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Content can be purchased directly through a Sky remote control. This can be accomplished by pressing "Box Office", purchase an event, confirm the order and enter the PIN if prompted. They can also be ordered online via [https://skyboxoffice.neulion.com/ Sky Box Office].
Content can be purchased directly through a Sky remote control. This can be accomplished by pressing "Box Office", purchase an event, confirm the order and enter the PIN if prompted. They can also be ordered online via [https://skyboxoffice.neulion.com/ Sky Box Office].


==Fake Viewing Figures==
==Boxing pay-per-view fights==
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This article is about the UK PPV system. For the New Zealand PPV system, see Sky Box Office (New Zealand).
Sky Box Office
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Ireland
Programming
Picture format2160p UHDTV
(downscaled to 1080i and 16:9 576i for the HDTV and SDTV feeds, respectively)
Ownership
OwnerSky Group (Comcast)
Sister channelsBlaze
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History
Launched16 March 1996; 28 years ago (16 March 1996)
Closed4 January 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-04) (Cinema)[1]
Former namesSky Box Office (1996–2011)
Links
Websitewww.sky.com/boxoffice

Sky Box Office is Sky's pay-per-view (PPV) system operated in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. There were three branded divisions of Sky Box Office – Sky Cinema Box Office, Sky Sports Box Office and Sky 3D Box Office. Until 1 February 2011, the system ran under unified Sky Box Office branding. On 4 January 2017, all Sky Cinema Box Office channels ceased broadcasting, with only Sky Sports Box Office remaining available.[1]

History

Sky Box Office launched on 16 March 1996 on Sky Analogue. At the time it carried mainly sporting events, such as major boxing fights. The first of these was Frank Bruno's WBC World Heavyweight Championship defence against Mike Tyson. Initially events were ordered by telephone, either on the day of broadcast for £14.95 or in advance at a reduced price of £9.99. Ordering an event charged the viewer and then the subscriber's VideoCrypt viewing card would be activated over the air, enabling the viewing of the broadcast. The charge would be levied unless the viewer cancelled prior to broadcast, or returned the viewing card as proof that the event hadn't been watched. On some occasions, Box Office events would be broadcast on other Sky channels, such as Sky Sports 3.

Four dedicated Sky Box Office channels were launched on 1 December 1997 on Sky Analogue. At this time multiple showings of selected movies, shown in advance of their broadcast on Sky's existing subscription movie channels, were added. Initial movies included The Long Kiss Goodnight and Courage Under Fire. However, at least one hour pre-ordering was required, and for most movies one purchase at £2.99 only bought one viewing.

With the move to Sky Digital in 1998, where the Sky Digibox provided a data return path, events and movies – the latter now copy protected – could be bought minutes before or even during the event either by telephone or through an on-screen menu and PIN system.

Sky launched a sister pay-per-view channel in August 2001, Premiership Plus, which shown select football matches from the Premier League live. The service closed in 2007 as Sky were forced by the European Union to break their broadcasting monopoly on the competition.

A range of pay-per-view 3-D films were also screened on Sky 3D.

On 1 February 2011, Sky Box Office was rebranded as Sky Movies Box Office for movies.[2] Later in the year, Sky Sports Box Office branding was added for sports and Sky 3D Box Office for 3D.

On 4 January 2017, all Sky Cinema Box Office channels ceased broadcasting, with only Sky Sports Box Office remaining available.[1][3]

Content

Although at launch it showed mainly sporting events, since the launch of Sky Digital, movies along with concerts became the predominant content. However, Sky Cinema Box Office's limited movie choices and relatively high prices increasingly left it suffering in comparison to online DVD rental systems. As of 2011, films were first shown on Sky Box Office on the same day as DVD release, prior to that there was a 2 to 3-month window between DVD release and Sky Box Office release. Some films still retained the 2 to 3-month window between DVD and Sky Box Office releases. Since 2017 only sports content is available for purchase.

Content can be purchased directly through a Sky remote control. This can be accomplished by pressing "Box Office", purchase an event, confirm the order and enter the PIN if prompted. They can also be ordered online via Sky Box Office.

