Box Office: ‘Expendables 3’ opens terribly; ‘Let’s Be Cops’ surprises
It’s not that uncommon for new August releases to have trouble against stronger returning movies and that was the case this weekend as three new movies opened in wide release and failed to make a mark against the top two returning movies. To some, it may have been surprising that the latest installment of Sylvester Stallone’s hit all-star action franchise The Expendables 3 (Lionsgate) not only didn’t come close to the opening of its predecessors, but it wasn’t even the top new movie of the weekend.