With around $99.5 million in domestic earnings as of yesterday, today?s the day that MGM and Warner Bros.? Creed II passes the $100m mark at the domestic box office. That comes off a gangbusters $56m Wed-Sun debut (compared to Creed?s $42m Thanksgiving bow three years ago). So, yes, the sequel has been more frontloaded, but not by much. Creed 2 has earned 1.77x its Wed-Sun debut by its 23rd day while Creed had earned 1.96x its Wed-Sun launch ($82.8m) by the end of day 23. And, yeah, it is a sequel even more so than Creed which sold itself as a ?new? movie and a Rocky VII.
Nonetheless, it is Michael B. Jordan?s third $100 million+ grosser (alongside Creed and Black Panther) and Sylvester Stallone?s ninth (unadjusted) $100m earner, counting his cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($389m). Adjusting for inflation, it is his 19th $100m+ earner and poor Expendables 2 is stuck at an adjusted gross of $99.8m ($85m in 2012). Creed II is now the fifth-biggest-grossing boxing drama since 1976 (between Million Dollar Baby?s $100m gross in 2004 and the original Creed?s $109m cume in 2015), so if it gets past Creed it?ll be in fourth place behind Rocky ($117m in 1976), Rocky III ($125m in 1982) and Rocky IV ($127m in 1985).
Yes, credit is due to director Steven Caple Jr. who proved, uh, capable, in taking the reins from Ryan Coogler and crafting a solid and entertaining sequel from a frankly lazy/absurd premise. Yes, going the route of bringing back Dolph Lundgren?s Ivan Drago and pitting Adonis Creed against Victor Drago reeked of fanbait and/or a ten-second brainstorming session. But the filmmakers, including Stallone, viewed it not as a crutch but as an artistic challenge to overcome. By crafting a surprisingly good sequel (to a surprisingly great predecessor) from a mediocre premise, they earned another round of ?Hey, this is better than I expected!? huzzahs and got to have their cake (Rocky IV nostalgia) and eat it too (playing to folks who wanted a Creed story).
At a glance, we?re probably looking at a domestic finish of between $115 million and $120m, which would put it just below the third and fourth Rocky movies. Keep in mind, back in the mid-80s, the Rocky series was bigger than James Bond and Star Wars was just wrapping up. Yes, there were bigger hits (Ghostbusters, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Beverly Hills Cop), but the Rocky franchise, especially those first four movies, had a consistency similar to the Mission: Impossible movies. At the very least, Creed II is going to be a somewhat rare sequel (especially outside of the MCU) that out-grosses its predecessor in North America.
Once it tops Creed ($109 million), it?ll be the seventh-biggest sports drama, sans inflation, behind Remember the Titans ($116m in 2000), Rocky ($117m in 1976), Seabiscuit ($120m in 2003), Rocky III ($125m in 1982), Rocky IV ($127m in 1985) and The Blind Side ($256m in 2009). It?ll actually open in much of the world after the new year, so we?ll see if it can also best the $63m overseas total for Creed. Either way, with a likely $175m+ global cume on a $50m budget, plus surprisingly good reviews to boot, Creed III is inevitable unless Michael B. Jordan walks away. And yes, he and Tessa Thompson will probably deserve big raises.
That?s especially true as Creed II is MGM?s first solo-distributed domestic hit (not counting the many co-productions that were distributed by other studios) since they got back into the business this year. Yes, Warner Bros. is distributing overseas, but MGM is taking the reigns in North America. And with $100 million and counting, it?s doing a hell of a lot better than the likes of Death Wish ($34m) and Operation Finale ($17m). So, yeah, while they shouldn?t spend too much on the threequel compared to the first two films, I imagine Jordan and Thompson will be able to play hardball, especially if Thompson?s Men In Black International breaks big next summer.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/12/14/box-office-creed2-michael-b-jordan-sylvester-stallone-tessa-thompson/amp/
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Has Chadwick Bozeman done any solo movies since BP ? :plzstop:
Black panther was just a yr ago :uhh:
Quote from: Vonc2002 on December 14, 2018, 11:42:32 PM
Black panther was just a yr ago :uhh:
:uhh: what?s your point ?
Quote from: Vonc2002 on December 14, 2018, 11:42:32 PM
Black panther was just a yr ago :uhh:
Lol not even a year
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and yet... Here King is with a new movie :uhh:
Do u think movie deals, preparations, etc are all done in a damn yr? Clearly u know Creed was being prepped well before this yr :uhh:
Yea in 2016... and it wasn't officially FILMED until earlier this year.
what in the fuck does any of that have to do with Chad' not having another movie?? :uhh:
that SHIT he is filming "17 Bridges" is going to flop for points might as well take his time
Quote from: Baph Marvel. on December 15, 2018, 12:07:36 AM
Yea in 2016...
So they had almost 2 years to get their contracts together, train their bodies, get filming permits, etc? That's what i figured. Films aren't conceptualized and materialized in the same damn day. Just be happy Michael's barely acting ass is having a moment and applaud that. He ain't on Chadwick's level
Lolz King
Quote from: Baph Marvel. on December 15, 2018, 12:07:36 AM
Yea in 2016... and it wasn't officially FILMED until earlier this year.
what in the fuck does any of that have to do with Chad' not having another movie?? :uhh:
that SHIT he is filming "17 Bridges" is going to flop for points might as well take his time
What does Chad have to do with this?
1st king not just accepting any role.
:uhh:
And 2nd he filmed and had to finish up the other Avengers installment. The one MBJ is dead from. No telling what else he had to film.
Quote from: Tonkaman on December 15, 2018, 01:07:13 AM
Quote from: Baph Marvel. on December 15, 2018, 12:07:36 AM
Yea in 2016... and it wasn't officially FILMED until earlier this year.
what in the fuck does any of that have to do with Chad' not having another movie?? :uhh:
that SHIT he is filming "17 Bridges" is going to flop for points might as well take his time
1st king not just accepting any role.
.....Yea, Michael isnt just taking the LOADS of roles being thrown at him either.. As he just talked about it in a recent interview.
Chads next lead film will BOMB next year :uhh:
Baph is kinda getting dragged in here, huh? :blessed:
Quote from: Baph Marvel. on December 15, 2018, 12:07:36 AM
Yea in 2016... and it wasn't officially FILMED until earlier this year.
what in the fuck does any of that have to do with Chad' not having another movie?? :uhh:
that SHIT he is filming "17 Bridges" is going to flop for points might as well take his time
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We all can?t be best buds with Ryan Coogler but congrats
Quote from: Baph Marvel. on December 15, 2018, 01:15:38 AM
Quote from: Tonkaman on December 15, 2018, 01:07:13 AM
Quote from: Baph Marvel. on December 15, 2018, 12:07:36 AM
Yea in 2016... and it wasn't officially FILMED until earlier this year.
what in the fuck does any of that have to do with Chad' not having another movie?? :uhh:
that SHIT he is filming "17 Bridges" is going to flop for points might as well take his time
1st king not just accepting any role.
.....Yea, Michael isnt just taking the LOADS of roles being thrown at him either.. As he just talked about it in a recent interview.
Chads next lead film will BOMB next year :uhh:
And if it does, it would be his 1st. While Mike has already racked up quite a FEW. Can't win them all.
:blessed:
What had Chadwick got to do with this?
BP is an original success and isn't his next lead fill BP2?
Michael will be lucky this black Rocky remake mess will be remembered in 5 years time.
But congrats to that!
Michael is the biggest black male actor out at the moment lol
Acclaim/Financially at least
Sign of the times
But a fact nonetheless