Creed III took first place for the weekend delivering the best opening for any Rocky or Creed film even when inflation is factored in. Domestically, the film opened with $58.7 million and also grossed $41.8 million internationally. That delivered a weekend total of $100.5 million.
The first Creed debuted with $29.6 million and went on to gross $173.6 million worldwide. Creed II opened with $35.6 million and went on to gross $214.2 million.
Rocky in 1976 grossed $117.2 million worldwide, about $616.2 million in 2023 dollars. Rocky II in 1979 opened with $6.4 million in 1979, $25.4 million in 2023, and grossed $85.2 million worldwide, $351.1 million in 2023 dollars. Rocky III opened with $12.4 million in 1982, $38.4 million in 2023 dollars and grossed $125.1 million worldwide, $387.8 million in 2023 dollars. Rocky IV opened with just under $20 million in 1985, $55.6 million 2023, and grossed $300.4 million worldwide, $835.2 million 2023 dollars. Rocky V opened with $14.1 million in 1990, $32.3 million 2023 dollars and grossed just under $120 million worldwide which would be $274.7 million today. Rocky Balboa in 2006 opened with $12.2 million, $18.1 million today, and went on to gross $155.9 million, $231.4 million today.
With such a success, there’s no doubt we’ll be seeing more of the franchise.
With a new box office champ, that means Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was knocked to second with another 61% drop from the previous weekend. It grossed $12.5 million domestically to bring its domestic total to $186.8 million. The film is doing a bit better at the international box office where it grossed $36.4 million over the week to bring that to $232.8 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $419.6 million after two weeks.
Cocaine Bear came in third with an estimated $11 million to bring its domestic total to $41.3 million. Over the week, it grossed about $5.4 million internationally to bring that to $10.7 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $52 million.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village debuted in fourth place with $10.1 million. Internationally, the film has grossed just under $25 million for $35.1 million worldwide.
Jesus Revolution dropped to fifth with an estimated $8.7 million to bring its domestic total to $30.5 million. There’s no international returns.
In comic film news…
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond looks like it didn’t make any gains and the domestic total is steady at $1.6 million. Internationally, it looks like it gained a little and is now at jsut under $10 million. The worldwide total is a bit over $11.6 million.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever grossed $9,000 to bring its domestic total to $453.8 million. Internationally, the film added about $430,000 over the week to bring that to $404.7 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed over $858.6 million.
The week’s overall box office success…
Numbers have 31 films earning $114,975,157 from 32,254 theaters. That’s a gain from last weekend’s $93,806,846 from 34,736 theaters and 66 films. The average earning was $3,564.68 this past weekend, an improvement from the previous weekend’s $2,700.57.
Source: Graphic Policy
