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The Callow Way – Why Football And Film Don’t Mix

June 14, 2015 by Neil Calloway

This week, Neil Calloway looks at why soccer movies tend to bomb at the box office… The timing could not have been better; name recognition could not have been higher, it was the perfect time to release a film about an organisation that dominated the headlines for the past few weeks. It doesn’t always work […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Neil Calloway, Special Features Tagged With: Escape to Victory, The Damned United, The Game of Their Lives, United Passions

FIFA film United Passions grosses just $900 in U.S. opening weekend

June 10, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

As if the story couldn’t get any worse for FIFA after all of the recent allegations and arrests, their venture into the film world hasn’t faired much better with the self-funded football story United Passions flopping dramatically at the US box office. United Passions is FIFA’s own film and tells the story of their 111-year […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis, US Box Office Tagged With: fifa, Fisher Stevens, Gerald Depardieu, Sam Neill, Tim Roth, United Passions

FIFA film United Passions is the lowest grossing movie in US box office history

June 19, 2015 by Jake Wilson

We reported recently that another football film had flopped, this time in the form of FIFA’s United Passions, making a measly $900 dollars in its opening weekend of release. Well, salt has now been rubbed into FIFA’s very raw wounds, as the film has been announced as the lowest grossing film in US cinematic history. […]

Filed Under: Jake Wilson, Movies, News Tagged With: fifa, Gerald Depardieu, Tim Roth, United Passions

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