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. […]
The Callow Way – Why Football And Film Don’t Mix
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 […]
FIFA film United Passions grosses just $900 in U.S. opening weekend
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 […]
