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Taylor Swift, for example, is grossing $2.93m per night on her 1989 tour, based on from figures published by Billboard.

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2015

Gauss figures that the company's break-even point is $900,000 a year, and it is grossing less than $800,000, mostly because of the European competition.

From Time Magazine Archive

The theater is now playing Alfred Hayes's Girl on the Via Flaminia at an initial cost of $3,500 and is grossing $2,700 a week.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the 1,992-seat Gershwin Theater, where Shirley MacLaine on Broadway is grossing $475,000 a week, a house record, another bash was thrown by the show's producers.

From Time Magazine Archive