THE EXPENDABLES 2 Takes Top Spot at Box Office

By: Aug. 20, 2012
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Deadline.com reports that THE EXPENDABLES 2 took the top spot at this weekend's box office, bringing in $28.7M. Based on weekend estimates, the Top Ten films were as follows:  

1. The Expendables 2 (Millenium/Lionsgate) NEW [3,316 Runs] R
Friday $10.5M, Saturday $10.2M, Weekend $28.7M

2. The Bourne Legacy (Universal) Week 2 [3,753 Runs] PG13
Friday $5.4M, Saturday $7.1M, Weekend $17.0M (-55%), Cume $69.5M

3. ParaNorman 3D (Focus Features) NEW [3,429 Runs] PG
Friday $4.5M, Saturday $5.4M, Weekend $14.0M

4. The Campaign (Warner Bros) Week 2 [3,255 Runs] R
Friday $4.1M, Saturday $5.2M, Weekend $13.3M (-50%), Cume $51.6M

5. Sparkle (TriStar/Sony) NEW [2,244 Runs) PG13
Friday $4.5M, Saturday $4.3M, Weekend $12.0M

6. The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros) Week 5 ]3,157 Runs] PG13
Friday $3.1M, Saturday $4.5M, Weekend $11.1M, Cume $409.9M

7. The Odd Life Of Timothy Green (Disney) Week 1 [2,598 Runs] PG
Friday $3.4M, Saturday $4.3M, Weekend $10.9M, Cume $15.1M

8. Hope Springs (Sony) Week 2 [2,361 Runs] PG13
Friday $2.7M, Saturday $3.8M, Weekend $9.1M (-38%), Cume $35.0M

9. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (Fox) Week 3 [2,737 Runs] PG
Friday $1.1M, Saturday $1.5M, Weekend $3.8M, Cume $38.7M

10. Total Recall (Sony) Week 3 [2,434 Runs] PG13
Friday $1.0M, Saturday $1.3M, Weekend $3.5M, Cume $51.7M

In Expendables 2, Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) -- with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard -- are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them.

Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time — five tons of weapons-grade plutonium, far more than enough to change the balance of power in the world. But that's nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous adversary who savagely murdered their brother.

 

 

 



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