That would make The Social Network the highest grossing film to open since The Expendables on August 13th.
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"The Expendables 2" continued to find solid enough grosses, yet run behind its predecessor in its third weekend.
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This has been a remarkably tough winter for male-driven action vehicles, many of which star members of The Expendables.
And studio executives pointed out that "The Expendables 2" will meet little in the way of competition in coming weeks.
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The Expendables are back in a sequel that Steve Weintraub of COLLIDER calls "bigger, badder and better than the first one!"
Introducing a screening of "The Expendables 2" at Camp Pendleton, he strode onto the stage of the auditorium and grabbed the microphone.
Austin made a name for himself starring opposite Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dolph Lundgren in The Expendables.
ExpendaBelles is the brainchild (or bad idea, depending on your taste) of Millennium Films, which brought us the first two Expendables.
Expendables 2 has continued its grip on the North American box office chart, holding onto the number one spot for a second consecutive week.
"The Expendables 2, " distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
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In light of their writing, The Expendables just seems pointless.
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Is there a more testosterone-heavy film franchise than The Expendables?
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While Schwarzenegger co-starred in The Expendables 2 in August, action comedy The Last Stand was his first lead role since he exited the California governor's seat in January 2011.
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Retired from politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking a leaf out of his "Expendables" buddy Sylvester Stallone's book and setting out to prove that he can still kick butt at 65.
Mr. Schwarzenegger made two acting appearances during his governorship, both cameos, in "Around the World in 80 Days" and "The Expendables" (he shot a third, for "Bruno, " but it didn't appear in the movie).
As I wrote when the first Expendables movie came out, while action movies like The Expendables are mostly aimed at men, women go to see them too which is why they do so well at the box office.
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Of course, each of these movies was poorly reviewed, and that may be the main factor in their poor performances, but the weak results also suggest that fantasy-free shoot-em-ups starring older men (many of them Expendables stars) aren't connecting with viewers right now.
These days, when Mr. Schwarzenegger promotes a film, such as when he participated in a Comic-Con International panel with his "The Expendables 2" co-stars including Sylvester Stallone and Randy Couture, his handlers still prep him as they would have in office, quietly slipping him note cards to review backstage.
The biggest action-adventure superstars from around the world reunite in the next chapter of The Expendables franchise, The Expendables 2, exploding into homes on Blu-ray Disc (plus Digital Copy plus UV), DVD (plus Digital Copy plus UV), Digital Download, On Demand and Pay-Per-View November 20 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
The annual event, which also featured celebrities such as Josh Henderson ("Dallas"), Terry Crews ("The Expendables 2"), Jesse Williams ("The Cabin in the Woods") and singer Nick Jonas, helps drum up awareness for what gamers believe is the true start of the new NFL season -- the launch of EA Sports "Madden NFL 13" on August 28.
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