LMAO Povertyball

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao More proof that nobody in the world's only relevant country gives a shit about this third-world "sport":

Fifa wanted to call it Men of Legend or The Dream Makers. But even a somewhat more toned down title has not been enough to stop United Passions (http://www.theguardian.com/film/united-passions) being named as the lowest-grossing film in US box office history.

The Hollywood Reporter has now confirmed (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/box-office-bombs-6-lowest-802937/1-united-passions-2015-918) the self-congratulatory project, starring Tim Roth as controversial outgoing president Sepp Blatter, scored the puniest total of all time in North America. With a final weekend return of just $918 from 10 cinemas, Frederic Auburtin’s £17m drama - Fifa paid most of the costs - lines up ahead of such titans of modern cinema as 2012 vampire rock musical I Kissed a Vampire ($1,380) and 2013 animated adventure Last Flight of the Champion ($1,493).

United Passions was pulled from cinemas by its distributor after its appalling performance, so its record-breaking low will remain crystallised in history. Auburtin admitted earlier this week (http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/17/united-passions-fifa-movie-director-calls-his-film-a-disaster) that the film, also starring Gerard Depardieu and Sam Neill, represented “a disaster” and said he regretted his involvement. Roth has said he did the movie to get out of a financial hole (http://www.welt.de/kultur/kino/article141667927/Der-Fifa-Film-der-seinem-Star-peinlich-ist.html) and admitted the knowledge that his son would one day play Blatter would have had his father “turning in his grave”. Meanwhile, Cannes president Thierry Fremaux revealed the movie was only screened at the film festival in May under pressure from Depardieu (http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/16/depardieu-insisted-show-fifa-film-united-passions-cannes-head).

It was Auburtin who revealed those excruciating proposed titles. Critics have also not been kind: The Guardian’s Jordan Hoffman labelled United Passions cinematic “excrement” (http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/04/united-passions-review-tim-roth-sam-neill-gerard-depardieu), adding: “As proof of corporate insanity it is a valuable case study.”

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/18/fifas-united-passions-lowest-grossing-film-us-history

[Infinite_limit]

Never heard of it

[Red Hawk #21]

:lol "united passions" shit sounds like the title of a Gangbang porno tbh

[Infinite_limit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYPbdBAbcDo

[NASpurs]

:lmao More proof that nobody in the world's only relevant country gives a shit about this third-world "sport":

Fifa wanted to call it Men of Legend or The Dream Makers. But even a somewhat more toned down title has not been enough to stop United Passions (http://www.theguardian.com/film/united-passions) being named as the lowest-grossing film in US box office history.

The Hollywood Reporter has now confirmed (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/box-office-bombs-6-lowest-802937/1-united-passions-2015-918) the self-congratulatory project, starring Tim Roth as controversial outgoing president Sepp Blatter, scored the puniest total of all time in North America. With a final weekend return of just $918 from 10 cinemas, Frederic Auburtin’s £17m drama - Fifa paid most of the costs - lines up ahead of such titans of modern cinema as 2012 vampire rock musical I Kissed a Vampire ($1,380) and 2013 animated adventure Last Flight of the Champion ($1,493).

United Passions was pulled from cinemas by its distributor after its appalling performance, so its record-breaking low will remain crystallised in history. Auburtin admitted earlier this week (http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/17/united-passions-fifa-movie-director-calls-his-film-a-disaster) that the film, also starring Gerard Depardieu and Sam Neill, represented “a disaster” and said he regretted his involvement. Roth has said he did the movie to get out of a financial hole (http://www.welt.de/kultur/kino/article141667927/Der-Fifa-Film-der-seinem-Star-peinlich-ist.html) and admitted the knowledge that his son would one day play Blatter would have had his father “turning in his grave”. Meanwhile, Cannes president Thierry Fremaux revealed the movie was only screened at the film festival in May under pressure from Depardieu (http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/16/depardieu-insisted-show-fifa-film-united-passions-cannes-head).

It was Auburtin who revealed those excruciating proposed titles. Critics have also not been kind: The Guardian’s Jordan Hoffman labelled United Passions cinematic “excrement” (http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/04/united-passions-review-tim-roth-sam-neill-gerard-depardieu), adding: “As proof of corporate insanity it is a valuable case study.”

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/18/fifas-united-passions-lowest-grossing-film-us-history

You seriously can't be this dense :lol

[NASpurs]

:lol Thinking a movie about a FIFA produced movie pumping their fucking egos was going to make millions

No one gives a shit. Not even ISIS ball fans.

