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‘Expendables 2’ brawls to No. 1 with $28.8M; ‘Bourne’ falls to second with $17M

August 19 2012 05:54 AM

CP19833674 — This film image released by Lionsgate shows, from left, Yu Nan, Terry Crews, Sylvester Stallone, Randy Couture and Dolph Lundgren in a scene from "The Expendables 2." The veteran action stars of "The Expendables 2" say a stuntman\'s on-set death served as a reminder of the danger behind building big-screen thrills. Stallone, who also co-wrote the script, told reporters this week in London that there had been deaths during two of his previous films and "it\'s never easy." (AP Photo/Lionsgate-Millennium Films, Frank Masi)

Original Publication Date: August 19, 2012 5:54AM

Publication Updated: January 9, 2025 5:05AM

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Sylvester Stallone and his beefy buddies have muscled their way to the top of the weekend box office.

Stallone’s action hero roundup “The Expendables 2” debuted at No. 1 with $28.8 million. That’s down from the $34.8 million start for “The Expendables” two years ago.

The Lionsgate sequel elbowed out another action tale as Universal’s “The Bourne Legacy” fell to No. 2 in its second weekend with $17 million.

Three other new wide releases opened to modest business: Focus Features’ animated adventure “ParaNorman” was No. 3 with $14 million; Sony’s music remake “Sparkle,” featuring Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston, was No. 5 with $12 million; and Disney’s family fantasy “The Odd Life of Timothy Green” was No. 7 with $10.9 million.

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