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Rocky IV

1985 • PG • 1h 30m • Drama, Sport • MGM

He's facing the ultimate challenge. And fighting for his life.

🍅 38% 82% MC 40 LB 3.77 IMDb 6.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$20M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$127.9M
Incl. 2021 re-release
Worldwide Total
$300.4M
$172.5M international
1985 Rank#4
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Cast & Crew

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Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone Director Dolph Lundgren Dolph Lundgren Starring Carl Weathers Carl Weathers Starring Talia Shire Talia Shire Starring Burt Young Burt Young Starring
ScreenplaySylvester Stallone Produced byRobert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler CinematographyBill Butler Music byVince DiCola StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer SeriesRocky
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 29-Dec 1 1 $20.0M — 1,325 $15,088 $31.8M
2 Dec 6-8 1 $11.2M −44.0% 1,325 $8,445 $48.1M
3 Dec 13-15 1 $7.2M −35.6% 1,333 $5,408 $58.1M
4 Dec 20-22 1 $8.4M +17.1% 2,232 $3,784 $68.7M
5 Dec 27-29 1 $10.8M +27.4% 2,253 $4,774 $86.5M
6 Jan 3-5 1 $7.1M −33.5% 2,254 $3,171 $101.6M
7 Jan 10-12 2 $5.0M −29.9% 2,181 $2,298 $108.5M
8 Jan 17-19 5 $3.8M −24.0% 2,170 $1,756 $113.7M
9 Jan 24-26 6 $2.3M −39.6% 1,575 $1,462 $117.1M
10 Jan 31-Feb 2 11 $1.3M −41.7% 925 $1,451 $119.1M
11 Feb 7-9 11 $1.0M −24.4% 783 $1,295 $120.5M
12 Feb 14-16 13 $956.7K −5.7% 658 $1,454 $121.7M
13 Feb 21-23 14 $717.2K −25.0% 602 $1,191 $122.6M
14 Feb 28-Mar 2 16 $547.1K −23.7% 507 $1,079 $123.4M
15 Mar 7-9 17 $437.2K −20.1% 412 $1,061 $123.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.3M
$20.0M
$11.2M
$7.2M
$8.4M
$10.8M
$7.1M
$5.0M
$3.8M
$2.3M
$1.3M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.7%
−44.0%
W1→2
−35.6%
W2→3
+17.1%
W3→4
+27.4%
W4→5
−33.5%
W5→6
−29.9%
W6→7
−24.0%
W7→8
−39.6%
W8→9
−41.7%
W9→10
Steepest −44.0%Biggest gain +27.4%

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