Fourth Installment of 'The Expendables' Franchise Underperforms at Weekend Box Office

The latest Expendables sequel, titled Expend4bles, had the lowest opening weekend of the series with just $8.3 million in ticket sales.
Competing sequel The Nun II edged it out for the number one spot, earning $8.4 million in its third week of release.
Expend4bles received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of just 16 percent.
Some factors for the poor performance include competition, negative word of mouth, and declining interest in the aging franchise.
The overall weekend box office totals were the lowest so far this year, intensifying concerns about the state of the movie theater industry.