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After the premiere, "Avengers: Age of Ultron" officially started its first day box office journey, earning 2 million US dollars on the first day, almost breaking 9625 million US dollars.

However, on the second day, the box office fell to an abnormal level, earning only $5428 million in a single day. Although the North American box office was pushed to $1 million, the decline was too abnormal.

It’s not that Avengers: Age of Ultron is bad, or that moviegoers have suddenly stopped liking movies.

Instead, on May 2, a battle of the century took place. The ultimate showdown between boxing champions Pacquiao and Mayweather attracted the attention of the entire United States.

On May 2015, 5, at the MGM Casino in Las Vegas, a peak showdown that will go down in sports history is about to take place.

Although Gilbert Jr. is not a fan of boxing matches, he was specially invited by the organizers before the match, so he attended the match with Scarlett Johansson.

Before the game, Gilbert Jr. had a little understanding of the importance of this battle of the century.

Before this match, Pacquiao held the World Boxing Organization's welterweight championship belt, while Mayweather held two championship belts from the World Boxing Council and the World Boxing Association.

As a battle to unify the welterweight division of the world's three major professional boxing organizations, the attention and influence of this match even exceeded the century showdown between Tyson and Holyfield in 1997.

Pacquiao and Mayweather are considered to be the best and most boxing-appealing boxers in the world today.

菲律宾国宝帕奎奥是历史上惟一一个曾夺得8个不同级别世界拳王金腰带的拳手，此前战绩为57胜2平5负，其中38次KO对手取胜。

American Mayweather remains undefeated, having knocked out his opponents 47 times in his previous 26 fights. In addition, from 2012 to 2014, Mayweather was listed as the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes for three consecutive years.

As early as 2009, the century battle between Pacquiao and Mayweather was widely discussed, but due to the issue of interest distribution, the negotiations broke down and the match was shelved.

After five years of commercial preparations, in 2015, this match, hailed as the greatest duel since the Tyson era, was finally finalized.

On the night of the game, all 16500 seats at the MGM Casino were packed, with the average ticket price reaching $4500. The price of the front row VIP seats was even raised to $14 per ticket, setting a record for sports event tickets.

The event was attended by many celebrities, including Oscar winner Denzel Washington, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and others who watched the game on site.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Microsoft's current CEO Satya Nadella and other business leaders also watched the game on site. Gilbert Jr. and Scarlett Johansson were also invited to attend.

In this match, Philippine boxing champion Pacquiao took the initiative to attack many times, trying to break through Mayweather with high-frequency combination punches. But Mayweather mainly played a defensive counterattack, using footwork and shoulder blocking to resolve the offensive.

In the end, the two sides fought for 36 minutes, a total of twelve rounds.

Mayweather finally defeated Pacquiao by points and won his 48th victory, while Pacquiao suffered his sixth defeat.

However, the post-match data of this game is the most eye-catching. According to statistics, this 36-minute game directly generated $400 million in revenue.

Just looking at the appearance fees for the fight of the century, Pacquiao and Mayweather received 1 million and 1.8 million US dollars respectively. And including the share of the profits, Pacquiao and Mayweather will make around 3 million US dollars from this fight.

Mayweather took 1.8%, or $2014 million, which is equivalent to the total of Ronaldo, Messi and Tiger Woods in 1.2, while Pacquiao took $ million.

Mayweather and Pacquiao are the only two people who have made it this far in this world, making away $36 million in 3 minutes.

In addition, this match will also have a prize of 2000 million US dollars. The winner of the boxing match will take away 1020 million US dollars, and the remaining 980 million US dollars will belong to the loser.

That is to say, Mayweather earned $36 million plus $1.8 million in 1020 minutes, which is equivalent to $1.902 million, $528 million per minute, $88000 per second, and $1585 million per round. Pacquiao also made a lot of money, earning $36 million plus $1.2 million in 980 minutes, which is $1.298 million, $360 million per minute, $60000 per second, and $1081 million per round.

Looking at the income of other sports superstars in 2014, Messi earned $6470 million and Ronaldo earned $8000 million.

Golf superstar Woods' annual income is $6120 million, and Li Na ranked second among female athletes in the 2014 Forbes list with $2360 million.

But whether it was Messi, Woods or Li Na, Pacquiao and Mayweather defeated them all in 36 minutes. This is the money-making power of the battle of the century.

The game attracted more than $3 million in sponsorship from brands including Nike and Hennessy, and global pay-per-view viewership exceeded $ million.

According to Philippine media reports, on the day of the game, the crime rate in the Philippines even dropped to zero, and there was even a spectacle of the military and terrorists sitting in front of the TV watching the game together.

Of course, the two sides started fighting immediately after the game.

Faced with competitors from outside the movie, it is not surprising that "Avengers: Age of Ultron" saw a sharp decline in box office.

It’s not that the movie is not liked by people, but it’s a rare event that only happens once in a decade, and it’s not War’s fault.

However, after this, the film's box office remained stable, earning $5246 million on Sunday, pushing the North American box office to $2 million.

If it weren't for the impact of this boxing battle of the century, the film's box office would probably be even higher.

Although other parts of the world were also affected by the war of the century, they were relatively better off, especially in China, where not many people cared about the so-called war of the century.

In its first week of release in China, the film grossed $8260 million, continuing to maintain its strong position in China's second largest market.

The third highest market was the UK, where the film earned 2723 million US dollars in its first week, which is also a good result.

The rest of the markets combined also swept $2 million worldwide. Combined with the previous box office, the film's first week box office reached $1653 million.

However, the media are no longer interested in this exaggerated number. One reason is that after the globalization of blockbusters in the past two years, such numbers are too many to arouse their interest.

The second is that the Battle of the Century attracts more attention. Even after it is over, the media is more willing to discuss the Battle of the Century.

Some media outlets joked: "Avengers 2 is probably the most unlucky movie. It was originally released with great fanfare, but it ran into the battle of the century.

But judging by the box office results, it seems that the film was not greatly affected.”

Another media outlet said: "Compared to the 5.2 million earned by The Avengers in three days worldwide, the 36 million earned by Pacquiao and Mayweather in minutes was faster.

But you have to know that Gilbert Jr. can steadily produce a billion-dollar movie every year, but the boxing world doesn't have the level of making 36 million in minutes every year.

If there are too many battles of the century, they will no longer be called the battle of the century."

Indeed, although the fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather attracted the attention of the whole world, in terms of money-making efficiency and stability, it still cannot be compared with Gilbert Jr.

But the problem is, the fight of the century between Pacquiao and Mayweather is a rare opportunity, but how many super directors like Gilbert Jr. can there be? (End of this chapter)