MGM’s Creed III is off to a powerful start at the international box office with the Michael B Jordan-directed movie grossing $6.9M through Thursday in 56 markets.
The threequel, the first major title released overseas by Warner Bros under a multi-year pact that was entered last August, has another 19 markets to add today and is expected to land a $30M+ punch through Sunday. (Note that in the Nordics, Svensk is releasing.) The top start for the latest Rocky spinoff is France at a clear No.
1 on Wednesday and Thursday. The Wednesday opening was 48% ahead of Creed II and 148% over Creed the first. The cume through yesterday is $2.8M. Italy entered the ring with $590K at No.
1, 30% above the original Creed and 20% behind the sequel which had a January holiday launch. In Germany ($525K), the Jonathan Majors-starrer was also No.
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