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Georges St. Pierre With Chris Angel.
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The Expendables > The A-Team
Great weekend at the box office for Sly Stallone’s The Expendables (featuring Randy Couture). It ended up taking #1 at the box office, raking in over $35M.
That blows away the Rampage Jackson ensemble flick, The A-Team, which managed $25.6M in its opener.
Here’s a closer comparison of the two films:
The Expendables
The A-Team
Production Budget
$70M
$110M
Opening Weekend Gross
$35M
$26.6M
Total Opening […]
Great weekend at the box office for Sly Stallone’s The Expendables (featuring Randy Couture). It ended up taking #1 at the box office, raking in over $35M.
That blows away the Rampage Jackson ensemble flick, The A-Team, which managed $25.6M in its opener.
Here’s a closer comparison of the two films:
| The Expendables | The A-Team | |
| Production Budget | $70M | $110M |
| Opening Weekend Gross | $35M | $26.6M |
| Total Opening Screens | 3,270 | 3,535 |
| Per Screen Opening Avg. | $10,713 | $72,62 |
| Total Domestic Box Office | $35M* | $76.6M |
| Total Global Box Office | $35M** | $158.6M |
| Rotten Tomatoes Rating | 42% | 48% |
So by just about every measurable, Randy Couture and The Expendables wins. Their Rotten Tomatoes ratings are basically a tie, and from there, The Expendables crushes. It opened #1 at the box office (The A-Team debuted #2). It had a smaller production budget, opened on less screens, but earned around $9M more on opening weekend. Given that, “one” could assume it will end up with a higher total domestic gross. Foreign audiences usually eat up American machismo action flicks, so it should do well overseas too.
And while The Expendables is already talking sequel, it doesn’t look as of now like The A-Team will get a second life, so it could be a one-and-done movie making experience for Rampage.
Take a closer look at the numbers on Box Office Mojo.
* Only includes opening weekend.
** Has not opened internationally yet.
MMA Sanctioning Update Video.
Canadian fans and mixed martial arts fans in general must be ecstatic with the news that Ontario will allow MMA events. Canada is certainly one of the hotbeds of potential MMA fans, and the UFC shows that have made it North of the border have been some of the most successful in company history. […]
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Canadian fans and mixed martial arts fans in general must be ecstatic with the news that Ontario will allow MMA events. Canada is certainly one of the hotbeds of potential MMA fans, and the UFC shows that have made it North of the border have been some of the most successful in company history.
Chael Sonnen Doesn’t Want To Fight Vitor Belfort But He Would.
Great interview clip with Chael Sonnen conducted by Mike Straka. Chael has certainly alienated many MMA fans with his recent pre-fight shenanigans but he did provide us with a nail biter of a match against still UFC champion Anderson Silva. Sonnen says that he’s a fan of Vitor Belfort and that we wouldn’t […]
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Great interview clip with Chael Sonnen conducted by Mike Straka. Chael has certainly alienated many MMA fans with his recent pre-fight shenanigans but he did provide us with a nail biter of a match against still UFC champion Anderson Silva. Sonnen says that he’s a fan of Vitor Belfort and that we wouldn’t want to fight him, but could it just be hype?
The MMA News Humor: Rashad Vs. Shogun Rua Winner Picked By Al Pacino.
It’s short and sweet, and surprisingly it took me a few times to play it before I figured out what was funny about the video. Well done diegofan78, well done.
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It’s short and sweet, and surprisingly it took me a few times to play it before I figured out what was funny about the video. Well done diegofan78, well done.
Tim Sylvia Stops Paul Buentello; Jens Pulver Takes Another Loss
If you checked out the official “War on the Mainland” website as you possibly hummed and hawed about ordering last night’s PPV, you might have thought to yourself ‘ah–they probably just skimmed on the site a little bit to throw more dough on the PPV’. Well, if you took in last night’s broadcast, it didn’t […]
If you checked out the official “War on the Mainland” website as you possibly hummed and hawed about ordering last night’s PPV, you might have thought to yourself ‘ah–they probably just skimmed on the site a little bit to throw more dough on the PPV’. Well, if you took in last night’s broadcast, it didn’t take long to have that notion completely refuted did it? (Unless you don’t care for graphics and production values that are post 1993—then you were probably stoked)
Wondering if you had been transported back a decade plus aside, War on the Mainland did feature some pretty sweet bouts, including the Matt Horwich / Thales Leites fight which was great (Horwich won the middleweight title by 4th round submission) and Tony Lopez KOíng Jason Lambert with a knee to take the light-heavyweight belt.
In the main event tilt between Tim Sylvia and Paul Buentello (which only added to the night’s ‘nostalgic’ feel of course), the former UFC heavyweight champ added another belt to his trophy case, by dropping Buentello in the second round. Sylvia’s first title defence? None other than Mr. Pedro Rizzo…okay, granted, there’s a bit of a ‘classic’s theme going here but we’ll still check it out.
And apparently having BJ Penn loathe him all these years wasn’t the reason behind Jens Pulver’s ongoing woes. As we passed along Friday, Penn apologized to Pulver last week for all the naughty things he’s said about the former champ, but the veteran still couldn’t end his losing streak. After getting dropped by Diego Garijo, Pulver got caught with a follow up guillotine choke—dude’s lost 6 straight.