Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
HBBrock
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/11/07
#1Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 3:23amReally bored. It's 3:20am.....how crazy is it that Wicked in NY alone has grossed 340 million in 5 years!!!!!
#2re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 3:46amNot really surprising. Isn't there a permanent "This Performance is sold out" plaque nailed to the theatre facade?
#2re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 6:13am
holy s---
Isn't the initial cost like 14 million or something? How much does it cost to rent the Gershwin? Sheesh, that's a lot of profit.
In Soviet Russia, Wicked hates you too!
BrianS
Broadway Star Joined: 10/8/07
#3re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 8:20am
Profit = gross - weekly operating costs.
The show has made a lot of money, but you have to factor both weekly operating costs and recoupment of initial investment into that figure. You don't just take the gross minus the initial cost.
If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them. - Ethel Merman
DefyGravity777
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/28/08
#4re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 8:29amCATSNYrevival, I was at one performance this March and the sign wasn't up.
Don't believe everything that you hear! Only the peeps involved know the truth!
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#5re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 8:29am
Crazy.
Congrats to the people behind it!
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#6re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 11:03am
"CATSNYrevival, I was at one performance this March and the sign wasn't up."
You probably didn't see it (or something may have been blocking it), but their sold out sign is indeed drilled into the wall.
DefyGravity777
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/28/08
#7re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 11:11am
"You probably didn't see it (or something may have been blocking it), but their sold out sign is indeed drilled into the wall."
I know it's drilled into the wall. It was NOT there when I went in March. I certainly know where it is. I saw the show 23 times. Just about a month ago the show wasn't sold out either and it was taken down.
Don't believe everything that you hear! Only the peeps involved know the truth!
#8re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 11:23am
Yeah I went to the Actor's Fund performance and it wasn't there either. A couple of seats behind me were empty.
Anyway, that's crazy!!
Sondheim_Geek
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/07
#9re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 12:44pm
Is Wicked the most successful show failing to win the Tony for Best Musical?
I can't think of any other off the top of my head (adjusting for price differences/inflation)?
#10re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 12:47pmI guess you cant deny that making it into a musical instead of a film (as originally planned) was a good move.
skibumb5290
Stand-by Joined: 2/5/08
#11re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 12:48pmWicked is just the most successful show even among the ones that have won best musical
kooky
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
#12re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 12:58pmWow, those investors must be thrilled and rich beyond belief, good for them all!
Sondheim_Geek
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/07
#13re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 1:05pmSurely longer runners like Phantom, Cats, Les Mis, etc have beaten it...
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#14re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 1:34pmI think Cats is the all-time money making champ for now- not that Wicked can't top it in time.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#15re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 1:41pmAnd Stephen Schwartz couldn't [sob] put up $1 million [sob] to get Godspell [sob, sob] to Broadway [Gothampc collapses].
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#16re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 1:44pm
It's definitely the highest-grossing non-best-musical Tony winner...and is on the way to being the highest-grossing show ever on Broadway.
commasplice
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/29/04
#17re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 1:45pm
Is anyone else imagining Stephen Schwartz swimming around in a giant pit of money a la Scrooge McDuck?
Updated On: 10/7/08 at 01:45 PM
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#18re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 3:13pm
"I think Cats is the all-time money making champ for now- not that Wicked can't top it in time."
Actually, I believe The Phantom of the Opera is. At least worldwide, it has grossed over $3 Billion. Not sure how much the Broadway production has made. But it's in its 20th year.
#19re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 3:16pm
It could make Broadway alliances and recoup for Shrek!
That was total sarcasm!
Broadwaynerd101
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/6/08
#20re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 3:34pm
"Wicked is just the most successful show even among the ones that have won best musical"
HA! Doubtful. I'm glad it didn't win best musical. It can finally show people that even succsessful shows aren't the best show to see. Wicked is good, but seeing it more then twice is like a prison sentance. IMHO! I find it very tacky and I am not a big fan.
BrianS
Broadway Star Joined: 10/8/07
#21re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 4:44pm
Whether you like the show or not, Phantom is the single most successful entertainment venture in any format of all time.
Just to put it in perspective, imagine Wicked still selling out in 2025 on Broadway because that's what Phantom has already accomplished.
If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them. - Ethel Merman
Broadwaynerd101
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/6/08
#22re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 4:47pm
That would be 2023, by the way.
"Really bored. It's 3:20am.....how crazy is it that Wicked in NY alone has grossed 340 million in 5 years!!!!!"
Try sleeping, next time.
#23re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 5:05pmSurely Mamma Mia! has done equal to, if not greater than, than that much business? It also did not win best musical.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
DefyGravity777
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/28/08
#24re: Wicked on Broadway has grossed 340 million to date.
Posted: 10/7/08 at 6:50pm
"Really bored. It's 3:20am.....how crazy is it that Wicked in NY alone has grossed 340 million in 5 years!!!!!"
"Try sleeping, next time."
Maybe the OP is like me and doesn't go to sleep until 7am...LOL.
Don't believe everything that you hear! Only the peeps involved know the truth!
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