Rocky Balboa News

Weekend U.S Box Office of January 5-7, 2007

January 08, 2007 10:01:39

Well, it appears that history and ancient things still strive as interesting subject for most people as the Fox release "Night at the Museum" remains unmoved from the top slot of weekend box office ended Sunday, January 7, 2007.

Seating on the spot for a third-straight weekend, the family-friendly PG flick gloriously took in $23.7 million, again putting its rival "The Pursuit of Happyness" on number two for the inspiring rags-to-riches tale turned out to only pull $12.8 million in ticket sales. Nevertheless, the modest income delightfully is more than enough to bring the Sony production surpassing a $120 million mark in its fourth spin on the chart.

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Weekend Box Office of December 29, 2006-January 1, 2007

January 03, 2007 10:01:29

The New Year's holiday undeniably is the perfect period for family to spend time together and so has brought such great advantage to family-friendly flick "Night at the Museum."

Yes, the Fox release again rules in its second round on the box office during the four-day weekend ended Monday, January 1, 2007, pulling a superb number of $48.2 million ($ 36.8 million for Friday-Sunday earnings) to once more put its rival "The Pursuit of Happyness" on number two for the inspiring tale scores far below at $25.4 million ($19.4 million) in its third spin on the chart.

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Rocky Joins 2006 National Film Registry

December 28, 2006 08:12:19

In order to preserve films that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant from disappearing forever, the National Film Registry has chosen 25 more films to be preserved for all time. They are bringing the film preservation list to have total number of 450 films since it began in 1989.

Rocky, the Oscar winner for best picture of 1976, joined Mel Brooks' outrageous comedy Blazing Saddles (1974), John Carpenter's slasher classic Halloween (1978), the Coen brothers' black comedy Fargo (1996) and Steven Soderbergh's groundbreaking "sex, lies, and videotape" (1989) on this year's selection of treasures that are guaranteed to be preserved forever.

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US Box Office's 10 Best Bows

December 26, 2006 10:12:00

"Night at the Museum" rules the holiday weekend, becoming favorite among moviegoers. The action comedy family flick leads the US box office, ruling at the top spot with $30.8 million according to studio estimates Sunday Dec 24th.

Starring Ben Stiller as a guard at a museum where exhibits come alive at night, the flick exceeded expectations for 20th Century Fox, which had been counting on a bit more than $20 million. Following in at the 2nd spot is "The Pursuit of Happyness" with $15 million. Sylvester Stallone's "Rocky Balboa" debuts at No. 3 with $12.5 million over the weekend.

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Rocky Balboa Needs Extra Cast

December 02, 2005 10:12:56

Wanna be a star? This is the chance to make your dream comes true. Make sure you would not miss it. Use your time and join the cast of extras for the highly anticipated "Rocky Balboa."

BigCrowds/BeInAMovie.com is seeking extras to appear in the sixth installment of the successful Rocky franchise, which is directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone and being co-produced and co-financed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios and will be distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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Milo Ventimiglia, the Rocky Balboa Jr.

November 24, 2005 09:11:47

Milo Ventimiglia has inked the deal and so he's going to portray Rocky Balboa Jr., the adult son of Sylvester Stallone's character in the upcoming "Rocky Balboa," the sixth installment of the feature franchise about the mythic Philadelphia boxer.

In the film, lonely and retired boxer Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement, intending to fight a few low-profile local fights just to keep his hand in. But when he's approached to fight a match with reigning heavyweight champ Mason "The Line" Dixon, Rocky's modest little comeback becomes the center of a media firestorm.

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Rocky Balboa Challenger Revealed

October 19, 2005 03:10:33

Sylvester Stallone already confirmed he's going to reprise his role in the highly anticipated "Rocky VI." However, the legendary boxing champion Rocky Balboa won't fight alone. He will have to face a tough rival. Who is he? It's heavyweight champion Mason Dixon.

As Stallone is about to portray Balboa, the question is who's going to play the challenger's role? Just now, it's reported that light heavyweight king Antonio Tarver informed Boxingtalk.com that his representatives are in final negotiations for a deal that would result in his getting the role of Mason Dixon in the film. Rocky Balboa to face Antonio Tarver? We'll see then.

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Rocky Rocks the Screen

October 12, 2005 02:10:18

It's the sixth time already. But, Sylvester Stallone is still interested in the movie. He even will direct and reprise his role as Rocky Balbao in the highly anticipated "Rocky VI."

"Rocky VI" is scheduled to begin filming early December in Los Angeles. It will tell lonely and retired boxer Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement, intending to fight a few low-profile local fights just to keep his hand in. But when he's approached to fight a match with reigning heavyweight champ Mason "The Line" Dixon, Rocky's modest little comeback becomes the center of a media firestorm.

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