“The Expendables” is a popular series of action thrillers that began with the 2010 production directed by . So far, we have had two sequels, and although the results were not impressive, the creators decided to create another one. Thus, on September 22, 2023, the fourth and most likely the last part, directed by Scott Waugh, debuted on cinema screens.
“The Expendables 4”. The cast didn’t save the day. Is this the biggest failure of 2023?
Long before its premiere, it was almost certain that “The Expendables 4” was closer to a failure than a cinema hit. The production received a lot of negative reviews and even the star cast, including Sylvester Stallone, Megan Fox, 50 Cent and Dolph Lundgren, was not a factor in its favor.
I had a feeling it was going to be bad, but ‘Expend4bles’ still found a way to exceed my wildest expectations
This is a serious contender for the title of stupidest movie of the year
The bar was already so low, and yet the film managed to clear it
– critics wrote on the website. Therefore, it was expected that the box office results after the premiere weekend would not be too impressive, but even the most pessimistic forecasts and analyzes did not herald such a failure.
Sylvester Stallone will be disappointed. On its premiere weekend, “The Expendables 4” earned less than expected
A staggering budget of as much as $100 million was allocated for the production of the fourth part of “The Expendables”. Due to dismal reviews and the not-so-successful previous films in the series, analysts were quite cautious in their assumptions about box office performance. Forecasts assumed that the film would earn between $15 million and a maximum of $17 million in the United States on its opening weekend. However, it turned out that these were extremely optimistic hypotheses, as the final one was half as large.
“The Expendables 4” earned only $8.3 million from American theaters in three days. This is the worst result of all the installments so far; the previous part, which was considered by many to be the biggest failure of the series, generated $15.8 million in the US on its premiere weekend. However, it is not known how much the film earned on foreign markets, where it had previously enjoyed much greater popularity. Regardless of the results, everything indicates that this is the end of Sylvester Stallone’s series and probably also the nail in the coffin for the announced version with tough girl action movies.
Source: Gazeta
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