 Sylvester Stallone signed onto the film based on rumors that Arnold Schwarzenegger was interested in the lead.In October 2017, Schwarzenegger confirmed the rumor that, knowing the script was "really bad", he had publicly faked interest in starring for producers to lure Stallone.The film brought in $28.4 million in the US and over $42.2 million internationally for a total of $70.6 million worldwide.