The Wolverine

2013 film directed by James Mangold
Movie film Q197491
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Summary

The Wolverine is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,679 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: James Mangold[3]
  • Screenwriter: Mark Bomback[4], Scott Frank[5]
  • Composer: Marco Beltrami[6]
  • Genre: action film[7], superhero film[8], science fiction film[9], fantasy film[10], ninja film[11]
  • Follows: X-Men Origins: Wolverine[12]
  • Followed by: Logan[13]
  • Cast member: Hugh Jackman[14], Tao Okamoto[15], Rila Fukushima[16], Hiroyuki Sanada[17], Will Yun Lee[18], Svetlana Khodchenkova[19], Famke Janssen[20], Haruhiko Yamanouchi[21], Ian McKellen[22], Patrick Stewart[23], Brian Tee[24]
  • Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner[25], Hugh Jackman[26]
  • Part of the series: X-Men[27], Wolverine[28]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[29], Marvel Entertainment[30], The Donners' Company[31], Seed Productions[32]
  • Director of photography: Ross Emery[33]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[34]
  • Commons category: The Wolverine[35]
  • Soundtrack release: The Wolverine[36]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[37]
  • Review score: 71%[38], 6.3/10[39], 61/100[40]
  • Color: color[41]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[42], United States[43]
  • Catalog code: 17370[44]
  • Publication date: July 26, 2013[45], July 25, 2013[46]
  • Characters: Wolverine[47]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[48], InterCom[49], Netflix[50], Disney+[51]
  • Narrative location: Tokyo[52], Nagasaki Prefecture[53], Japan[54], Yukon[55]
  • Official website: http://thewolverinemovie.com/us/[56]
  • Filming location: Australia[57], Japan[58], Sydney[59], Tomonoura[60]

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Subject and Themes

Main subjects include aviation[61], atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki[62], and ninja[63].

Why It Matters

The Wolverine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  36. [38] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  43. [45] ↑ . boxofficemojo.com. boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  47. [49] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  61. [63] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [64] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [65] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → Logan
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', '
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  2. 17d ago · ערן · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → X-Men Origins: Wolverine
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Follows: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/harvesttemplates/c24e7265e03e|details]])"
  3. 4w ago · Moebeus · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Soundtrack release → The Wolverine
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  4. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 1430132
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  5. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 80225
    P14710 → F01257
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  6. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 48195
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  7. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2013-07-26T00:00:00Z, +2013-07-25T00:00:00Z, +2013-07-26T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Mark Bomback, Scott Frank
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+138'}
    Bbfc rating → 12 certificate
    + 47 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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