Franchise
Rocky
4 films•1976–1985•United Artists, MGM/UA
66%average critics77%average audience$113.8Mdomestic average
Films
4
1976–1985
Domestic
$455.3M
lifetime
Worldwide
$995.6M
lifetime
Avg opening
$9.7M
3-day
Avg legs
11.7x
opening → total
Return
225.0x
on $1.0M of budget
The Rocky series runs to 4 films from Rocky (1976) to Rocky IV (1985), together grossing $455.3M domestic and $995.6M worldwide. The biggest hit is Rocky IV (1985) at $300.4M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $20.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky IV | 1985 | $20.0M | $127.9M | — | $300.4M | — | 38% | — |
| Rocky III | 1982 | $12.4M | $125.0M | 10.1x | $270.0M | — | 66% | — |
| Rocky II | 1979 | $6.4M | $85.2M | 13.3x | $200.2M | — | 68% | — |
| Rocky | 1976 | — | $117.2M | — | $225.0M | — | 93% | — |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 3.0 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
225.0x
$225.0M worldwide on $1.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $117.2MInternational $107.8M
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →1 placing across 1 all-time chart. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Directors
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.