"The Expendables" Take No. 1 Spot At Box Office With $17 Million

Sylvester Stallone’s latest movie, "The Expendables", debuted on top of the box office for the second weekend in a row. "The Expendables" earned an estimated $16.5 million this weekend; bringing the cumulative total to about $65 million.

"The Expendables" is about a group of highly skilled mercenaries, tasked with a mission to assassinate a Latin American dictator.

"Vampires Suck" the cheapy Twilight spoof came in second this weekend, earning an estimated $12.2 million in its opening week from 3,233 theaters.

US Box Office - The Weekend Starting 16 April 2010

1. Kick-Ass (2010) - Gross $19.8M
2. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Gross $158M
3. Date Night (2010) - Gross $48.7M
4. Death at a Funeral (2010) - Gross $16.2M
5. Clash of the Titans (2010) - Gross $133M
6. The Last Song (2010) - Gross $50.2M
7. Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) - Gross $54.8M
8. Alice in Wonderland (2010) - Gross $324M
9. Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) - Gross $42.4M
10. The Bounty Hunter (2010) - Gross $60.3M

Kick-Ass is a superhero movie based on a Marvel comic book, and was released on April 16, 2010 in the United States.

It's the story of a teenager Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass (Aaron Johnson) who decides he's going to take up being a real life superhero. His actions are publicized on the internet and inspire others. Kick-Ass attracts the attention of the fearless and highly-trained crime-fighting duo of Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and his daughter, Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) who are on a mission to take down the criminal empire of local Mafioso, Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong).

The movie was directed by Matthew Vaughn, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jane Goldman. The comic was written by Mark Millar and illustrated by John Romita, Jr.