As @SInow reported, #MayPac does 4.4 million pay per view buys. Generates $400 million in domestic revenue, expected $500 mill worldwide.
— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixSI) May 12, 2015 Pacquiao vs. Mayweather made more money than anyone imagined
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James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
We knew the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather fight would bring in a lot of money, but we didn’t know precisely how much. A $500M figure is absolutely staggering, and jaw-dropping when you put it in context:
- It’s more than the GDP of seven different countries, according to the International Monetary Fund.
- $500M is more than the military budgets of India, Japan and Germany.
- You could buy SIX different private islands, and have change left over.
- If you worked for minimum wage it would take 33,156 YEARS to make as much as the fight made in one night.
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