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'The Expendables 3' tanks at the box office: 5 things that went wrong
Los Angeles Times ^
| August 18, 2014
| Oliver Gettell
Posted on 08/18/2014 1:22:20 PM PDT by EveningStar
"The Expendables 3" lived down to its title over the weekend as moviegoers shunned the third installment of the shoot-'em-up franchise featuring the action heroes of yesteryear. The movie grossed an estimated $16.2 million, falling short of Lionsgate's projected take of $20 million to $25 million and putting it in the No. 4 spot for the weekend.
"The Expendables 3" also trailed the series' previous two movies, which debuted with $34.8 million and $28.8 million, both good for the No. 1 spot. What happened this time around?
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: boxoffice; cinema; expendables; film; hollywood; movies; review; theexpendables; theexpendables3
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To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg
To: EveningStar
Can’t be any worse than Lucy...
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:24:50 PM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: EveningStar
Doesn’t help that the movie was available for download nearly a month ago.
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:26:42 PM PDT
by
Dacula
To: EveningStar
What were the top 5?
Guardians of the Galaxy?
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:26:55 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: EveningStar
Stallones movies are pure formula. The first one was fun, the second ok but not as good.
All these do is make you realize that all these actors are old and there don’t seem to be any good young ones able to make a decent movie.
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:29:24 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: GeronL
Guardians of the Galaxy was very good.
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:29:45 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: EveningStar
Tired idea with tired has-been stars?
To: GeronL
I saw parts of it at Comic-Con. Wasn’t impressed.
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:32:25 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Manchuria Called. They want their Candidate Back!)
To: Dacula
Watched it. My wife said “Why do all these old guys always look constipated?”
To: EveningStar
This is great! It means the movie will be at the $3 cinema very soon.
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:33:52 PM PDT
by
Dr. Thorne
("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
To: EveningStar
People are getting tired of has beens who peaked 20 years ago. And if they are expendable, why do none of them get killed?
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:34:42 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: rjsimmon
Or Let’s Be Cops.
I think Dear White People will be a smash as well /sarc
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:37:30 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(In America, we don't do pin pricks. But sometimes we elect them.)
To: Leroy S. Mort
Because they haven’t been taking their Geritol!
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:38:03 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: EveningStar
We own the other two. We also own all the terminator movies except the last one. Same reason.
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:39:18 PM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: EveningStar
You have to be Silly Drunk to watch any Expendables movies
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:39:22 PM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: Pearls Before Swine
The second one is the best. Both of the RED movies are outstanding. Hope they let that one die at its prime like they should have done with the expendables.
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:40:16 PM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: Resolute Conservative
The sequel should be “Let’e Be Looters”
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:45:21 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: rjsimmon
It was. I saw both. It was bad. Shoot’em up fun...but a bad effort.
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posted on
08/18/2014 1:48:21 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
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