Rocky Balboa
“It ain't over 'til it's over.”
When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging the Italian Stallion to a 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger and thirty years his junior. Rocky takes on Dixon in what will become the greatest fight in boxing history!
How Rocky Balboa compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Rocky, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #5 of 6
- Rank in the series by rating
- 16 years
- Wait since the previous film
- 13%
- Share of the series audience
Rocky Balboa (2006) ranks 5th of the 6 rated films in the Rocky series, at 6.9/10 on TMDB against a series average of 7.0/10.
It arrived 16 years after Rocky V (1990), the longest wait between any two films in the Rocky series.
Its 3,993 TMDB ratings are 13% of the 31,553 cast across the series.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Rocky, comparing all 6 released films in the series. Last recalculated November 2026.
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