Box Office Battle: ‘’Creed III’ wins weekend with historic $58.7M debut

"Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantomania" placed number 2 with $12.5M

"Box Office Battle" is The Fly’s weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend’s box office.

Michael B. Jordan’s “Creed III” won this weekend’s domestic box office with a better-than-expected $58.7M from 4,007 locations, making it the biggest sports film opening in history. Overseas, the Amazon’s (AMZN) MGM movie opened to a franchise-best of $41.8M from 75 markets for a global cume $100.4M. “Creed III” received an A- CinemaScore.

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Disney’s (DIS) “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantomania” fell to number 2 with an estimated $12.5M from 3,825 theaters. Behind it was Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal’s “Cocaine Bear” with another $11M in its second outing. “Demon Slayers: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village” placed number 4 with a $10.1M debut. Rounding out the top five, Lionsgate’s (LGF.A) “Jesus Revolution” grossed an estimated $8.7M. 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “Creed III” – $58.7M
2. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantomania” – $12.5M
3. “Cocaine Bear” – $11M
4. “Demon Slayers: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village” – $10.1M
5. “Jesus Revolution” – $8.7M

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