Editing Rocky (section)

===Box office===
''Rocky'' grossed $5,488 on its opening day at Cinema&nbsp;II, a house record.<ref name=open /> When it was released nationally, it grossed $5&nbsp;million during its first wide weekend and consistently performed well for eight months<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Daily Variety]]|title=June Key City Dom. B.O. Wow With Estimated $66 mil|date=July 13, 1977|page=1|last=Murphy|first=A.D.}}</ref> and eventually reached $117&nbsp;million at the North American box office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rocky (1976)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rocky.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=December 1, 2015|archive-date=July 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726190544/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rocky.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Adjusted for inflation in 2018, the film earned over $500&nbsp;million in North America alone.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Austin|first1=Christina|title='Creed' Has a Long Way to Go to Beat 'Rocky' at the Box Office|url=http://fortune.com/2015/11/30/rocky-creed-box-office/|website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|publisher=[[Time, Inc.]]|access-date=December 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201193751/http://fortune.com/2015/11/30/rocky-creed-box-office/|archive-date=December 1, 2015|date=November 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Overseas, ''Rocky'' grossed $107&nbsp;million, for a worldwide box office total of $225&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hall|first1=Sheldon|last2=Neale|first2=Stephen|title=Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History|date=2010|publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]]|location=Detroit, Michigan|isbn=978-0-8143-3008-1|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ro0hASPfC68C&pg=PA214 214]|quote=''Rocky'' was the "sleeper of the decade". Produced by UA and costing just under $1 million, it went on to earn a box-office gross of $117,235,247 in the United States and $225 million worldwide.}}</ref> With its production budget of just under $1&nbsp;million, ''Rocky'' is notable for its worldwide [[Rate of return|percentage return]] of over 11,000 percent.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Crowley|first1=Julian|title=10 Most Profitable Low Budget Movies of All Time|url=http://www.businesspundit.com/10-most-profitable-low-budget-movies-of-all-time/|website=Business Pundit|publisher=Aven Enterprises|access-date=December 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201201648/http://www.businesspundit.com/10-most-profitable-low-budget-movies-of-all-time/|archive-date=December 1, 2015|date=April 4, 2011}}</ref> It was the [[1976 in film#Highest-grossing films (U.S.)|highest-grossing film released in 1976]] in the United States and Canada<ref>{{cite web|title=1976 Box Office|url=http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/index.cgi?start=1976&finish=1976&order=domestic|website=WorldwideBoxoffice.com|access-date=December 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202165819/http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/index.cgi?start=1976&finish=1976&order=domestic|archive-date=December 2, 2015}}</ref> and the second highest-grossing film of 1977, behind ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Big Rental Films of 1977|date=January 4, 1978|page=21}}</ref>