When the first installment of the Creed series made its theatrical debut in 2015, it pulled a $29.6M weekend box office. Later, the worldwide cume would exponentially grow to $173.6M, making many times over the $35M production budget.
Creed II came back with a vengeance and an even bigger budget at $50M, grossing $35.6M over its opening weekend. Again, the boxing drama would hold its own weight and collect a massive worldwide total of $214.2M, surpassing its predecessor.
Both Creed I and Creed II were released in the month of November and included Sylvester Stallone, the original protagonist of the Rocky films that inspired the Creed series. This time around, Creed III is rocking the boat by releasing in the Spring, without Stallone as an anchor, and with a whole new perspective to Adonis Johnson, the character played by Michael B. Jordan.
Opening on March 3, Creed III broke its own record with a $58.4M weekend box office. Jordan’s directorial debut amassed $22.1M in 4,007 theaters on Friday. Saturday barely saw a decline, adding $21.3M to its box office. Sunday drew in $14.98M to round out the impressive weekend number.
Creed III is well on its way to box office gold with a rolling gross of $101.5M, 42.5% comes from international releases in France, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, and more.
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The Ryan Coogler produced feature, written by Coogler, Coogler’s brother, Keenan Coogler, and Zach Baylin, introduces an unlikely antagonist in Damian Anderson, played by Jonathan Majors, as the world explores Adonis Creed’s childhood beginnings and adulthood insecurities.
The film also stars Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Wood Harris, Spence Moore II, and Mila Davis-Kent.
Creed III is in theaters now.
