The gloves were off on the box office on Friday.
On its opening night, “Creed III” fought its strategy to the highest, taking home $22 million, based on IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.
The “Rocky” spinoff, which The Post said keeps audiences “under its spell right until the top,” marks the ninth installment within the franchise.
The motion flick, which is the directorial debut of its leading man Michael B. Jordan, is the primary within the franchise that doesn’t star Sylvester Stallone.
It’s projected to take home $36 to $40 million during its opening weekend, based on Variety.
The animated action-adventure “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba — To the Swordsmith Village,” brought in over $4.1 million. It follows a boy who vows to grow to be a demon slayer after his family is murdered.
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” which was in second place last week, moved all the way down to third, with over $3.1 million in sales.
“Cocaine Bear,” which led the box office on its opening night last Friday, fell all the way down to fourth, earning just over $3.1 million.
Last weekend, the comedy, loosely based on a real story, earned $23.1 million domestically.
The Christian drama “Jesus Revolution,” starring Kelsey Grammer, got here in fifth with $2.2 million.
The film relies on the Jesus movement that took place in California in the course of the late Sixties.
