WWE has announced that Money In The Bank has become the most-successful and highest-grossing Money In The Bank of all-time and the event set a new record for highest-grossing arena event in WWE history.
Friday Night SmackDown became the highest-grossing SmackDown of all-time. The weekend generated a combined gate of more than $5.4 million. Both events were hosted by The O2 in London.
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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