Recoup rate of POTO (Bway)

[PattyO'Furniture]

Recoup rate of POTO (Bway)#1

Posted: 2/4/11 at 10:45pm

Does anyone have a source that indicates how long it took POTO to recoup on Bway and how much the initial Bway investments were? If so, I'd be much obliged if you would share.

If you have a source for London instead, that will do, as well.

[frontrowcentre2]

Recoup rate of POTO (Bway)#2

Posted: 2/5/11 at 10:52am

The original Broadway production opened in January 1988 and had not recouped by season's end. It did recoup by end of the following season. (They did not make specific announcements back then. Just the annual season tallies in Variety.) I remember reading that the show would need to sell out 40 weeks to recoup and it did sell out week after week.

There were no outside investors. Show was produced by Cameron Mackintosh and the Really Useful Theatre Company.

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[PattyO'Furniture]

Recoup rate of POTO (Bway)#2

Posted: 2/5/11 at 7:01pm

Thank you for this informaion. Do you know of an online source for these stats or any others?

[tourboi]

Recoup rate of POTO (Bway)#3

Posted: 2/5/11 at 7:47pm

There were outside investors... Just because Mackintosh produced it, doesn't mean he put ALL his money into it. He did what most producers do... he found investors and brought them into the fold.

I know a few individuals who had/have money in the London, and Broadway runs.

[jdtp12]

Recoup rate of POTO (Bway)#4

Posted: 2/5/11 at 9:31pm

I don't know for sure, but I seem to remember reading in a NYTimes article last fall that it's budget was 8 or 9 million when it opened..

[PattyO'Furniture]

Recoup rate of POTO (Bway)#5

Posted: 2/5/11 at 10:51pm

So then, it probably recouped in a greater amount of time than WICKED, but it recouped a greater amount of money than WICKED. Does that seem correct? Just wish I could find a source. Thank you all for the info.

[wdwfreak]

Recoup rate of POTO (Bway)#6

Posted: 2/5/11 at 10:54pm

Is that 8 or 9 million dollars today, or back when it opened since inflation has changed.

[jdtp12]

Recoup rate of POTO (Bway)#7

Posted: 2/5/11 at 10:59pm

That's a good question. I just know it was an article about Spider-man's budget, so it was giving the budgets of a few past larger shows..

[tourboi]

Recoup rate of POTO (Bway)#8

Posted: 2/6/11 at 12:40am

It was between 8-9 Million in currency then... given inflation, I think ALW has said that it would be a very hard show to capitalize in today's economy.

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Recoup rate of POTO (Bway)#9

Posted: 2/6/11 at 8:55pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.php?thread=1027481&dt=9&boardid=3