Creed III sets record for biggest-ever box office opening for a sports movie

Creed III punched its way into record books this weekend at the box office.

With an estimated $58.6 million box office tally, the Michael B. Jordan-directed sequel notched the biggest-ever opening weekend for a sports movie in film history.

It’s a massive win for the box office and for Creed III, which earned stellar reviews and also gave the Rocky/Creed franchise its best-ever weekend at the multiplex.

Even without longtime franchise star Sylvester Stallone appearing in this latest installment, Creed III is setting itself up to be one of the real financial successes of 2023 so far. It’s clearly going the distance in theaters right now.

BOX OFFICE: #CreedIII grabs #1 w/ $58.6M this weekend. That is..
– The biggest opening of all the #Creed & #Rocky movies
– The biggest opening ever for a sports movie
– The biggest opening ever for a Black director in their directorial debut
– The biggest opening ever for Amazon pic.twitter.com/cKzICLc7NT

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) March 5, 2023

What’s also fascinating is that Creed III co-star Jonathan Majors is making bank with his Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania leading the box office the past two weeks ahead of the latest Creed film.

Majors is having quite a moment.

MORE: #CreedIII & #AntMan star Jonathan Majors achieves the rare feat of having two consecutive #1 movies in back-to-back weekends. No one else is mentioning this in their reporting, but I think it’s quite significant & a sign that Majors is going to conquer Hollywood pic.twitter.com/2ZGAYvzTc9

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) March 5, 2023

For those who haven’t hopped into the ring with Creed III yet, our Caroline Darney says the film is “a worthy entry into the series.”

Creed III is playing nationwide in theaters now.