Amid injuries, delays, and firings, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has managed to eat through $75 million, New York state financial statements reveal. To put that in perspective: The play The Book of Mormon cost $9 million, reports the New York Times. Here’s where some of the money—and time—has gone:
- $4 million to rent the theater for two years before opening
- $9 million on sets, costumes, and, er, shoes
- $8 million borrowed to renovate the theater
- $6 million to stagehands
- $1.2 million a week in operating costs
- $1 million to lawyers
- Nine years in development
“The bad news is that it was very expensive,” says a top producer. But “the good news is that we will not quit and we will make this a success and that’s that.”
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