“Creed-III-2023-movie-posters/”>Creed III” is stepping into the box office ring, and Michael B.
Jordan’s latest movie has weighed in with $5.45 million in Thursday previews.The third “Creed” film is looking to deliver a powerful blow to the weekend box office with an opening between $36 million to $40 million.
It should be the highest opening weekend for the boxing franchise, after the original “Creed” debuted with $29.6 million in 2015 and “Creed II” launched with $35.5 million in 2018.“Creed III” also landed the highest preview grosses of the series.
The first movie, which opened on the Wednesday ahead of Thanksgiving in 2015, pulled $1.4 million in Tuesday previews.
“Creed II” had a similar pre-Thanksgiving release in 2018 and made $3.7 million in Tuesday previews.The latest movie pits Jordan’s professional boxer Adonis Creed, the son of Carl Weathers’ famous “Rocky” brawler Apollo Creed, against his childhood friend Damien, who conveniently is also a muscle-bound fighter, played by Jonathan Majors.
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