{"id":505628,"date":"2026-02-26T15:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/505628\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:45:09","slug":"sylvester-stallones-star-studded-action-flop-is-a-streaming-hit-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/505628\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvester Stallone\u2019s Star-Studded Action Flop Is a Streaming Hit Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An action film starring Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone that had an underwhelming theatrical run has found a new audience on streaming. As a result of strong viewership, The Expendables 4 has secured a top spot in Netflix\u2018s top 10 movies list.<\/p>\n<p>The Expendables 4 is a hit on Netflix<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As of February 25, 2026, The Expendables 4, starring Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone, is the #2 movie on <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/streaming\/review\/netflix-review-142822267.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Netflix;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a>\u2019s top 10 movies list in the United States, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/flixpatrol.com\/top10\/netflix\/united-states\/2026-02-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FlixPatrol;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FlixPatrol<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The film is currently surpassed by only The Addams Family, which holds the #1 spot. However, it beats Joe\u2019s College Road Trip (#3), Fall (#4), The Addams Family 2 (#5), The Orphans (#6), Firebreak (#7), KPop Demon Hunters (#8), PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (#9), and The Secret Life of Pets (#10).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Until recently, the film was the #3 movie on the Netflix top 10 list in the United States, surpassed by Fall (#2) and Joe\u2019s College Road Trip (#1) (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/top10\/united-states\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Netflix Tudum;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Netflix Tudum<\/a>). Moreover, it was previously in the #8 position <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/top10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:globally;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">globally<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following its release in 2023, the sequel flopped at the box office, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/title\/tt3291150\/?ref_=bo_se_r_1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:grossing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">grossing<\/a> $51 million worldwide. The film became the lowest-grossing installment of the franchise. Here are the estimated global box office grosses of the previous three movies:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Expendables (2010) \u2013 $274.4 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Expendables 2 (2012) \u2013 $314.4 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Expendables 3 (2014) \u2013 $214.4 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Like the previous films, the fourth movie\u2019s story follows the titular team of mercenaries. On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/expend4bles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rotten Tomatoes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, it holds a critical score of 14%, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/movie\/expend4bles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Metacritic;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Metacritic<\/a>, it holds a Metascore of 30. However, it has a more robust audience score on Rotten Tomatoes of 69% and a \u201cmixed or average\u201d user score of 4.6 on Metacritic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Scott Waugh helmed the film from a script by Kurt Wimmer, Tad Daggerhart, and Max Adams. In addition to Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham, the film features 50 Cent, Megan Fox, Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, and Iko Uwais. Rounding out the cast are Andy Garcia, Randy Couture, Jacob Scipio, and Levy Tran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Originally reported by Abdul Azim Naushad on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/movies\/news\/2101340-the-expendables-4-streaming-hit-netflix-top-10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ComingSoon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ComingSoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/news\/1736385-the-expendables-4-streaming-hit-netflix-top-10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sylvester Stallone\u2019s Star-Studded Action Flop Is a Streaming Hit Now;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sylvester Stallone\u2019s Star-Studded Action Flop Is a Streaming Hit Now<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mandatory;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An action film starring Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone that had an underwhelming theatrical run has found a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,253930,134,110552,344,435,29305],"class_list":{"0":"post-505628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-college-road-trip","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-jason-statham","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-netflix","15":"tag-sylvester-stallone"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}