Fake Viewing Figures

Further information: Pay-per-view § United Kingdom
This section is transcluded from Pay-per-view. (edit | history)

Select boxing pay-per-view figures (mainly from Sky Box Office) since 1966. Many of these figures are based on BARB weekly viewing data figures.[4]

   — Fights which held the UK PPV sales record
Date Fight Network Buys Source(s)
21 May 1966 Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper II Pay TV 40,000 [5]
16 March 1996 Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II Sky Box Office 660,000 [6]
9 November 1996 Naseem Hamed vs. Remigio Molina Sky Box Office 420,000 [6][7]
8 February 1997 Naseem Hamed vs. Tom Johnson Sky Box Office 720,000 [6][8]
3 May 1997 Naseem Hamed vs. Billy Hardy Sky Box Office 348,000 [6][9]
28 June 1997 Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II Sky Box Office 550,000 [10]
13 March 1999 Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis Sky Box Office 400,000 [11]
29 January 2000 Mike Tyson vs. Julius Francis Sky Box Office 500,000 [10]
19 August 2000 Naseem Hamed vs. Augie Sanchez Sky Box Office 300,000 [12]
8 June 2002 Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson Sky Box Office 750,000 [13]
8 December 2007 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton Sky Box Office 1,150,000 [14]
2 May 2009 Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton Sky Box Office 900,000 [15]
18 July 2009 Amir Khan vs. Andreas Kotelnik Sky Box Office 100,000 [16]
7 November 2009 Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye Sky Box Office 469,000 [17]
3 April 2010 David Haye vs. John Ruiz Sky Box Office 253,000 [18][19]
24 April 2010 Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler Primetime 50,000 [20]
18 September 2010 Kell Brook vs Michael Jennings Sky Box Office 15,000 [21]
13 November 2010 David Haye vs. Audley Harrison Sky Box Office 304,000 [17][19]
11 December 2010 Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana Sky Box Office 164,000 [22]
16 April 2011 Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey Primetime 200,000 [23][20]
21 May 2011 George Groves vs. James DeGale Sky Box Office 43,000 [24]
2 July 2011 Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye Sky Box Office 1,197,000 [25][26][27]
25 May 2013 Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler II Sky Box Office 32,000 [28]
23 November 2013 Carl Froch vs. George Groves Sky Box Office 47,000 [29]
31 May 2014 Carl Froch vs. George Groves II Sky Box Office 355,000 [30]
22 November 2014 Tony Bellew vs. Nathan Cleverly II Sky Box Office 131,000 [31][32]
2 May 2015 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao Sky Box Office 942,000 [33][34]
30 May 2015 Kell Brook vs. Frankie Gavin Sky Box Office 139,000 [35]
28 November 2015 Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury Sky Box Office 655,000 [36][19]
12 December 2015 Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte Sky Box Office 699,000 [37][38]
27 February 2016 Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg Sky Box Office 220,000 [39][40]
9 April 2016 Charles Martin vs Anthony Joshua Sky Box Office 1,368,000 [37][41]
25 June 2016 Anthony Joshua vs Dominic Breazeale Sky Box Office 617,000 [42]
10 September 2016 Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook Sky Box Office 752,000 [43][44]
10 December 2016 Anthony Joshua vs Éric Molina Sky Box Office 764,000 [37][45]
4 February 2017 Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Renold Quinlan ITV Box Office 86,000 [46]
4 March 2017 David Haye vs. Tony Bellew Sky Box Office 1,515,000 [47][19]
29 April 2017 Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko Sky Box Office 1,631,000 [48][49][50][19]
27 May 2017 Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr Sky Box Office 405,000 [51]
26 August 2017 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor Sky Box Office 1,007,000 [52]
28 October 2017 Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam Sky Box Office 1,009,000 [53]
31 March 2018 Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker Sky Box Office 1,832,000 [54][19]
5 May 2018 Tony Bellew vs. David Haye II Sky Box Office 1,048,000 [55][19]
28 July 2018 Dillian Whyte vs Joseph Parker Sky Box Office 571,000 [56][57]
22 September 2018 Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin Sky Box Office 1,247,000 [58][19]
10 November 2018 Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tony Bellew Sky Box Office 819,000 [59]
1 December 2018 Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury BT Sport Box Office 450,000 [60]
22 December 2018 Dillian Whyte vs. Dereck Chisora II Sky Box Office 532,000 [61]
1 June 2019 Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. Sky Box Office 652,000 [62]
20 July 2019 Dillian Whyte vs Óscar Rivas Sky Box Office 368,000 [63]
31 August 2019 Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Luke Campbell Sky Box Office 205,000 [64]
26 October 2019 Regis Prograis vs Josh Taylor Sky Box Office 176,000 [65]
9 November 2019 KSI vs. Logan Paul II Sky Box Office 216,000 [66]
7 December 2019 Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II Sky Box Office 1,575,000 [67][19]
22 August 2020 Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin Sky Box Office 337,000 [68]
31 October 2020 Oleksandr Usyk vs. Derek Chisora Sky Box Office 1,059,000 [69][70][71]
12 December 2020 Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev Sky Box Office 948,000 [72]
27 March 2021 Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte II Sky Box Office 197,000 [73][74]
1 May 2021 Derek Chisora vs. Joseph Parker Sky Box Office 145,000 [75]
25 September 2021 Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk Sky Box Office 1,232,000 [76][77][78]
9 October 2021 Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III BT Sport Box Office 300,000 [79]
19 February 2022 Amir Khan vs Kell Brook Sky Box Office 600,000 [80]
20 August 2022 Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua II Sky Box Office 1,249,000 [80][81]
3 December 2022 Tyson Fury vs Derek Chisora III BT Sport Box Office 500,000 [82]

