With a production budget of $58 million (one of the lowest of any superhero film), its total box-office gross was $363 million (domestic), and $783.After Tom offers Casy a drink, the ex-preacher""s eyes glow as he moralizes about his beliefs:I asked myself, whatisthis here call(ed) Holy Spirit? Maybe that""s love.In the final unforgettable scene, the aged Miss Morrison dies, and her forever-youthful spiritual image rises from her body o meet and reunite with Paul""s spirit singing to her within the garden gate ("Sweetheart, Sweetheart, Sweetheart") "Will You Remember?" ("To life""s last faint ember, we will remember Springtime, love time, May").Plot SynopsisThe film""s opening title credits were portrayed in storybook format.Various chapters identified locations -Deer Lake, MaineA boat glided into the dock of a beautiful lake, bringing author-writer Richard "Dick" Harland (Cornel Wilde) home from a two-year prison sentence.Rocky Balboamarked Stallone""s first directorial effort sinceRocky IVover 20 years before.The next film in the series was the sequelCreed (2015), a spin-off.The film""s concluding fight was often compared to real-life boxing history, when aging George Foreman came out of a long retirement and won the heavyweight championship in 1994 at the age of 45.