But Creed 2, which will reunite Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone, while bringing Dolph Lundgren’s Ivan Drago and HIS son (Florian Munteanu), is in an odd position, having to be both a second Creed and an eighth Rocky movie. Creed earned $173 million worldwide on a $35m budget. At a glance, Creed 2 looks more like a sequel to Rocky IV than a sequel to Creed, which (presuming that’s true) may be an issue if more folks are more excited about another Creed movie than another Rocky movie. I think, especially after this weekend, that a sequel to Creed is of more commercial value than a sequel to Rocky. After M. Night Shyamalan’s Split became a shockingly successful and leggy horror hit ($278m worldwide on a $9m budget), the film’s closing moment became a statement of purpose.

Source: Forbes February 20, 2018 18:05 UTC