When Sylvester Stallone?s Rocky Balboa opens in theatres, bettors will have more to cheer for than the winner of the fictitious fight. Many odds makers are wondering if people will pay to go see a man who should be in a wheel fight someone half his age. This film might be Cocoon on steroids or the next geriatric flop like Grumpy Old Men 2.
www.betED.com is offering bettors a number of prop bets on the upcoming film, the sixth installment in the franchise that launched with Rocky, the 1976 Best Picture winner.
Among the odds available at www.betED.com: Will Rocky Balboa be the number one movie its opening weekend, Yes (-1250); Breaks into the top 10 most-grossing sports films, Yes (-5000); Rocky Balboa brings in $15 million or more, Over 15 million (-5000), Under 15 million (+1250); There will be a Rocky Balboa II (Rocky VII), Yes (+850); Sylvester Stallone receives another Academy Award, Yes (+450).
Stallone, who wrote and stars in this latest installment, said the movie will take the Rocky story full circle.
"Rocky Balboa is about everybody who feels they want to participate in the race of life, rather than be a bystander," said Stallone. "You're never too old to climb a mountain, if that's your desire."
Revolution Studios founder Joe Roth added, "As a past champion, Rocky Balboa is once again a regular guy who has to find himself and deal with real life. This film brings Rocky's story full circle."
Rocky Balboa, like Rocky V before it (the last "last Rocky movie"), returns "The Italian Stallion" to his Philly roots and strips him of his fortune but not his fame. Rocky now runs a restaurant where patrons come in just to hear some old fight stories. Yearning for a shot at proving to himself that he still has it, Rocky manages to get relicensed as a fighter. This move catches the attention of the camp of heavyweight champ Mason Dixon. After a recent computer match-up had Rocky beating Dixon (shades of the Rocky Marciano-Muhammad Ali computer bout), the possibility of a real match-up proves too enticing for both parties to resist.
The bout isn't for the title. It's meant for publicity and charity, nothing more. (Dixon needs to boost his image and to get the pay-per-view and moneymaking crowd interested in him again after a series of all too easy fights.) But what was supposed to just be for show soon takes on a greater meaning for both men. If Rocky does indeed want to unload and get into a real fight with Dixon then the champ will have no qualms about shutting him down ... or so he hopes.
www.betED.com is offering bettors a number of prop bets on the upcoming film, the sixth installment in the franchise that launched with Rocky, the 1976 Best Picture winner.
Among the odds available at www.betED.com: Will Rocky Balboa be the number one movie its opening weekend, Yes (-1250); Breaks into the top 10 most-grossing sports films, Yes (-5000); Rocky Balboa brings in $15 million or more, Over 15 million (-5000), Under 15 million (+1250); There will be a Rocky Balboa II (Rocky VII), Yes (+850); Sylvester Stallone receives another Academy Award, Yes (+450).
Stallone, who wrote and stars in this latest installment, said the movie will take the Rocky story full circle.
"Rocky Balboa is about everybody who feels they want to participate in the race of life, rather than be a bystander," said Stallone. "You're never too old to climb a mountain, if that's your desire."
Revolution Studios founder Joe Roth added, "As a past champion, Rocky Balboa is once again a regular guy who has to find himself and deal with real life. This film brings Rocky's story full circle."
Rocky Balboa, like Rocky V before it (the last "last Rocky movie"), returns "The Italian Stallion" to his Philly roots and strips him of his fortune but not his fame. Rocky now runs a restaurant where patrons come in just to hear some old fight stories. Yearning for a shot at proving to himself that he still has it, Rocky manages to get relicensed as a fighter. This move catches the attention of the camp of heavyweight champ Mason Dixon. After a recent computer match-up had Rocky beating Dixon (shades of the Rocky Marciano-Muhammad Ali computer bout), the possibility of a real match-up proves too enticing for both parties to resist.
The bout isn't for the title. It's meant for publicity and charity, nothing more. (Dixon needs to boost his image and to get the pay-per-view and moneymaking crowd interested in him again after a series of all too easy fights.) But what was supposed to just be for show soon takes on a greater meaning for both men. If Rocky does indeed want to unload and get into a real fight with Dixon then the champ will have no qualms about shutting him down ... or so he hopes.
