According to BO.com EX2's total budget was 140M. As of today it has only grossed ~45M WW, with this pace it might not even break even and EX3 will not happen...unless they go with a very low budget movie which makes it more difficult to get guys like Eastwood or Chan. The Action genre is dead in America!

We can only hope it does well overseas which seems to be the case from early estimates out of Russia & Italy, but did worse than the first one in the UK!! It will only open between tomorrow and next week in countries like France, Spain & Germany where Stallone, Arnold & JCVD are still huge stars. Nevertheless the action genre is dead forever in America, already according to early projections by BO.com, BTTH will only gross 32M!!!

lets stop making excuses for it. it was enjoyable i loved it but it didnt add many new faces this time around, hopefully its an international success and get part3 made. unless they dont give a shit and do it anyways for the fans

I only want EX 3 if Seagal are in it.

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LOVED the IGN choices, although I'd rather have Jackie Chan over most of their picks any day.

I honestly don't think we have to worry about EX2 losing money. While it may not make back all it's money in it's theatrical run, most films make a bulk of their profit in the home video market.

Also, Patrick is right, this movie will clean house overseas. Van Damme, Li, Lundgren, Stallone, Schwarzenegger and even Yu are all good international draws.

I prefer EX1 because the scene with Mickey Rourke simply great, extraordinary scene in the tunnel.
EX2 what I liked is the fight scene with Jet Li in the beginning, this scene is A W E S O M E !!!. the fight JCVD against Sly is too short, and there is no intensity in this fight.
Jean Claude Van Damme is a very good villain !

I never thought I would say this, but Ken is right on all 3 counts. Rourke and Stallone's scene was so moving it mad eth entire movie make sense. It had heart which EX2 did not.

Also, the tunnel fight was so explosive and intense, people were literally man screaming in the theater. Nothing like that in EX2.

Also, the Jet Li fight in the beginnign was the only thing that felt like EX1. It was fantastic.

I liked EX2, but I would only give it 7/10 as an action movie. EX2 director's cut gets a 9/10 from me. It had way more brutality and heart.

Im going to see the movie tonight :) :D

Worldwide the film will easily make over it's budget - it'll make roughly the same as EX1 did. People shouldn't worry about the "domestic" takings in America, the world goes beyond America and like has been said there are countries where the film isn't out yet. It'll do well and also on home releases.

Just saw the weekend box office for here in UK, EX2 made £1,985,082 and opened up at #4. Not amazing but there we go.

more doom and gloom from your crappy website!

EX 2 rocked THE END

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The Mickey Rourke scene dragged down the entire 1st movie. every scene he was in was a gay/snoozefest.

I really hate on how movies like the raid redemption, safe, and the expendables 2, don't make as much money as movies like the avengers and the dark knight rises. I understand that those movies are more popular because they have a larger fan base, but still why not give some other types of movies a chance that don't come around often anymore?

Then your a beta faggot.

Lionsgate's The Expendables 2 took in $3.23 million on Tuesday to lead the daily box office for a fifth straight day. The ensemble action sequel was up a very solid 16 percent over Monday. In comparison, 2010's The Expendables fell 2 percent on its first Tuesday to gross $3.87 million. The Expendables 2 has grossed $34.61 million in five days, which is below expectations and places the film 19 percent behind the $42.63 million five-day start of The Expendables. With this weekend's new wide releases not expected to make much of an impact at the box office, The Expendables 2 is highly likely to remain in first place over the weekend.

Let's be honest if you want all the biggest action stars of the 70's, 80's, 90's, and today in Expendables 3 you need Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Jason Statham, and Jet Li to come back (and I know Stallone will have to really talk Norris into coming back because he already said he doesn't want to). Then you gotta add Nicolas Cage, Kurt Russell, Mel Gibson, Steven Seagal, Jackie Chan, The Rock, and Vin Diesel and that is truly the A List of Hard Action stars of all time. I also think a cameo by Harrison Ford and Clint Eastwood (even though he is really a Western Star) would be cool. But let's face it if all the above were in an action movie together (ie Expendables 3) that would be EVERYONE. As for Simon West wanting Sean Connery for EX3...why? That doesn't even make sense to me at all let’s focus on the above in Expendables 3 and get every A-list action star in on it!