[Kyle Orton]

Rofl this was only produced to launder money for corrupt fifa

no one gives a shit about this movie in the world

[Kyle Orton]

Mid season mid day Chelsea man city game destroying prime time championship Super Bowl in viewers and ratings

Fact

[Clipper Nation]

:lol "I Kissed a Vampire" > povertyball to American audiences.

[Infinite_limit]

Meanwhile in 'Merica


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1hquruNcMo

[lefty]

Mid season mid day Chelsea man city game destroying prime time championship Super Bowl in viewers and ratings

Fact

[apalisoc_9]

Meanwhile in 'Merica


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1hquruNcMo

:lmao

[DAF86]

Why are you laughing at futbol son? This is a movie about suits, of course nobody gives a fuck. :lol

[DAF86]

Meanwhile in 'Merica


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1hquruNcMo

:lmao:lmao:lmao

[dg7md]

The movie didn't fail because soccer isn't popular — it failed because nobody likes corrupt FIFA right now and it was the worst possible timing for a movie to glorify Sepp Blatter.

The numbers aren't lying: the popularity of soccer is rising as millennials are watching it more and more. The real sport with dwindling popularity is baseball tbh.

[Venti Quattro]

The real sport with dwindling popularity is baseball tbh.

:lmao Nyquilball


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FDrcWTSczs

[DMC]

The real Hunger Games.

[Clipper Nation]

The movie didn't fail because soccer isn't popular — it failed because nobody likes corrupt FIFA right now and it was the worst possible timing for a movie to glorify Sepp Blatter.

The numbers aren't lying: the popularity of soccer is rising as millennials are watching it more and more. The real sport with dwindling popularity is baseball tbh.
Check out the TV deals baseball teams keep signing before you write it off as a dying sport. Meanwhile, Major Soccer League is getting worse ratings than the WNBA :lol

[Splits]

:lmao Nyquilball


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FDrcWTSczs

:lmao

[Strange Love]

The numbers aren't lying: the popularity of soccer is rising as millennials are watching it more and more. The real sport with dwindling popularity is baseball tbh.

In 2014, 35 percent of fans call the NFL their favorite sport, followed by Major League Baseball (14 percent), college football (11 percent), auto racing (7 percent), the NBA (6 percent), the NHL (5 percent) and college basketball (3 percent).Jan 26, 2014



Eighty-six percent of Americans say they know nothing or very little about the World Cup
Two in three Americans do not plan to follow the tournament
Seven percent say they plan to follow the World Cup closely



http://www.ussoccerplayers.com/2014/04/americans-care-soccer.html

Basically, no to what you said.

People here dont give two fucks about soccer outside of the world cup.

[TheGoldStandard]

:lmao

To be fair he is pretty fat so he might of just had a heart attack or a series of strokes.

[RD2191]

:lmaosoccer

[Mikeanaro]

Meanwhile in 'Merica


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1hquruNcMo
:lmao
He has a great future in futbol.

[TDMVPDPOY]

the statistic nobody watches or gives a damn about football....were they interviewing ******s and whites?

i thought latinos make up half the US population...

[dg7md]

In 2014, 35 percent of fans call the NFL their favorite sport, followed by Major League Baseball (14 percent), college football (11 percent), auto racing (7 percent), the NBA (6 percent), the NHL (5 percent) and college basketball (3 percent).Jan 26, 2014



Eighty-six percent of Americans say they know nothing or very little about the World Cup
Two in three Americans do not plan to follow the tournament
Seven percent say they plan to follow the World Cup closely



http://www.ussoccerplayers.com/2014/04/americans-care-soccer.html

Basically, no to what you said.

People here dont give two fucks about soccer outside of the world cup.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-cox/us-soccer-popularity_b_6549764.html

This article states that youth soccer is on the rise, which, could perhaps lead to the popularity on a professional level.

And then, there's this: stating the watching of the sport is on the rise.

http://www.businessinsider.com/soccer-popularity-english-football-mls-2014-7

Different sources say different things. There is zero doubt that the massive popularity of the FIFA video games has lead a generation of children into the sport, and now as they are grown up — they're going to make the sport popular in the United States.

It's the only country sans perhaps Canada that the sport hasn't broken into. It's been growing in popularity substantially, especially if you compare it to the early '90s. Obviously this won't be an overnight change, but if you think that it hasn't grown in popularity — that's extremely dense.

[Jodelo]

:lmao Nyquilball


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FDrcWTSczs

Sure he isn't a player?

[Thread]

^There is nothing like a nap.

