Creed III opens strongly at the box office, surpasses the $100 million mark in its first weekend

Creed III, Michael B. The directorial debut of Jordan – who also leads the film’s cast as Adonis ‘Donnie’ Creed – opened to strong box office performances globally, crossing the $100 million mark (roughly Rs. 817 crores). Have done in its first weekend. The big-budget sports drama film is the third installment in the Creed film series, a continuation of the Rocky film series made popular by Sylvester Stallone himself. With this strong opening, Creed III has rocketed to the top of the box office ratings for the last weekend, collecting around $59 million (roughly Rs. 482 crores) in North America and the remaining $41 million (roughly Rs. 335 crores) or so from international markets.

According to a Variety report, Creed III’s box office opening is the best ever for the Creed franchise, outperforming other films such as Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania to $12.5 million (roughly Rs. 102 crores), and Cocaine Bear (Review) which dropped to $11 million (roughly Rs. 90 crores) in North America.

Interestingly, the report also states that the international box office collection does not include Japan, where the film is slated to release in May, making the box office performance figures even more impressive. The Creed franchise kicked off in 2015 with Creed – the continuation of the long-running Rocky series. Notably, Creed III is the first film in the expanded Rocky universe not to feature the iconic character of Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester Stallone in multiple films.

Michael B. Jordan directed Creed III in his directorial debut, in addition to continuing to play the titular role of Adonis ‘Donnie’ Creed, a successful boxer who must face his childhood friend Damian (Jonathan Majors) who is trying to establish his dominance in the sport. returns to challenge followed by a stint in prison. Jonathan Majors also plays Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantummania.

While Creed III is dominating the box office right now, March will see some notable theatrical releases including John Wick: Chapter 4 and the Adam Driver-starrer 65. In India, Creed III released on 3 March and is currently running in cinemas worldwide. Country.