The Expendables 2

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The Expendables 2
Directed bySimon West
Screenplay byRichard Wenk
Sylvester Stallone
Story byKen Kaufman
David Agosto
Richard Wenk
Based onCharacters
by David Callaham
Produced by
  • Avi Lerner
  • Danny Lerner
  • Kevin King Templeton
  • Les Weldon
Starring
CinematographyShelly Johnson
Edited byTodd E. Miller
Music byBrian Tyler
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • August 17, 2012 (2012-08-17)
Running time
103 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$100 million[2]
Box office$285.7 million[3]
Actors of The Expendables 2

The Expendables 2 is an American action movie. It is the sequel to Sylvester Stallone's 2010 movie, The Expendables. The movie was released in August 17th, 2012. It got many good reviews and did well at the box office. The movie earned $84.2 million in the United States and Canada and $285.7 million worldwide.[3]

Release Dates[change | change source]

Country Premiere
 Portugal 15 August 2012
 Argentina 16 August 2012
 United Kingdom 16 August 2012
 Greece 16 August 2012
 Croatia 16 August 2012
 Indonesia 16 August 2012
Republic of Ireland Ireland 16 August 2012
 Israel 16 August 2012
 Kazakhstan 16 August 2012
 Netherlands 16 August 2012
 Philippines 16 August 2012
 Russia 16 August 2012
 Singapore 16 August 2012
 Slovenia 16 August 2012
 Thailand 16 August 2012
 Ukraine 16 August 2012
 Armenia 17 August 2012
 Canada 17 August 2012
 Estonia 17 August 2012
 Finland 17 August 2012
 Italy 17 August 2012
 North Macedonia 17 August 2012
Mexico Mexico 17 August 2012
 Norway 17 August 2012
 Turkey 17 August 2012
 Taiwan 17 August 2012
 United States 17 August 2012
 Kuwait 18 August 2012
 Pakistan 20 August 2012
 Belgium 22 August 2012
 France 22 August 2012
 Iceland 22 August 2012
 Sweden 22 August 2012
 Peru 23 August 2012
 Bulgaria 24 August 2012
 Spain 24 August 2012
 India 24 August 2012
 Lithuania 24 August 2012
 Poland 24 August 2012
 Austria 30 August 2012
 Australia 30 August 2012
 Germany 30 August 2012
 Denmark 30 August 2012
 Georgia 30 August 2012
 Hungary 30 August 2012
 New Zealand 30 August 2012
 Brazil 31 August 2012
 Romania 31 August 2012
 South Korea September 2012
 China 4 September 2012
 Czech Republic 6 September 2012
 Vietnam 7 September 2012
 Hong Kong 8 September 2012
 El Salvador 21 September 2012
 Colombia 28 September 2012
 Uruguay 5 October 2012
 Chile 11 October 2012
 Japan 20 October 2012
 Bangladesh 7 December 2012

Cast[change | change source]

Sequel[change | change source]

In March 2012, it was announced that The Expendables 3 might start filming in late 2012, with Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li and the rest of the cast returning for the third movie. The Expendables 3, was scheduled to begin filming in August 2013. The film sees the return of several cast members and the addition of new ones including Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, and Mel Gibson. The Expendables 3 was released theatrically in the United States on August 15th, 2014.

References[change | change source]

  1. "The Expendables 2". bbfc.co.uk. British Board of Film Classification. August 1, 2012. Archived from the original on August 8, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  2. Alzayat, Dima (September 6, 2011). "On Location: Bulgarian studio gets new image under Avi Lerner". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "The Expendables 2". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. August 18, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

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