The plot in iii is more predictable than i or ii, with the overall pacing a little off too. An emotional and motivational movie a true restart to the rocky film series and a magnificent way to establish the new basic character. Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, rocky balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight. The film, which features stallone as underdog boxer rocky balboa, is the sequel to the 1990 film rocky v, and the sixth installment in the rocky series that began with the academy awardwinning rocky thirty years earlier in 1976. It was published in 2006 by dk publishing with the cooperation of sylvester stallone and metrogoldwynmayer. Rocky balboa is an american feature film of the sports drama genre. Sylvester stallone feels robbed of an ownership stake in rocky. For the seventh and eighth, spinoffsequels creed 2015, and creed ii 2018, the serie. Rocky is a boxing saga of popular films all written by and starring sylvester stallone, who plays the character rocky balboa. Rocky iii is the first installment in the series to be distributed by mgmua rather than united artists alone, after united artists amalgamation into mgm in 1981. Rocky balboa sylvester stallone has retired from boxing on medical grounds and is getting used to his newfound fame.
The first film, rocky 1976, and its five sequels centered on the boxing career of the eponymous fictional character, rocky balboa sylvester stallone. Rocky and the films of sylvester stallone edward gross on. This led to a 16year gap before stallone returned to the role. Nov 21, 2018 whoever comes the closest to predicting the film s opening 3day weekend box office friday to sunday, regardless if they go over or not, will win a copy of rocky. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the films opening 3day weekend box office friday to sunday, regardless if they go over or not, will win a copy of rocky. In july 2019, stallone said that another sequel to the rocky franchise is in development and there have been ongoing discussions about a prequel television series based on the early years of rocky balboa. It is the third installment in the rocky film series and follows the events of the 1979 movie rocky ii. Stallone not only starred in but also wrote the ultimate underdog story. Plus, the franchise worked out quite well for the ryan cooglerdirected creed. On december 21, 2018, it was announced the film would receive a january 4, 2019 release in china, the first rocky film to ever receive a theatrical release in the country. For the seventh and eighth, spinoffsequels creed 2015, and creed ii 2018, the.
Film, release date, box office gross, box office ranking, budget, refs. Except for rocky 5 which really just should not have been made. Franchises and film series not adjusted for inflation edit this is a list of highestgrossing franchises and film series in the u. This year, the peanuts movie and the good dinosaur are both aiming for that box office milestone.
Honoring the thirtieth anniversary of the original rocky film, as well as the winter 2006 release of rocky balboa, a definitive reference to all six films in the blockbuster series features more than one thousand stills and digitally remastered pictures, as well as plot information, cast and character profiles, accounts of rockys most. Rocky balboa carries over all of the supplements from the previous dvd release beginning with an audio commentary from writerdirectorstar sylvester stallone. Nov 30, 2018 stallone not only starred in but also wrote the ultimate underdog story. Rocky iii is the first installment in the series to be distributed by mgmua rather than united artists alone, after. It was the highestgrossing film released in 1976 in the united states and canada and the second highestgrossing film of 1977. The rocky horror picture show has been running continuously in theaters longer than any other movie in history 40 years and is among the topgrossing musicals ever released in. Mar 23, 2016 the rocky horror picture show has been running continuously in theaters longer than any other movie in history 40 years and is among the topgrossing musicals ever released in. A season of new episodes of the old cartoon series the adventures of rocky and bullwinkle has been produced by. A film series or movie series also referred to as a film franchise or movie franchise is a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe, or are marketed as a series. Rocky 3 film streaming in alta definizione cb01streaming ita. Looks at sylvester stallones movie career, from his early struggles to the huge success of the rocky series and rambo. Mar 05, 2014 this feature is not available right now.
Sylvester stallone, antonio tarver, milo ventimiglia, burt young. A unified theory of the rocky movies the new yorker. Creed ii was released in the united states on november 21, 2018. It is the fifth film in the rocky series, written by and starring sylvester stallone, and costarring talia shire, stallones reallife son sage, and reallife boxer tommy morrison, with morrison in the role of tommy gunn, a talented yet raw boxer. Jordan, stallone, tessa thompson, dolph lundgren, florian munteanu, wood harris, and phylicia rashad. Sylvester stallone reprises his role as world champion boxer rocky balboa in this fourth installment in the highlysuccessful rocky film series. He has admitted that he was pretty broke at the time that he did rocky and his salary for the classic 1976 film was only. This sleeper film was filmed in a record twentyeight days. Rocky is a boxing saga of popular films all written by and starring sylvester. Sylvester stallone was a relative newcomer to hollywood in the mid70s when he pitched his ragstoriches script about an uneducated debtcollectorturnedchampion boxer named rocky balboa to. North america, other territories, worldwide, all time. Rocky is a series of american boxing sports drama films. Honoring the thirtieth anniversary of the original rocky film, as well as the winter 2006 release of rocky balboa, a definitive reference to all six films in the blockbuster series features more than one thousand stills and digitally remastered pictures, as well as plot information, cast and character profiles, accounts of rocky s most famous fights, and more.
