Sunday night’s Super Bowl LVII was the third highest-grossing event in American television history.
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This was announced by the Fox Sports broadcaster on Monday.
The Kansas City Chiefs’ 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles drew an average viewership of 113 million viewers.
For our neighbors to the south, this is the second most-watched Super Bowl in history. The award goes to the 2015 game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, when 114.4 million viewers watched quarterback Tom Brady win the fourth of his seven wins.
The most recent edition of an NFL Ultimate Game of a Season was also the most streamed Super Bowl in history.
Separately, singer Rihanna’s halftime show averaged 118.7 million viewers, making it the second most watched Super Bowl halftime show of all time, behind Katy Perry’s performance in 2015.