ROCKY’s ROAD
A look back at the “Rocky” franchise by the numbers:
$1,117,156,068
Worldwide box office total for the first six
“Rocky” movies
$1.1 million
Budget for the first
“Rocky” movie
$35 million
Budget for “Creed”
72
Steps Rocky runs up at the Philadelphia
Museum of Art
5
Eggs Rocky drinks
in the morning
3
Oscars won for the original film — for Best Picture, Best Director and
Best Editing
188
Performances of “Rocky the Musical” on Broadway before
it closed in 2014
30
Total words in the famous “Rocky” theme “Gonna Fly Now” by Bill Conti
Jan. 11, 2002
The date Adrian died (according to
“Rocky Balboa”)
69
Sylvester Stallone’s age now — the same age Burgess Meredith (Mickey) was when “Rocky” was released
67 percent
Average “fresh” rating of all seven movies on
Rotten Tomatoes