Michael B. Jordan’s Creed III crosses $100M domestically, 15th Black Director to do so
This weekend, “Creed III” is expected to cross the $100 million mark domestically at the box office. That would make Michael B. Jordan the 15th Black director to do so and the second Black director to achieve that milestone in their directorial debut. Jordan Peele was the first with his 2017 Get Out, which took in $176M in the US domestically.
According to Deadline, Creed III is heading to $100M+ by Sunday with $26.7M in weekend 2, -54%, after a second Friday of $7.5M. That’s the best second weekend for a Creed movie besting Creed II’s $16.6M and Creed‘s $14.9M. Creed III ended its first week at $74.1M at 4,007 theaters. Final domestic outlook for the Michael B. Jordan starring and directed threequel is $150M in U.S./Canada.
Here are the other Black directors whose films grossed $100M domestically and the amount of days it took.
Ryan Coogler’s 2018 Black Panther (2 Days, $700M total domestic cume)
Ryan Coogler’s 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, (2 Days, $453M)
F. Gary Gray’s 2017 The Fate of the Furious (4 Days, $225M)
Jordan Peele’s 2019 Us (8 days, $175M)
F. Gary Gray’s 2015 Straight Outta Compton (9 Days, $161M)
Tim Story’s 2005 Fantastic Four (10 days, $154M)
Tim Story’s 2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (12 days, $131M)
Keenan Ivory Wayans’s 2000 Scary Movie (14 days, $157M)
Jordan Peele’s 2017 Get Out (16 days, $176M)
John Singleton’s 2003 2 Fast 2 Furious (17 days, $127M)
Peter Ramsey’s 2018 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (17 days, $189.9M)
Jordan Peele's 2022 Nope (20 days, $100.3 and still going)
Tim Story’s 2014 Ride Along (23 days, $134M)
Steven Caple Jr’s 2018 Creed II (23 days, $115.7M)
Clark Johnson’s 2003 S.W.A.T (24 days, ($116M)
Malcolm D. Lee’s 2017 Girl Trip (28 days, $140M)
Ryan Coogler’s 2015 Creed (38 Days, $109M)
Antoine Fuqua’s 2018 The Equalizer 2 (45 days, $102M)
Lee Daniels with 2013 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (46 days, $116M)
Antoine Fuqua’s 2014 The Equalizer (66 days, $101M)
Peter Ramsey’s 2012 Rise of the Guardians (67 days, $103M)
F. Gary Gray’s 2003 The Italian Job (95 days, $106.1M)
Ava DuVernay’s 2018 A Wrinkle In Time (102 days, $100.4M)
Sidney Poitier’s 1980 Stir Crazy took in a domestic total $101.3M but there are no records that show how many days it took to reach that mark.