The film was an even bigger success, but 2014’s The Expendables 3 performed well below expectations.
The original Expendables started life as a gritty action movie about veteran mercenaries, but when writer/director Sylvester Stallone started adding action icons like Jet Li and Dolph Lundgren to the cast, the project morphed into an homage to classic ’80s action movies.
The Expendables franchise has appealed to fans of old-fashioned, R-rated movies that went out of style when comic book movies started to become popular.
Outside of Stallone and Couture, no one is confirmed to be returning for The Expendables 4.