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1982 • PG • 1h 39m • Drama, Sport • MGM/UA

The greatest challenge.

🍅 66% 74% MC 57 LB 3.58 IMDb 6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$12.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$125.00M
Incl. 1983 re-release
Worldwide total
$270.00M
$145.00M international
Domestic legs10.1x
1982 rank#2
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Cast & crew

Full Stallone filmography
Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone Director Talia Shire Talia Shire Starring Burt Young Burt Young Starring Carl Weathers Carl Weathers Starring Burgess Meredith Burgess Meredith Starring
Written bySylvester Stallone Produced byIrwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff CinematographyBill Butler Music byBill Conti StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer SeriesRocky

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 28-30 1 $12.4M — 939 $13,239 $12.4M
2 Jun 4-6 2 $10.0M −19.3% 939 $10,680 $30.9M
3 Jun 11-13 3 $8.2M −18.0% 1,232 $6,674 $43.7M
4 Jun 18-20 3 $6.3M −23.2% 1,232 $5,125 $55.0M
5 Jun 25-27 4 $5.1M −19.3% 1,232 $4,134 $64.2M
6 Jul 2-5 3 $5.4M +6.0% 1,317 $4,101 $72.8M
7 Jul 9-11 3 $4.5M −17.4% 1,240 $3,596 $79.3M
8 Jul 16-18 5 $3.6M −19.6% 1,240 $2,893 $86.0M
9 Jul 23-25 6 $2.8M −21.8% 1,231 $2,278 $91.3M
10 Jul 30-Aug 1 6 $2.4M −14.2% 1,147 $2,098 $96.4M
11 Aug 6-8 6 $2.4M +0.1% 1,024 $2,353 $100.5M
12 Aug 13-15 10 $1.7M −29.0% 849 $2,015 $103.7M
13 Aug 20-22 12 $1.8M +4.9% 935 $1,919 $106.0M
14 Aug 27-29 9 $1.6M −13.5% 848 $1,829 $108.9M
15 Sep 3-6 9 $1.7M +10.9% 869 $1,980 $111.0M
16 Sep 10-12 6 $1.3M −25.5% 853 $1,502 $112.4M
17 Sep 17-19 7 $972.7K −24.1% 694 $1,402 $113.9M
18 Sep 24-26 10 $757.0K −22.2% 640 $1,183 $115.0M
19 Oct 1-3 9 $611.4K −19.2% 541 $1,130 $115.9M
20 Oct 8-10 8 $686.4K +12.3% 496 $1,384 $116.8M
21 Oct 15-17 8 $475.8K −30.7% 488 $975 $117.4M
22 Oct 22-24 11 $325.5K −31.6% 343 $949 $118.0M
23 Oct 29-31 12 $245.2K −24.7% 249 $985 $118.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.4M
$12.4M
$10.0M
$8.2M
$6.3M
$5.1M
$5.4M
$4.5M
$3.6M
$2.8M
$2.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.2%
−19.3%
W1→2
−18.0%
W2→3
−23.2%
W3→4
−19.3%
W4→5
+6.0%
W5→6
−17.4%
W6→7
−19.6%
W7→8
−21.8%
W8→9
−14.2%
W9→10
Steepest −23.2%Biggest gain +6.0%

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