FIFA's Corruption Film Flopped Spectacularly

In 2015, United Passions reached North American theaters after FIFA had financed most of its estimated $29 million budget. The film presented FIFA's history through figures such as Jules Rimet, João Havelange, and Sepp Blatter, but critics attacked it as propaganda because it ignored the organization's long-running corruption allegations. It was released during the FIFA corruption case, after several current and former FIFA officials faced corruption charges. The film earned only $918 from 10 theaters in its opening weekend and became one of the most notorious box-office disasters in sports-film history.

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