Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!
Directed by John G. Avildsen
🎬 The Stump Report: as a Plot Hole daily this film stumped 11% of 697 players — difficulty rated Medium, harder than 36% of every film we've run.
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💰 Earned $117.3M on a $1M budget — a 117× return.
🏆 Won 3 Oscars. 23 wins & 23 nominations total.
🤝 One of 3 films pairing John G. Avildsen with Burt Young.
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