Mixed martial arts (MMA)

The first pay-per-view mixed martial arts bout was Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki, which took place in Japan on June 26, 1976. It sold at least 2 million buys on closed-circuit theatre TV.[83] At a ticket price of $10,[84] the fight grossed at least $20 million (inflation-adjusted $110 million) or more from closed-circuit theatre TV revenue in the United States.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)

The highest buy rates for the UFC as of January 2021 are as follows.[85]

Note: The UFC does not release official PPV statistics, and the following PPV numbers are as reported by industry insiders. As of April 2019, all PPV's are iPPV's, with distribution on the internet exclusively via ESPN+.

   — Fights which held the UFC PPV sales record
Date Event Headline Buy rate Revenue (est.)
Oct 6, 2018 UFC 229 Khabib vs. McGregor 2,400,000[86] $180 million[87][88]
Jul 10, 2021 UFC 264 Poirier vs. McGregor 3 1,800,000
Aug 20, 2016 UFC 202 Diaz vs. McGregor 2 1,650,000[85] $90 million[89][90]
Jan 24, 2021 UFC 257 Poirier vs. McGregor 2 1,600,000[91]
Jul 11, 2009 UFC 100 Lesnar vs. Mir 1,600,000[85] $82 million
Jan 18, 2020 UFC 246 McGregor vs Cowboy 1,353,429[92]
Mar 5, 2016 UFC 196 McGregor vs. Diaz 1,317,000[86] $80 million[93][90]
Jul 11, 2020 UFC 251 Usman vs. Masvidal 1,300,000[94] $78 million[95]
Nov 12, 2016 UFC 205 Alvarez vs. McGregor 1,300,000[86] $83 million[96][88]
Jul 9, 2016 UFC 200 Tate vs. Nunes 1,200,000[85] $71 million[97][98]
Dec 12, 2015 UFC 194 Aldo vs. McGregor 1,200,000[86] $80 million[99][90]
Jul 3, 2010 UFC 116 Lesnar vs. Carwin 1,160,000[85] $55 million
Nov 15, 2015 UFC 193 Rousey vs. Holm 1,100,000 $60 million
Dec 30, 2016 UFC 207 Nunes vs. Rousey 1,100,000[85] $60 million[100][101]
Dec 30, 2006 UFC 66 Liddell vs. Ortiz 2 1,050,000[85] $53 million
May 29, 2010 UFC 114 Rampage vs. Evans 1,050,000[85] $51 million[102][103]
Oct 23, 2010 UFC 121 Lesnar vs. Velasquez 1,050,000[85] $45 million
Dec 28, 2013 UFC 168 Weidman vs. Silva II 1,025,000[85] $57 million[104][105]
Nov 15, 2008 UFC 91 Couture vs. Lesnar 1,010,000[85] $47 million
Dec 27, 2008 UFC 92 Evans vs. Griffin 1,000,000[85] $48 million[106][90]
Mar 16, 2013 UFC 158 St-Pierre vs. Diaz 950,000[85]
Jul 7, 2012 UFC 148 Silva vs. Sonnen II 925,000
Jan 31, 2009 UFC 94 St-Pierre vs. Penn 2 920,000
Aug 1, 2015 UFC 190 Rousey vs. Correia 900,000
Nov 4, 2017 UFC 217 Bisping vs. St-Pierre 875,000
Jul 29, 2017 UFC 214 Cormier vs. Jones 2 860,000
Aug 8, 2009 UFC 101 Declaration 850,000
Jul 11, 2015 UFC 189 Mendes vs. McGregor 825,000[107]
Mar 6, 2021 UFC 259 Błachowicz vs. Adesanya 800,000[108]
Apr 30, 2011 UFC 129 St-Pierre vs. Shields 800,000
Jan 3, 2015 UFC 182 Jones vs. Cormier 800,000
Dec 11, 2010 UFC 124 St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2 785,000
Mar 27, 2010 UFC 111 St-Pierre vs. Hardy 770,000
Dec 30, 2011 UFC 141 Lesnar vs. Overeem 750,000
Feb 5, 2011 UFC 126 Silva vs. Belfort 725,000
Nov 6, 2021 UFC 268 Usman vs. Covington 2 700,000
Dec 29, 2007 UFC 79 Nemesis 700,000
Apr 21, 2012 UFC 145 Jones vs. Evans 700,000
Nov 17, 2012 UFC 154 St. Pierre vs. Condit 700,000
Dec 29, 2018 UFC 232 Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 700,000
Apr 24, 2021 UFC 261 Usman vs. Masvidal 2 700,000[109]
May 9, 2020 UFC 249 Ferguson vs. Gaethje 700,000[110]
Sep 26, 2020 UFC 253 Adesanya vs. Costa 700,000[111]
Oct 24, 2020 UFC 254 Khabib vs. Gaethje 675,000[112]
May 26, 2007 UFC 71 Liddell vs. Jackson 675,000

