Rocky IVwas the highest-grossing film of the entire franchise series (and the most financially successful sports film of all-time), while the most profitable film in the series was the original film in 1976.Sloper, Ben Chaplin as Morris Townsend, Jennifer Jason Leigh as Catherine, and Maggie Smith as Lavinia.Chronologically, the film was the first story in the Hannibal saga - a prequel toThe Silence of the Lambs (1991).This time, Eve reset the vector headings correctly while the naval military guards were distracted.The two nuclear rocket missiles were to be launched simultaneously, by the US Army and Navy.Luthor""s daring plan was to anonymously purchase thousands of acres of "worthless" western desert land at "incredible prices" - it was a "land-fraud deal" story being covered near Hoover Dam byDaily Planetreporter Lois Lane and photographer Jimmy Olsen on his first assignment.In Panama City, Panama, Ritter met secretly with secret field operative John Clark (Willem Dafoe), to describe the President""s vengeful operation.