Stars converged on the Super Bowl both on and off the field, with celebrities including Britney Spears and Mark Wahlberg among the spectators and an elaborate half-time show by Katy Perry.

Wahlberg, a Boston native, was pulling for a victory by the eventual winners, the New England Patriots – and an invite to their after-party.

Actors Chris Evans, a Patriots fan and Seattle Seahawks fan Chris Pratt continued their rivalry in the stands, with each wearing their respective team’s gear in a picture posted online by Pratt’s wife Anna Faris.

Law and Order’s Mariska Hargitay, comedians Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell and rapper Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardashian were among other stars at the game held at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

They were treated to a half-time show by Perry, Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliot.

Perry entered the field astride a giant, golden, robotic lion as she sang her hit Roar before Kravitz brought some rock guitar to a version of I Kissed a Girl.

After Missy Elliott provided the crowd of over 70,000 with her own distinctive brand of hip hop, including Get Ur Freak On, Perry performed on a desert island, singing her hit Teenage Dream and California Gurls.

The halftime show ended with another surprise as Perry was lifted 50 feet off the ground by a mechanical contraption and as she floated above the field singing Firework, sparkling flames emerged from the construction.

The game capped several days of parties and events hosted by major stars, including Oscar winner Jamie Foxx.

West performed alongside Rihanna at a party thrown by DirecTV, where guests included Kardashian, John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen.

Legend sang America the Beautiful before kick-off. Teigen kissed her husband and snapped pictures of him before he took his seat at his piano.

But some famous faces did not come to root for a particular team.

Spears did not announce her preferred team, and neither did former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, who said she just wanted to enjoy a good game.

New England Patriots won the game 28-24.