[Duncanforthree]

As far as lowest grossing movie of all time, this isn't even close.

There are a handful of films that didn't even make 100 bucks, and over 80 that didn't break a grand.This is in the bottom 100 though.

[Blizzardwizard]

Meanwhile in 'Merica


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1hquruNcMo

Maybe stick to Batball next time, Clipper Nation.

[Venti Quattro]

Maybe stick to Batball next time, Clipper Nation.

:lol Batball

:lmao Fatball

[JoeTait75]

This article states that youth soccer is on the rise, which, could perhaps lead to the popularity on a professional level.

Youth soccer has been big in this country for decades and it hasn't necessarily translated into professional soccer being popular. Problem with soccer in the U.S. has always been that it's seen as a competitor with football, and soccer comes out second-best in that competition.

[Infinite_limit]

Beyond NFL, everything else is regional and even community based.


I have friends that only watch baseball or watch everything but basketball

Growing up there were only 10 or so channels everyone watched. You would converse with classmates, family and friends bout the same things. Those days are gone. Everyone is watching something different and at differing times

Its NFL and everything else. Because NFL has few games (fans can watch every single second of heir teams season feeling informed) . It's played on weekends. Fantasy Football

Most people no longer watch the NFL because of the actual play on the field. Instead it's an event.

[Thread]

^Inf has been lodging some profound insight. Above is the best-but-there is other as well.

Inf

[Clipper Nation]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-cox/us-soccer-popularity_b_6549764.html

This article states that youth soccer is on the rise, which, could perhaps lead to the popularity on a professional level.

And then, there's this: stating the watching of the sport is on the rise.

http://www.businessinsider.com/soccer-popularity-english-football-mls-2014-7

Different sources say different things. There is zero doubt that the massive popularity of the FIFA video games has lead a generation of children into the sport, and now as they are grown up — they're going to make the sport popular in the United States.

It's the only country sans perhaps Canada that the sport hasn't broken into. It's been growing in popularity substantially, especially if you compare it to the early '90s. Obviously this won't be an overnight change, but if you think that it hasn't grown in popularity — that's extremely dense.
Kids have always played youth soccer. Doesn't mean they grow up to give a shit about soccer.

[hater]

:lmao americans

Have to make movies about baseball and foolsball because the real thing is boring as fuck :lmao

[Trainwreck2100]

:lol Batball

:lmao Fatball


:lol 300 lb player needs steroids to hit the ball
:lol only hits the ball 1/3 of the time
:lol paid millions to be successful on average 1/3 of the time
:lol glorifying players who fail a majority of the time

[Strange Love]

:lol 300 lb player needs steroids to hit the ball
:lol only hits the ball 1/3 of the time
:lol paid millions to be successful on average 1/3 of the time
:lol glorifying players who fail a majority of the time

:lol 99% of soccer players are major fags
:lol pionered flopping
:lol 0-0 ties after running around for 2 hours
:lol rigged and corrupt
:lol unis have 100s of ads
:lol for poor people
:lol riots in every game


:lol You can keep that shit. :lol

[Trainwreck2100]

:lol 99% of soccer players are major fags
:lol pionered flopping
:lol 0-0 ties after running around for 2 hours
:lol rigged and corrupt
:lol unis have 100s of ads
:lol for poor people
:lol riots in every game


:lol You can keep that shit. :lol

bro i wasnt defending flopgrass, i could care less about flopgrass

[hater]

:lmao refrigerator derby

:lmao most ppl tuning in to watch the commercials :lmao

:lol most ppl rather watch paint dry over basebol :lol

:lol having to invent fantasy leagues to keep that shit interesting

[lefty]

:lmao americans

Have to make movies about baseball and foolsball because the real thing is boring as fuck :lmao


:lol 300 lb player needs steroids to hit the ball
:lol only hits the ball 1/3 of the time
:lol paid millions to be successful on average 1/3 of the time
:lol glorifying players who fail a majority of the time


:lmao refrigerator derby

:lmao most ppl tuning in to watch the commercials :lmao

:lol most ppl rather watch paint dry over basebol :lol

:lol having to invent fantasy leagues to keep that shit interesting

Holy shit :lmao

[Strange Love]

Holy shit :lmao

You know you're desperate when you're trying to hype up whatever Hater says. :lol

[apalisoc_9]

:lmao refrigerator derby

:lmao most ppl tuning in to watch the commercials :lmao

:lol most ppl rather watch paint dry over basebol :lol

:lol having to invent fantasy leagues to keep that shit interesting

:lmao