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The Expendables 2 (2012) - Official Trailer #1

The Expendables 2(2012)
Released
2012 · FILM

The Expendables 2

When a legendary band of elite mercenaries is hired by a covert CIA operative to recover a mysterious cargo from a crashed plane in hostile Albania, they must outgun rival forces and survive deadly betrayals to secure the prize before their own team fractures from within.

“Back for War.”

Directed by
Simon West
Written by
Richard Wenk, Sylvester Stallone
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
103 min
ActionAdventureThriller

Synopsis

In *Mr. Church*, the Expendables are brought back together for what appears to be a straightforward and lucrative mission. However, the operation turns deadly when one of their own is killed in the line of duty. Driven by a desire for vengeance, the team ventures into hostile territory, where they face a formidable and unforeseen enemy.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 56+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Todd E MillerShot by Shelly JohnsonScored by Brian TylerDesigned by Paul Cross

Box Office

2012 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$315.0M

Budget$100.0M
Worldwide gross$315.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $85.0M — 27% of worldwide · International: $229.9M (73%)

Opening weekend: $28.6M — 34% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $38.8M — 46% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,316 theaters

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Also known as

  • The Expendables - Stahlharte Söldner 2de
  • The Expendables 2de
  • The Expendables IIen
  • Expendables : unité spéciale 2fr
  • Expendables 2fr
  • Expendables 2 : Unité spécialefr
  • I mercenari 2it
  • I mercenari 2 - The Expendablesit

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