The Wall Street Journal is reporting that May 2nd’s long-awaited PPV fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will have a price point of $99 HD and $89 SD. It will be the highest priced PPV ever.
The previous high for a sport PPV was “The One” which featured Mayweather fighting Canelo Alvarez. The event which drew a record $152 million in PPV also had the highest price point, $74.95 HD ($64.95 SD) for a PPV prior to next month’s event.
HBO and Showtime are handling the negotiations with pay-TV distributors and had sought an advantageous split on behalf of Mayweather and Pacquiao. With a normal split of 50/50 for PPVs, HBO and Showtime were looking for a 70/30 split of the PPV revenue. Of course, pay-TV distributors balked at the proposal.
The key distributors involved are iN Demand and DirecTV. The other distributors that the networks must reach agreements with are Dish Network and Vubiquity, the entity that handles negotiations for AT&T and others.
The WSJ report indicates that distributors will concede a split in the favor of the networks but not as much as the 70% proposal.
Estimates claim that the PPV could garner 3 million PPV buys which may almost double the previous PPV record.
Payout Perspective:
It’s unlikely that $100 will deter many wanting to see this fight. Although the price is steep for a fight that many believe should have happened years ago, it is still an attraction that is unique and features the best known boxers in the sport. It was no surprise that HBO and Showtime sought a bigger piece of the pie in these negotiations as both are trying to maximize the revenues as they have agreed to partner in this event.
Money money money….worth discussing
180M for Floyd and 120M for Pacman…
maybe the same for the re match 6 months later…
so Floyd could make 360M in 6 months..
Fucking greedy whores!!
No way on gods green earth this only does 3 million ppv buys (which would still be a strong number). I know people who would NEVER pay for a boxing ppv that are looking forward to this fight. It will do MINIMUM 3.5 million ppv’s but do not be surprised at all if it does 4 million. It is very capable. EVERYONE wants to see this fight. No one on the street gave a shit about Canelo. EVRYONE knows pac and Mayweather. EVERYONE
This fight will do insane numbers I say over 5 million, not that it deserves to get that many but anyone who is sports fan will end up buying it! These fuckers are going to squeeze every penny they can out of it and they will get it too. Wait till the UFC tries to pull off some low rent rendition of a so called super fight and charge $99 hahahah
Hahahaha!!! Sal is losing it in his wheel chair. Over 5m??? Bob Arum speaking there.
Enjoy you’re one fight! HAHAHAHA!
Yes we will enjoy maypac 1,2 and 3 bahahahahhah oh and this fight goes into all the record books hahahah
d- who the fuck is trolling man? you are. no one was talking to you and your calling people out. was sal calling you out. you’re the troll.
Wait till the showtime/hbo replay ouch!!!
its a mistake to go that high. it will discourage casuals from getting it which are exactly the people a super fight of this magnitude would typically attract.
The split is now rumored to be agreed at around 60% in favor of the networks, which is insane, it’s easier to get Dana White to not make an ass of himself than to get PPV distributors agreeing less than 50% share.
How the hell do these guys make money ?
If the fight sells for $99 and gets 3M buys, you’re looking at about $300M. In additional, the gate is expected to be at $70-$80M. Both numbers shatter all records..
Yahoo is reporting that Mayweather could make close to $180M on this fight and Pacman would take in about $120M. That eats up the entire PPV revenues.. How do the PPV distributors get paid ? What about the venue ? Production ? marketing ?
Take into consideration that Floyd is his own promoter, depending on the deal, he and top rank/Pac will split all costs of promotion and production. Keep in mind HBO and Showtime will also share the cost. Both those numbers are high estimates of amounts each fighter/ promoter will gross. There is easily another 100 million or more income of various deals such as sponsors, tv rights ect. Plus Vegas paid out the ass for this event. So $180 million is not a walk away amount for Floyd.. Remember this is for one show, not 34 shows plus TUF like the fox deal of $100 million hahaha
HAHAHA! Always funny when Sal attempts to back up delusional figures. JF, here is the answer to your question- THEY AREN’T MAKING THAT MUCH! Those are absurd lies and bullshit figures to manipulate the public to pad that idiot’s ego.
Don’t get me wrong, they are making crazy money for this fight, but no where near those delusional figures. Mayweather will probably make something like 80m.
D is depressed…little money in the ufc….no comparison….hahahaha
Tops = Vincent From “Seinfeld”
At the end of the day this fight and the 2 after will go down in history, set all the records, set a new standard and be in the top 10 moat watched sporting events. The money generated from this fight and the money acually made will set new highs as well. The truth hurts the small minded!! More finacial details will be reviled!!
“At the end of the day this fight and the 2 after will go down in history, ”
This is the very definition of Nostradumbass. There is no way there will be 3 fights, and it is doubtful there will even be 2.
“set a new standard and be in the top 10 moat watched sporting events.”
It won’t even be close to the top 10 most watched sporting events you fucking idiot. They are ppvs. UFC on FOX 1 and 2 drew more viewers than this event will you schmuck. HAHAHAHA!!!
Bahaha!! Just the people that will watch in the Philippines alone will top 50 million you retard!! D has no clue how big this event will be. And D has no clue how boxing works or mma. Yes there will be 2 and 3 you stupid fool hahahha. Glad to see you’re ufc check finally cleared and you are posting again. Must have been a long bus ride to the check cashing store bahahahah
HAHAHAHA!!! The 3rd world market! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Sal is beyond retarded when it comes down to either sport. He just repeats what his fag boss Arum tells him to do.
More delusions about a 3rd fight, and most likely will be one fight only. Mayweather doesn’t like taking risks. He’s gonna win how he always does by boring the crowd to death and then fight an easy shit opponent afterwards, followed by immediate retirement. He wants his undefeated record. Stop being the fag that you are.
Mega world wide numbers setting all time records!!!! hahahha oh wait the ufc sold out in mexico bahahah and 5 k in Rio hahaha
Setting all time records abroad? The world cup numbers destroy anything this puts up. Go back to your third world hut diaper boy. HAHAHAHA!
hahah top 10 fuck boy! boxing= world domination UFC = a serious miscalculation of world popularity hahahahaha Half a billion spent with little to show outside the USA! oh wait the ufc gave a stadium away in Sweden hahahahahha
“hahah top 10 fuck boy! boxing= world domination”
Hahaha. World domination? No one gives a shit about boxing other than a niche following. This is one fight that is just getting hyped to death.
Nice try homo.
Bahahah go anywhere and they fucking laugh at mma, oh wait D has never been anywhere hahahah
Saldaqueef hasn’t left his parent’s basement in years and thinks he’s worldly because his 2 dad’s bought him a globe for his birthday at age 50. HAHAHA!
Oh wait Floyd is the highest paid athlete in history hahaha so I guess those numbers are pretty accurate. There isn’t any mma fighter in the top 1000 hahahaha .
Hahahaha. Delusions. First off, that isn’t even true. Second, he is one boxer, where 99.9% of boxers are on welfare. How many boxers are in the top 1000? Maybe 4? And 1 of them is there because of charity and endorsements. Also, he promotes his fights which is where most of the revenue comes from, and he will be retired in the fall. Then what? Sal’s going to have to scramble to come up with a new angle. Maybe PBC will come through after it’s shit numbers. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
what is it that costs more than the regular price, and what is it?