Please help me settle a RENT bet.

[bwayfan3]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 11:20am

How much money do you think RENT has made worldwide (excluding the film)? Or is there a place to access this information.

I have a friendly wager with someone on this.

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 11:32am

I don't think anyone here has any idea how much it's grossed worldwide but the cumulative Broadway grosses as of September of last year for Rent were $208,964,075.

[children&art]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 11:34am

no it's made $525,600,000 - get it, five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred millions....(hahaha)

Updated On: 2/21/06 at 11:34 AM

[jaso_n]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 11:44am

It's probably recouped back its initial investment. I know that much. Well, with DVD sales and ticket sales it probably has.

[bwayfan3]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 11:59am

"I don't think anyone here has any idea how much it's grossed worldwide but the cumulative Broadway grosses as of September of last year for Rent were $208,964,075."

Thanks...where do you get that info from?

Do you think you could double that figure to factor in tours, other productions,etc. Is that reasonable do you think?

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:04pm

Cumulative grosses can be found on playbill.com's site. I have no idea whether you could double it or not but I wouldn't be surprised if that was possible. Considering that in North American alone there have been tours going on for the majority of the past ten years, sometimes more than one at a time. That, combined with all of the international productions around the world? Could be close to that but the actual figures probably aren't available to anyone.

And, Jaso_n, you're kidding, right, when you say "it's PROBABLY recouped" its investment? That happened years ago!

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:05pm

I think jaso_n is talking about the film, judging by the DVD comment.

[ljay889]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:11pm

Keep in the mind - the show wasn't a huge success overseas like it was/is here in America.