WWE announced earlier today that this past Saturday’s Money in the Bank 2023 event at The O2 in London, England broke several all-time records in company history.
It was announced that the event broke the all-time record for highest ever gross revenue for a WWE arena event in WWE history. It was also announced that Money in the Bank 2023 also broken several other all-time records including highest ever viewership, sponsorship revenues, and social interactions in Money in the Bank history and highest ever live merchandise revenue for an arena event in WWE history.
It was also announced that WWE generated a combined live gate gross revenue of $5.4 million for this past Friday’s SmackDown show and this past Saturday’s Money in the Bank 2023 event at The O2.
Money In The Bank® Sets Record for Highest-Grossing Arena Event in WWE History
07/05/2023
Friday Night SmackDown at The O2 Becomes Highest-Grossing SmackDown
STAMFORD, Conn. –(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE® (NYSE: WWE) today announced that Money In The Bank, which emanated from The O2 in London on Saturday, became the most-successful and highest-grossing Money In The Bank of all-time. Notably, Money In The Bank set a new record for highest-grossing arena event in WWE history and Friday Night SmackDown from The O2 became the highest-grossing SmackDown of all-time. The weekend generated a combined gate of more than $5.4 million.
Money In The Bank (MITB) also set new records for viewership, sponsorship, merchandise and social media:
Viewership jumped 17 percent from last year’s record, and surpassed the last U.K. premium live event – Clash at the Castle – by 30 percent.
Sponsorship revenue was up nine percent versus the record set in 2022.
MITB marked the highest-grossing arena event for venue merchandise in WWE history.
MITB set a new record for On Location fan experience packages, becoming the highest-grossing non-WrestleMania event ever.
The event became the most social Money In The Bank of all-time, with video views of the Bloodline Civil War match reaching 40 million in the first 48 hours –a 4X jump from the top clip at Night of Champions, Jimmy Uso super-kicking Roman Reigns.
Additionally, Friday’s episode of SmackDown on Fox drew 2.51 million total viewers, up 17 percent versus a year ago, and was No. 1 in the 18-49 demographic with a .7 rating and 897K total viewers, up 39 percent versus a year ago.
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