{"id":1182535,"date":"2023-03-06T09:10:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/michael-b-jordans-creed-iii-has-biggest-sports-film-domestic-opening-ever-with-historic-58-6m\/1182535\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T09:10:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:10:34","slug":"michael-b-jordans-creed-iii-has-biggest-sports-film-domestic-opening-ever-with-historic-58-6m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/michael-b-jordans-creed-iii-has-biggest-sports-film-domestic-opening-ever-with-historic-58-6m\/1182535\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael B. Jordan’s Creed III Has Biggest Sports Film Domestic Opening Ever with Historic $58.6M"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Creed III<\/em><\/a>had not only the biggest opening weekend of the three-movie series, but also made history as the biggest domestic opening for a sports film.<\/p>\n

Michael B. Jordan’s<\/a> directorial debut grossed<\/a> $58.6 million over the weekend, MGM shared, per The Hollywood Reporter,<\/em> after grossing $22 million on its premiere date alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The film \u2014 which sees the return of original cast members Jordan, who plays titular character Adonis Creed, Phylicia Rashad<\/a> (Mary Anne Creed), Tessa Thompson<\/a> (Adonis’ wife, Bianca) and Wood Harris (Adonis’ trainer) \u2014 is the first of the Rocky<\/em> franchise to not feature the boxer himself, Sylvester Stallone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“That’s a regretful situation because I know what it could have been,” Stallone told The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> in November<\/a>. “It was taken in a direction that is quite different than I would’ve taken it.”<\/p>\n

He further alluded to creative differences behind the scenes<\/a>, telling the outlet, “I’m much more of a sentimentalist. I like my heroes getting beat up, but I just don’t want them going into that dark space.”<\/p>\n

Creed III<\/em> sees Adonis, Rocky’s former mentee, forced to reconcile with his past as his childhood friend and boxing prodigy, Damian (Jonathan Majors<\/a>) is freed from prison and returns ready to get back in the ring.<\/p>\n

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RELATED<\/strong>Tessa Thompson Says She and Michael B. Jordan Went to Couples Therapy to Prep for Creed III <\/em>Roles<\/a><\/p>\n

For Jordan, 36, directing the third installment of the series was less daunting than he might have thought, as he reflected on stepping into the character’s shoes for close to a decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I finally got to this place in my career where I really wanted to tell a story, you know, and not just be in front of the camera, not just execute somebody else’s vision,” he said during a virtual Q&A in October<\/a>. “And having a character that I’ve played twice before, you know it’s been 7, 8 years living with this guy, so to be able to tell a story of where I believe Adonis is at.”<\/p>\n

Maturing also played a factor in his decision. He told reporters, “At 35 years old, I had a lot to say as a young man, as a young Black man, just my life experiences and how I could actually share that, share a piece of myself with the world through these characters and through this story.”<\/p>\n

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While there’s no confirmation on a fourth installment of Creed, <\/em>the expansion of the Rocky franchise seems imminent.<\/p>\n

In July 2022, reports came out<\/a> that a Drago<\/em> spinoff following the relationship between one of Rocky’s opponents, Ivan Drago, and his son, Viktor Drago, who appeared in Creed 2<\/em>, was in the works.<\/p>\n

While Dolph Lundgren<\/a>, who played Ivan Drago in Rocky IV<\/em>, confirmed to THR<\/em> in 2021 that there was “some talk” at MGM of a Drago<\/em> spinoff, he was quick to retract it once Stallone expressed his “heartbreak” at being left out of the discussion.<\/p>\n

In an Instagram post, Lundgren was quick to support his longtime friend, writing, “Just to set the record straight regarding a possible Drago<\/em> spinoff. There’s no approved script, no deals in place, no director and I was personally under the impression that my friend Sly Stallone was involved as a producer or even as an actor.”<\/p>\n

He went on to assure fans that all was well between him and Stallone: “There was a press leak last week which was unfortunate. In touch with Mr Balboa – just so all the fans can relax\u2026 There ya go.”<\/p>\n

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