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Rocky III

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

The greatest challenge.

Rocky III Box Office

Opening Weekend
$12.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$125.0M
Incl. 1983 re-release
Worldwide Total
$270.0M
$145.0M international
Domestic Legs10.1x
1982 Rank#2
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 28-30 1 $12.43M $12.43M 939 $13.2K 1
Jun 4-6 2 $10.03M -19.3% $30.86M 939 $10.7K 2
Jun 11-13 3 $8.22M -18.0% $43.75M 1,232 $6.7K 3
Jun 18-20 3 $6.31M -23.2% $55.00M 1,232 $5.1K 4
Jun 25-27 4 $5.09M -19.3% $64.19M 1,232 $4.1K 5
Jul 2-5 3 $5.40M +6.0% $72.80M 1,317 $4.1K 6
Jul 9-11 3 $4.46M -17.4% $79.33M 1,240 $3.6K 7
Jul 16-18 5 $3.59M -19.6% $85.99M 1,240 $2.9K 8
Jul 23-25 6 $2.80M -21.8% $91.31M 1,231 $2.3K 9
Jul 30-Aug 1 6 $2.41M -14.2% $96.44M 1,147 $2.1K 10
Aug 6-8 6 $2.41M +0.1% $100.48M 1,024 $2.4K 11
Aug 13-15 10 $1.71M -29.0% $103.69M 849 $2.0K 12
Aug 20-22 12 $1.79M +4.9% $105.96M 935 $1.9K 13
Aug 27-29 9 $1.55M -13.5% $108.85M 848 $1.8K 14
Sep 3-6 9 $1.72M +10.9% $111.02M 869 $2.0K 15
Sep 10-12 6 $1.28M -25.5% $112.44M 853 $1.5K 16
Sep 17-19 7 $973K -24.1% $113.93M 694 $1.4K 17
Sep 24-26 10 $757K -22.2% $115.01M 640 $1.2K 18
Oct 1-3 9 $611K -19.2% $115.87M 541 $1.1K 19
Oct 8-10 8 $686K +12.3% $116.81M 496 $1.4K 20
Oct 15-17 8 $476K -30.7% $117.43M 488 $975 21
Oct 22-24 11 $325K -31.6% $117.96M 343 $949 22
Oct 29-31 12 $245K -24.7% $118.34M 249 $985 23

Cast & Crew

Directed bySylvester Stallone
Written bySylvester Stallone
Produced byIrwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
CinematographyBill Butler
Music byBill Conti
StarringSylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Mr. T
StudioMGM/UA

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