Three decades later, Rocky Balboa and Ivan Drago are still full of surprises.
Its hard to find something more 80s thanRocky IV.
Paulies robot was created to help children with autism.
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It serves him beers, speaks with digitized elocution, and cheers when Rocky wins the Cold War.
Stallone reached out to Doornick to learn more about the robot, as his sonSeargeoh has autism.
Ivan Drago barely says anything.
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Like, almost nothing.
Two of Dragos lines are now classics.
First, after killing Apollo Creed: If he dies, he dies.
Second, before going 15 rounds with Rocky: I must break you.
Thus comprises nearly 20 percent of every word Dolph Lundgren utters in his starring, non-Bond debut.
Drago says 46 words in 91 minutes.
Thats barely one every two minutes.
The longest string of speech comes after the Apollo fight: I cannot be defeated.
I defeat all man.
Soon, I defeat real champion.
If he dies, he dies.
Hes not onscreen as much as Rocky or Paulie, but Dragotrulydidnt mince words.
Dolph Lundgren was WAY too physical.
And if his towering shadow wasnt imposing enough, the black-belt fighter was equipped to cause bodily harm.
Carl Weathers had been a professional football player, but he wasnt thrilled with Lundgren.
Thats nothing compared to Slys incident.
As he sparred with Lundgren,Stallone took a punchthat caused his heart to slam against his breastbone.
It swelled and caused his blood pressure to rocket.
Stallone was flown to a Los Angeles hospital and kept in the ICU for eight days.
Despite mixed reviews, it was the highest-grossing sports movie EVER for 24 years.
The chart looks much different when money is tallied.
The following list is for domestic box office gross, as all worldwide numbers were not available.
3 biggest sports movie of the last 40 years when adjusted for inflation.
The first two films on that list:RockyandRocky III.
Find out more about how the new film uses the iconicRockyscore below.
