Earnings & Attendance: How Much Money Pearl Jam, Muse + More Grossed at Recent Shows

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ehbacon
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edited December 2015 in The Porch
from https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/industry_news/earnings__attendance_how_much_money_pearl_jam_muse_godsmack_mastodon__more_grossed_at_recent_shows.html


"Pearl Jam dominate the rundown with over $4 million grossed from a single gig, while Soulfly stand at the bottom with just over $12,000.

"Artist: Pearl Jam
Venue: Sao Paulo, Brazil - Estadio do Morumbi
Date: November 14, 2015
Gross Sales: $4,206,180
Attendance/Capacity: 64,600 / 73,121
Ticket Prices: $122.98, $40.71"


that's quite a lot from one gig, which really impresses me on the whole offsetting for carbon mitigation thing. Thoughts?


I know it's gross sales not profit but that is still a lot of money
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    It's a large figure, for sure. But I suspect their profit margin might not be that high.
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    I also wonder if that figure includes merch sales, concession sales etc.
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  • Wma31394
    Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    The big acts these days bank on the corporate gigs..
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  • jerparker20
    jerparker20 St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,528
    ldent42 said:

    I also wonder if that figure includes merch sales, concession sales etc.

    No. Tickets only.
  • hsohi
    hsohi Posts: 1,033
    Wma31394 said:

    The big acts these days bank on the corporate gigs..

    Word!
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    At that one show Ed will make more than I do in a lifetime! Lol
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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Was there an opening band for that show? If not thats even more of a cut that they take home

    I know Frank Black said that PJ paid him extremely well to open those shows in 98
  • FrankY59
    FrankY59 Posts: 1,052
    edited December 2015
    No clue how much that translates to NET profit but whatever the amount, they deserve it. To be able to have a positive impact on millions and millions and millions of people's lives is truly priceless.
  • cameramoonstone
    cameramoonstone Posts: 23
    Well, these figures show what the gig itself earned, not the band....

    That said, looking at the Boxscore stats is sort of interesting, just to see/compare what various groups are charging and what size venues they are playing.
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    cameramoonstone said:

    Well, these figures show what the gig itself earned, not the band....

    That said, looking at the Boxscore stats is sort of interesting, just to see/compare what various groups are charging and what size venues they are playing.

    I thought so too but the lack of info about how the figures are compiled bugged me.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,642
    edited December 2015
    According to this article (from 2011 though) the artists actually take a pretty huge chuck of ticket sales. Average of 74% (for them and all their crew, travel, etc). Still very decent profit margins for big acts. Say if they spend much of that profit on their performance and crew, they're still each making a hell of a lot for one show.

    http://www.wisebread.com/how-much-a-breakdown-of-concert-ticket-prices
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  • foodboy
    foodboy Posts: 988
    its my understanding the bands take the lions share of the money as it is usually guaranteed for bands like this. in 1984 i saw springsteens contract for buffalo. the promoter made his money from the ticket surcharge on 16000 tickets which was 1.50 at the time. his profit per show was 25000. bruce took over 250,000.00. tickets were 16.00

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