Sylvester stallone, talia shire, burt young, carl weathers. The first and second film of the series have both won academy award for best picture. Rocky iii is a very good entry in the series, though the quality does drop off just a little bit. If it were the rental gross then that would have made it not only the highestgrossing film of the year, but one of the highestgrossing films of the silent era, and if that is the case it would be unusual for both international motion picture almanac and variety to omit it from their lists. Honoring the thirtieth anniversary of the original rocky film, as well as the winter 2006 release of rocky balboa, a definitive reference to all six films in the blockbuster series features more than one thousand stills and digitally remastered pictures, as well as plot information, cast and character profiles, accounts of rockys most famous fights, and more. While most people have heard the story of rocky balboa the. How rocky horror became one of the top grossing movie. Rocky rocky 1976 rocky ii 1979 rocky iii 1982 rocky iv 1985 rocky v 1990. The franchise has its roots in the 1972 novel first blood by david morrell. This original rocky film was the most accessible, popular and identifiable of the lot of rocky films, and it packed movie houses.
Rocky iv is an american feature film of the sports drama genre. Its the only film series in the history of cinema thus far to achieve this. The cast remain in strong form, as does bill contis music. Rocky ii continued on from the first movie, and though it was no easy task, sylvester stallone did a terrific job returning to his now iconic role as well as taking on both roles as writer and director.
Worldwide box office takings of 1985s rocky iv, the highestgrossing film in the series. Rocky turns 40, still leads topgrossing list of boxing movies. Rocky balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward. Sylvester stallone on being deprived of ownership stake. We learn more about the series major characters like rocky, paulie, adrian and all of. The loss made by rocky v at the us box office, the only film in the franchise to lose money. This original rocky film was the most accessible, popular and identifiable of. Avildsen back behind the camera, but instead of taking the franchise back to its roots, avildsen kept going where stallone had taken the series. What is sylvester stallones net worth and how much did he.
Jul 23, 2019 after the release of rocky ii, stallone said he asked his attorney about negotiating an equity stake in the rocky series. Drago, a sixfootfour, 261pound fighter who has the backing of the soviet union. Heres how much stallone was paid for the rocky films, what his net worth. Not surprisingly, in the boxing genre, the rocky movies outearn any. Indeed, the trailers show us an ailing rocky in a hospital bed, so perhaps he will even pass away onscreen, per those initial drafts of rocky v. Dec 18, 2006 honoring the thirtieth anniversary of the original rocky film, as well as the winter 2006 release of rocky balboa, a definitive reference to all six films in the blockbuster series features more than one thousand stills and digitally remastered pictures, as well as plot information, cast and character profiles, accounts of rocky s most famous fights, and more. The coffee table book covers all six films in detail, with synopses, behindthescenes stories and full colour photos.
Rocky balboa is a 2006 american sports drama film written, directed by, and starring sylvester stallone. The ultimate guide is the official companion book to the rocky series. A smalltime boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight a heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his selfrespect. Rocky 1976, rocky ii 1979, rocky iii 1982, rocky iv 1985, rocky v 1990 and rocky balboa 2006. The lord of the kings series also has quite a achievement but the godfather is the only series. Sylvester stallone says he feels cheated out of rocky. Avildsen, written by and starring sylvester stallone. When she hesitates before kissing rocky for the first time, its a moment so poignant its like no other. Ranking all the movies in the rocky franchise by how much they. Sylvester stallone made rocky against all odds business. A sequel to creed 2015 and the eighth installment in the rocky film series, it stars michael b. Heavyweight collection on the ultimate guide to the presidents on dvd. T as james clubber lang, and of professional wrestler hulk hogan as the supporting character thunderlips.
He had earned gross points in the first two movies, but this. Creed ii is a 2018 american sports drama film directed by steven caple jr. The film, which claimed the best picture oscar at the 49th academy awards, became a. Sage played rocky balboa, jr, whose relationship with his famous father is explored. The godfather is the greatest gangster film and also greatest film series of all time. It premiered on november 14, 2018 at the lincoln center for the performing arts in new york city. And burt young as her brother defeated and resentful, loyal and bitter, caring about people enough to hurt them just to draw attention to his grief. Rank, title click to view, studio, adjusted gross, unadjusted gross, release. After the release of rocky ii, stallone said he asked his attorney about negotiating an equity stake in the rocky series. Further explanation of issues with calculating an adjusted gross can be found in the article for list of highestgrossing films. What is sylvester stallones net worth and how much did he make. Film, release date, box office gross, box office ranking, budget, ref s. In addition to films, the franchise also spawned an animated television series and a series of comic books, novels.
List of highestgrossing films in the united states and. The fifth film in the rocky series, written by and starring sylvester stallone, and costarring talia shire, stallones real life son sage, and real life boxer. The movie explores rocky s need to keep himself close to the boxing world. It tells the rags to riches american dream story of rocky balboa, an uneducated, kindhearted working class italianamerican boxer, working as a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of philadelphia. Its interesting to hear sly compare this film to the others in the series and to listen to him explain why he brought rocky out or. The film portrays an aging balboa in retirement, a widower. Rocky is a 1976 american sports drama film directed by john g.