‘Expendables 4’ Sees $750K In Thursday Previews – Box Office
22.09.2023 - 15:47
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Millennium Media and Lionsgate’s Expendables 4 was the only new wide release on last night seeing $750K in previews that began at 6PM.
The Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham fourthquel is only expected to make between $15M-$17M. If the movie bests the opening weekend of 2014’s The Expendables 3 ($15.8M), then Lionsgate will be happy. The fourth movie is playing at 3,518 locations including 900 PLF screens comprised of XD, RPX, Dolby, 4DX and D-box . Lionsgate has UK in addition to U.S. on the Scott Waugh directed action movie.
That figure is under the preview take of Expendables 3 which did $875K off showtimes that began at 8PM. Ouch. Expendables 4 Thursday is a tad higher than that of Gerard Butler’s Plane from Lionsgate which did $625K and opened to $10.2M. At the same time, Expendables 4‘s previews are a far cry from Stallone’s 2019 pre-pandemic Rambo: Last Blood aka Rambo 5 which did $1.3M off 7PM showtimes, resulting in a $18.8M opening.
The latest installment is the worst reviewed on Rotten Tomatoes at 14% Rotten, not that this franchise was ever a critical darling. However, the Stallone-Statham series has generally done quite well with moviegoers, the first movie earning a B+ Cinemascore, with parts two and 3 each earning an A-. Interestingly enough with RT critics, the second movie back in 2012 had the best reviews at 67%, while the 2010 original title was 41% rotten and part 3 was 31% rotten.
After last weekend charted the second lowest to date in 2023 for the overall domestic box office at $62.8M, this weekend isn’t bound to be any better. Expect more or less the same, or worse. Trying to give the marketplace a spike are 300 Imax locations of A24’s rerelease of Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense
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