Holy Crap, Iron Maiden Made a Shitload of Money on Their “Book of Souls” Tour
The latest Boxscore report has landed and, as usual, The PRP’s done the heavy-lifting of sorting through it and posting the box office numbers of some notable metal and hard rock bands.
The report has a number of notable metal and hard rock acts listed, but this week’s edition may as well be called The Iron Maiden Report, with figures from several of the band’s recent North America arena shows with Ghost listed. And holy shit: the band is raking it in! Not that that should come as any surprise — you don’t play arenas and do “just OK,” and Maiden’s show, as always, is phenomenal — but seeing these numbers all laid out in front of your eyes is quite something.
Note that these numbers are not a wholly accurate reflection of how much money these artists take home. After the ticket numbers are in, the bands still need to pay the opening acts, cover their crew and travel expenses, share a cut with the promoter, pay their manager and booking agent, etc. On the other side of it, the numbers also don’t include any money earned from merch sales. But these Boxscore reports do provide a general idea of the earning power of each of these bands, especially relative to one another.
Artist: Iron Maiden & Ghost
Venue: Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
Date: Jul. 21st-22nd, 2017
Gross Sales: $2,030,058
Attendance/Capacity: 23,438 / 23,438
Ticket Prices: $119.50, $24
Artist: Iron Maiden, Ghost, Kamelot & Exodus
Venue: Devore, CA – Glen Helen Amphitheater
Date: Jul. 01st, 2017
Gross Sales: $1,366,789
Attendance/Capacity: 23,363 / 40,000
Ticket Prices: $99.50, $29.50
Artist: Iron Maiden & Ghost
Venue: Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena
Date: Jul. 05th, 2017
Gross Sales: $1,057,284
Attendance/Capacity: 13,413 / 13,413
Ticket Prices: $94.76, $37.62
Artist: Iron Maiden & Ghost
Venue: Mansfield, MA – XFINITY Center
Date: Jul. 19th, 2017
Gross Sales: $873,512
Attendance/Capacity: 19,038 / 19,038
Ticket Prices: $89.50, $25
Artist: Iron Maiden & Ghost
Venue: Quebec City, QC – Centre Videotron
Date: Jul. 16th, 2017
Gross Sales: $856,985
Attendance/Capacity: 13,680 / 13,680
Ticket Prices: $70.76, $31.23
Artist: Iron Maiden & Ghost
Venue: Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Arena
Date: Jun. 28th, 2017
Gross Sales: $838,216
Attendance/Capacity: 10,475 / 11,500
Ticket Prices: $94.75, $34.75
Artist: Iron Maiden & Ghost
Venue: Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Date: Jul. 15th, 2017
Gross Sales: $789,569
Attendance/Capacity: 15,671 / 15,671
Ticket Prices: $78.35, $25.59
Artist: Iron Maiden & Ghost
Venue: Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
Date: Jul. 03rd, 2017
Gross Sales: $759,014
Attendance/Capacity: 9,033 / 10,500
Ticket Prices: $99.50, $39.50
Artist: Iron Maiden & Ghost
Venue: West Valley City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
Date: Jul. 07th, 2017
Gross Sales: $728,716
Attendance/Capacity: 14,618 / 19,000
Ticket Prices: $99.50, $34.50
Artist: Iron Maiden & Ghost
Venue: Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena
Date: Jul. 09th, 2017
Gross Sales: $622,402
Attendance/Capacity: 7,856 / 10,000
Ticket Prices: $99.50, $39.50
Artist: Iron Maiden & Ghost
Venue: Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
Date: Jul. 11th, 2017
Gross Sales: $528,810
Attendance/Capacity: 7,012 / 8,915
Ticket Prices: $97.50, $37.50
Other relevant artists included in this week’s report include Melvins, Steel Panther and Wage War. Check those out at The PRP.