Professional wrestling (United States)

Further information: List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events and List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events

WrestleMania I in March 1985 sold over 1 million buys on closed-circuit theatre TV in the United States, making it the largest pay-per-view showing of a wrestling event in the US at the time.[113]

PPV home television

The highest buy rates for professional wrestling events on pay-per-view home television as of June 2015 are as follows.[114]

   — Fights which held the professional wrestling PPV sales record
No. Date Event Buy rate
1 Apr 1, 2007 WrestleMania 23 1,250,000[115]
2 Apr 1, 2012 WrestleMania XXVIII 1,219,000[116]
3 Apr 3, 2011 WrestleMania XXVII 1,124,000[117]
4 Apr 7, 2013 WrestleMania 29 1,104,000[118]
5 Apr 3, 2005 WrestleMania 21 1,090,000[119]
6 Mar 30, 2008 WrestleMania XXIV 1,041,000[120]
7 Apr 1, 2001 WrestleMania X-Seven 1,040,000
8 Mar 14, 2004 WrestleMania XX 1,020,000
9 Apr 2, 2006 WrestleMania 22 975,000
10 Apr 5, 2009 WrestleMania XXV 960,000
11 Mar 28, 2010 WrestleMania XXVI 885,000
12 Mar 17, 2002 WrestleMania X8 880,000
13 Apr 2, 2000 WrestleMania 2000 824,000
14 Mar 28, 1999 WrestleMania XV 800,000
15 Jul 22, 2001 WWF Invasion 770,000
16 Apr 2, 1989 WrestleMania V 767,000

List of sportsmen with highest pay-per-view sales

This tables lists the sportsmen who have had the highest pay-per-view sales, with at least 10 million buys. It includes sportsmen who have participated in boxing, mixed martial arts, and professional wrestling.

Sportsman Total sales (est.) Closed-circuit theatre TV PPV home television Years Sport(s)
Muhammad Ali 162,944,000 162,154,000[a] 790,000[a] 1963–1985 Professional boxing
Mixed martial arts
Professional wrestling
Joe Frazier 100,500,000 100,000,000[121] 500,000[122] 1965–1981 Professional boxing
George Foreman 52,000,000 50,000,000[123] 2,000,000[124][125] 1974–1993
Floyd Mayweather Jr. 29,090,000 223,000[126][127] 28,867,000[128][b] 2005–2017 Professional boxing
Professional wrestling
Manny Pacquiao 22,214,000 173,000[127] 22,041,000[c] 2005–2019 Professional boxing
Mike Tyson 20,700,000 920,000[d] 19,780,000[d] 1988–2020 Professional boxing
Professional wrestling
Triple H 20,329,000 — 20,329,000[e] 1994–2019 Professional wrestling
Conor McGregor 18,400,000 — 18,400,000[f] 2015–2021 Mixed martial arts
Professional boxing
John Cena 15,389,000 — 15,389,000[e] 2002–2021 Professional wrestling
The Rock 14,859,000 — 14,859,000[g] 1998–2013
The Undertaker 14,451,000 — 14,451,000[e] 1990–2020
Oscar De La Hoya 14,140,000 50,000[126] 14,090,000[h] 1995–2008 Professional boxing
Anthony Joshua 13,441,000 — 13,441,000[i] 2015–2021 Professional boxing
Brock Lesnar 12,771,000 — 12,771,000[j] 2002–2020 Professional wrestling
Mixed martial arts
Evander Holyfield 12,720,000 120,000[129] 12,600,000[130] 1984–2003 Professional boxing
Canelo Álvarez 11,070,000 — 11,070,000 2013–2023 Professional Boxing
Shawn Michaels 10,160,000 — 10,160,000[e] 1988–2018 Professional wrestling

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b See Boxing career of Muhammad Ali § Pay-per-view bouts.
  2. ^ See Floyd Mayweather Jr. § Pay-per-view bouts.
  3. ^ See Boxing career of Manny Pacquiao § Pay-per-view bouts.
  4. ^ a b See Mike Tyson § Pay-per-view bouts.
  5. ^ a b c d See List of WWE pay-per-view events
  6. ^ See Conor McGregor § Pay-per-view bouts.
  7. ^ See Dwayne Johnson
  8. ^ See Oscar De La Hoya § Pay-per-view bouts.
  9. ^ See Anthony Joshua § Pay-per-view bouts.
  10. ^ See Brock Lesnar § Pay-per-view bouts.

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