In my review of the fantastic ‘Creed III’, in addition to explaining the many benefits of Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut, I told you that the saga was still alive and kicking without the need for Rocky’s presence for it. Well, three days after its release, the box office has confirmed this after record results for the MGM title.
the king of the ring
The feature film starring Jordan himself and Jonathan Majors has closed its first weekend in theaters with a collection of 100.4 million dollars worldwide. Of these, 58.6 million have come from the United States, where it has crowned the weekly ranking, opening a considerable gap with ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’, which fell another 61% to 12.4 million.
He international market has also treated ‘Creed III’ especially well, which has conquered movie theaters France —7.7 million dollars—, United Kingdom —6.1 million—, Germany —4.3 million—, Italy —3.5 million— or Mexico -3 millions-. In Spainit is estimated that the feature film has pocketed about 2 million dollars between Friday the 3rd and Sunday the 5th.
These figures have turned ‘Creed III’ into the best sports movie opening of all time and in the best launch of the franchisesurpassing the first installment by 109% and the sequel directed by Steven Caple Jr. by 25%. There is no doubt that the distribution agreement between Warner Bros and MGM signed last summer has started on the best possible footing.