After a successful impact at the box office opening at number one earning over $30 million dollars in the United States. It also opened at number one at the box office in China, The United Kingdom, and Canada, Stallone stated before the release the film that if the film does very well, he will do the sequel and later explained his plans for a sequel by saying "I have an idea ready to go" and "I'm going to try to do something that's quite radical". In an interview on August 15, 2010, he said that he does not have a new script yet, but "It's plotted out in my mind's eye." Stallone announced that after having dinner with Bruce Willis, he was courting the actor to take on a larger role in the sequel, possibly as a "super villain." In a recent Total Film article, Willis is quoted as saying that "Even Stone Cold Steve Austin who took two bullets in the last film, he's coming back, too. Hopefully, they'll start shooting it while we're young enough to survive" and "I talked to Sly and he's going for all the marbles this time, and he's going to get everybody in this time." Sources said that Stallone has been talking with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Charlie Sheen, Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, Carl Weathers, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Chuck Norris, Lorenzo Lamas, Jeff Speakman, and Oliver Gruner about the sequel, which he intends to be "a love letter to martial arts." Stallone reportedly wants Sheen to play a CIA agent chasing Willis's crime lord character, while Norris's role will be a cameo like Schwarzenegger's in the first film.