.7 million against a budget of $60 million.
| Rank | Movie | Weekend | Theaters | Average | Total | Budget |
| 1 | The Expendables | $16.5 mil | 3,270 | $5,046 | $64.8 mil | $80 |
| 2 | Vampires Suck | $12.2 mil | 3,233 | $3,774 | $18.5 mil | $20 |
| 3 | Eat Pray Love | $12.0 mil | 3,082 | $3,894 | $47.1 mil | $60 |
| 4 | Lottery Ticket | $11.1 mil | 1,973 | $5,639 | $11.1 mil | $17 |
| 5 | The Other Guys | $10.1 mil | 3,472 | $2,909 | $88.1 mil | $100 |
| 6 | Piranha 3D | $10.0 mil | 2,470 | $4,063 | $10.0 mil | $24 |
| 7 | Nanny McPhee Returns | $8.3 mil | 2,784 | $2,985 | $8.3 mil | $35 |
| 8 | The Switch | $8.1 mil | 2,012 | $4,026 | $8.1 mil | ---- |
| 9 | Inception | $7.6 mil | 2,401 | $3,188 | $261.8 mil | $160 |
| 10 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | $5.0 mil | 2,820 | $1,785 | $20.7 mil | $60 |
Here’s the top 5 global performers of the summer as they look now.
Toy Story 3 Numbers:
Budget: $200 mil
Opening: $110.3 mil
Domestic: $403.7 mil
Foreign: $580.6 mil
Worldwide: $984.3 mil
Shrek Forever After Numbers:
Budget: $165 mil
Opening: $70.8 mil
Domestic: $237.7 mil
Foreign: $455.5 mil
Worldwide: $693.2 mil
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Numbers:
Budget: $68 mil
Opening: $64.8 mil
Domestic: $297.2 mil
Foreign: $356.7 mil
Worldwide: $653.9 mil
Iron Man 2 Numbers:
Budget: $200 mil
Opening: $128.1 mil
Domestic: $312.1 mil
Foreign: $309.6 mil
Worldwide: $621.7 mil
Inception Numbers:
Budget: $160 mil
Opening: $62.7 mil
Domestic: $261.8 mil
Foreign: $315.4 mil
Worldwide: $577.2 mil
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Kinda of expected, seeing as how the competition was not much of. Stallone stated that if this film does well he'll put together an even more extreme sequel. Hoo yeah! Bring it on! A few more weeks in release should generate a small but respectable profit. I will be adding it to my Blu-Ray collection! Wondering what the diredtor's cut on Blu-Ray is going to be like. Looking forward to the commentary as well.
Damn... Scott Pilgrim did even worse than I ever thought it would. Feel the burn.