Longest Runs That Never Recouped

Rock of Ages never recouped, right?

is the data on recouping and ultimately profit or loss from musicals reported publicly anywhere or is this limited to industry insides and actual investors in a project?

Does anyone know for example how much allegience lost?

Spider man was the first musical to come to mind.

Has Hello Dolly recouped yet?

HogansHero said: "Spider-Man did not run anywhere near long enough to qualify.

There is no central place to get recoupment info. Some shows announce it, some don't, and some that do not recoup we learn informally as to the extent of the loss."

It ran over a thousand performances, which was more than millie at least.

Though it only ran a bit over two years, The Scarlet Pimpernel went through a major rewrite/restructuring during its run, only to then close for another five months, go through more rewrites, and reopen in another theatre for an additional two months. I can only assume that every single cent of that investment was lost.

Another thousand plus: Shenandoah.

Did Memphis return its investment while on Broadway? Ever?

BroadwayNYC2 said: "Rock of Ages never recouped, right?"

This was a joke...right? RIGHT?

I'm surprised Rock of Ages never went back to New World Stages.

Willie4316 said: "Sunset Boulevard never fully recouped. The 2017 revival got much closer to recoupment than the original run, but never quite hit the mark"

I wonder if the original 1994 production would have recouped had he not had to pay out $1M to Lupone for breaching their contract. I believe he had to pay her an additional settlement which matched what he paid Glenn Close for the duration of her run, didn't he?

So if you put this all back into the revenue, the musical probably would have come out ahead.

Call_me_jorge said: "It ran over a thousand performances, which was more than millie at least."

Correct but "did not run anywhere near long enough to qualify."