Sylvester Stallone And Jason Statham They weren’t enough to save “Expend4bles” from a box office failure in its debut. The fourth part of the saga had the worst opening weekend in the action-packed series “The Nun 2” took first place for the third year in a rowComscore reported on Sunday.
The Lionsgate and Millennium film grossed a lackluster $8.3 million for the big-budget project, which stars several well-known names Stallone, Statham, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Megan Fox And Dolph Lundgren, among others. It’s been almost a decade since the franchise released its first film, which grossed $15.8 million and ultimately grossed $214 million worldwide.
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But times have certainly changed as the film barely came in second place behind it “The Nun 2,” a horror film that grossed $8.4 million in its third week. It was a solid start for the Warner Bros. project, a spin-off of the lucrative franchise “The incantation”. So far, the Michael Chaves-directed sequel has grossed more than $69 million.
In third place “A Haunting in Venice” grossed $6.3 million . Kenneth Branagh’s third Agatha Christie adaptation, following 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express and 2022’s Death on the Nile, has grossed more than $25.3 million after two weeks.
“The Equalizer 3”, with Denzel Washingtononly fell to fourth place with $4.7 million. It collected $81.1 million domestically in four weeks.
On the other hand, “Barbie,” the biggest film of 2023, still maintains some momentum from the summer to fall seasons. Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster made it into the top five, bringing in $3.2 million this week and a national total of more than $630 million after a 10-week period.
Sixth place went “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” with $3 millionwhile “It Lives Inside” opened with $2.6 million in its first week. The Sony film “Stupid money” a dramatization of the GameStop stock frenzy, remained in eighth place for the second week in a row $2.5 million.
“Blue Beetle” fell to ninth place with $1.8 millionAnd “Oppenheimer” rounded out the top 10 with $1.6 million. The film by Christopher Nolan has raised $321 million nationwide.
Overall, box office returns were once again weak, with many Hollywood projects still on hold due to ongoing strikes by the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the Writers Guild of America.
Estimated ticket sales Friday through Sunday in the U.S. and Canada according to Comscore
1. “The Nun II” – $8.4 million
2. “Expend4bles” – $8.3 million
3. “A Haunting in Venice” – $6.3 million
4. “The Equalizer 3” – $4.7 million
5. “Barbie” – $3.2 million
6. “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” – 3 million dollars
7. “It lives within” – $2.6 million
8. “Stupid Money” – $2.5 million
9. “Blue Beetle” – $1.8 million
10. “Oppenheimer” – $1.6 million