The Expendables 4 (stylized as Expend4bles) is finally in theaters. However, the fourth installment in the Sylvester Stallone-led franchise had a disappointing night of Thursday night preview screenings.

Deadline is reporting that Expendables 4 made $750,000 during Thursday night previews. The screenings began at 6pm yesterday. Overall, the film is projecting to gross somewhere between $15-17 million.

While not eye-opening, it should still be good enough to launch Expendables 4 into the top spot. There's not a lot of competition as it stands, as The Nun II will be in its third weekend and A Haunting in Venice will be in its second. Both grossed less than the low-end of Expendables 4's projection, so if it meets that, it will clear the rest.

Lionsgate is likely hoping that the fourth film can top the opening of Expendables 3 ($15,879,645). That was the franchise's worst opening by a wide margin — even with a PG-13 rating, which would open it up to more eyes. For comparison, the third film opened to $875,000 during its Thursday night preview screenings. However, those began at 8pm — two hours later than the fourth film.

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Nevertheless, the fourth film is aiming to open in 3,518 theaters this weekend. That includes 900 premium formats including XD, RPX, Dolby, 4DX, and Dbox.

Perhaps this is a case of a franchise being revived after too long. The film is being released nearly a decade after the previous installment. Franchise stallwarts Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren,  and Randy Couture return. Megan Fox, Andy Garcia, Iko Uwais, and 50 Cent are a few of the newcomers.

The Expendables 4 is in theaters now.