Is Rocky III actually good?

Rocky III sits in the 67.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 67.1% of them.

How does Rocky III compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Rocky III lands in the 64.3% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Rocky III's score based on?

264 calibrated reviewers stand behind Rocky III's score.

1982

global pct

67.1

Film · 1982 · Films · 1980s

Rocky III

Name: Rocky III
Genre: Drama, Sport
Released: 1982

Scored from 264 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

67.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

64.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

88.5%

AI-adjusted percentile

264 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After defending his heavyweight title against a string of easy contenders, Rocky Balboa grows complacent and is brutally challenged by a hungry, ferocious newcomer named Clubber Lang. Reeling from defeat and personal loss, Rocky turns to a former rival for help rediscovering the fire and eye of the tiger he needs to reclaim his crown.

Released in 1982, Rocky III is a drama and sport film.

Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 7,410 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 264 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 271 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus.