Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/12/13 — Page 2

ANN's nut couldn't possibly be any more than $250,000 per week.

(If that is indeed the case, then most weeks, the show grossed at or above running costs. It certainly won't recoup, but I doubt it'll end in the red).

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"If it doesn't recoup then how is it not ending in the red? That's what recoupment means."

Actually, no -- plenty of shows don't recoup on Broadway, but end up in the black from touring, recordings, and other subsidiary rights. I think the press may have somewhat muddied the issue by focussing just on Broadway recoupment lately, for some strange reason

Actually AEA AGMA SM, investors in the original "mother" company don't have to invest in subsequent productions to benefit from their success. Typically, all of those subsequent productions pay either a direct royalty to the original Broadway company or the Broadway company participates in a share of the Author's subsidiary rights income. Since (almost without exception) all bottom-line money (after expenses) that flows back to the Broadway company is repaid to the investors until recoupment, those investors DO participate in all of that subsequent income even without being directly involved in those additional productions.

In any case, without putting words in his/her mouth, I think what quizking meant was "It certainly won't recoup on Broadway, but I doubt it'll end in the red." -- which is/would have been a perfectly reasonable statement to make.

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