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Released
2014 · FILM

The Expendables 3

A team of elite mercenaries reunites to stop a rogue arms dealer from delivering deadly bombs to a warlord, but they must confront their former leader—now a vengeful enemy—and a traitor from within their own ranks.

“New team. New attitude. New mission.”

Directed by
Patrick Hughes
Written by
Sylvester Stallone, Creighton Rothenberger
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
126 min
ActionAdventureThriller
Streaming on
  • Netflix

Synopsis

Barney, Christmas, and the rest of the team confront Conrad Stonebanks, the man who years earlier co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks later became a ruthless arms dealer, and Barney believed he had killed him. However, Stonebanks, who had previously escaped death, is now determined to destroy The Expendables. Barney, however, has different intentions. Deciding that old conflicts require new solutions, he initiates a new era for the team by recruiting younger, faster, and more tech-savvy operatives. The ensuing mission becomes a battle between traditional combat styles and modern expertise, marking the Expendables’ most personal conflict to date.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 58+ 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 Sean AlbertsonShot by Peter Menzies JrScored by Brian TylerDesigned by Daniel T Dorrance

Box Office

2014 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.3× 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

$214.7M

Budget$95.0M
Worldwide gross$214.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $39.3M — 18% of worldwide · International: $175.3M (82%)

Opening weekend: $15.9M — 40% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $20.9M — 53% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,221 theaters

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Other versions & cuts

  • The Expendables 3 - A Man’s Job - Extended Director’s Cutde

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Also known as

  • The Expendables 3de
  • The Expendables 3 - A Man's Jobde
  • Expendables 3fr
  • I mercenari 3it
  • I mercenari 3 - The Expendablesit

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