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'Creed III' punches its way to top of N.America box office

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Michael B. Jordan both stars and directs in Creed III, the boxing drama that pits Adonis Creed against a childhood friend. Handout" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/03/05/20230305-creed-iii.jpg"/><figcaption>Michael B. Jordan both stars and directs in Creed III, the boxing drama that pits Adonis Creed against a childhood friend. Handout</figcaption></figure></div>LOS ANGELES, United States - MGM&#x27;s boxing drama &quot;Creed III&quot; scored an opening-round knockout this weekend, taking in an estimated $58.7 million to top North America&#x27;s box office in one of the biggest debuts ever for a sports film.That made first-time director Michael B. Jordan -- who again plays rock-hard boxer Adonis Creed -- the &quot;undefeated box office champion,&quot; said industry analyst Exhibitor Relations.&quot;This opening is sensational,&quot; said analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research. &quot;Weekends like this are good news for the industry.&quot; <figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xdna8zcz6Ks?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>In this ninth film in the &quot;Rocky&quot; franchise -- the first without Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky Balboa role he created -- Creed comes out of retirement for a dramatic showdown against an old friend played by Jonathan Majors.That makes this a pretty good weekend for Majors, the villain in Marvel and Disney&#x27;s &quot;Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,&quot; which placed second for the Friday-through-Sunday period at $12.5 million. Paul Rudd stars as the title ant; Evangeline Lilly is the Wasp.In third place was Universal&#x27;s &quot;Cocaine Bear&quot; at $11 million. The horror comedy is based loosely on the true story of a black bear that wreaks havoc in the Tennessee woods after consuming a cache of lost cocaine. Keri Russell plays one of the locals caught up in the crazy.&quot;Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -- To the Swordsmith Village,&quot; an anime sequel from Crunchyroll, placed fourth at $10.1 million. The previous &quot;Demon Slayer&quot; film in 2021 had a record debut for a non-English language feature, taking in $19.5 million, Variety reported. And in fifth was Lionsgate&#x27;s Christian drama &quot;Jesus Revolution,&quot; a story of a 1960s religious movement in California. It took in $8.7 million. Rounding out the top 10 were:&quot;Avatar: The Way of Water&quot; ($3.6 million)&quot;Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre&quot; ($3.2 million)&quot;Puss in Boots: The Last Wish&quot; ($2.7 million)&quot;Magic Mike&#x27;s Last Dance&quot; ($1.2 million)&quot;80 for Brady&quot; ($845,000)bbk/mlm© Agence France-Presse<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/20/23/michael-b-jordan-makes-directorial-debut-in-creed-iii">Michael B. Jordan stars, makes directorial debut in &#x27;Creed III&#x27;</a></li></ul>

MGM's boxing drama 'Creed III' scored an opening-round knockout this weekend, taking in an estimated $58.7 million to top North America's box office in one of the biggest debuts ever for a sports film.