$305,158,363
The final numbers are in, and Madonna’s MDNA Tour has retained her box office form, clocking in at $305,158,363 gross with 2,212,345 in attendance over 88 shows, according to Billboard Boxscore.
The 2012 tour’s final box office tally is enough to rank MDNA No. 10 all-time in tours as reported to Boxscore. This is Madonna’s second time in the Boxscore Top 10 after her Sticky & Sweet Tour of 2008-09 ringed third all-time at $408 million, the highest ever for a solo artist.
The Confessions Tour came in at $194 million in 2006. All of these tours were produced by Live Nation’s Global Touring division, headed by LNGT chairman Arthur Fogel, who offhandedly predicted to Billboard back in April that MDNA would end up a Boxscore Top 10 tour.
The latest update to the Billboard Boxscore included the final MDNA Tour shows in South America – three concerts in Argentina and one gig in Chile.
Attendance met projected capacity yet again and the tour wraps with all the concerts ranked as sold out. Here are the details of the concerts in Buenos Aires, Santiago and Cordoba.
• Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina December 13, 15, 2012
Total gross: $10,820,041
Attendance: 89,226
Price range: $328.01, $51.25
• Estadio Chateau Carreras, Cordoba, Argentina December 22, 2012
Total gross: $5,566,393
Attendance: 48,133
Price range: $244.70, $30.59
• Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile December 19, 2012
Total gross: $3,867,601
Attendance: 47,625
Price range: $632.24, $28.45
Had MDNA played Australian stadiums, as was initially considered, the tour would have moved up a few notches up the all-time list. As it stood and as it stands, MDNA was the highest-grossing tour for 2012 according to Boxscore, making it Madonna’s third time closing a year at the top of the box office heap, the others being 2009 and 2004. Madonna joined the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Bon Jovi as the only acts to be Billboard’s highest-grossing tour twice in a three-year span, and MDNA gives Fogel and Live Nation their sixth top tour over the past 10 years.
Highlights for the MDNA Tour were many, with the run through South America being notably successful. The five highest Boxscores on the tour were:
• Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellin, November 28-29 ($14.7 m gross, 90,018 attendance)
• Yankee Stadium in New York September 6 and 8($12.6 m, 79,775)
• Foro Sol in Mexico City November 24-25 ($11.6 m, 84,382)
• Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires December 13, 15 ($10.8 m, 89,226)
• Estadio do Morumbi in Sao Paulo December 4-5 ($8.4 m, 85,255)
In North America, the show did best – not counting Yankee Stadium – at:
• Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, September 1 ($8 m gross, 70,569 attendance)
• Air Canada Centre in Toronto, September 12-13 ($7.5 m, 32,557)
• The MGM Grand in Las Vegas, October 13-14 ($7.2 m, 24,991)
• The Staples Center in Los Angeles, October 10-11 ($6.2 m, 29,015)
Top-grossing dates in Europe and the Middle East were:
• du Arena, Abu Dhabi, June 3-4 ($8 m gross, 45,722 attendance)
• Stade De France, Paris, France, July 14 ($7,2 m, 62,195)
• Turk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, June 7 ($6,2 m, 47,789)
• Hyde Park, London, July 17 ($6,7 m, 54,140)
The MDNA Tour is the second tour under a 10-year multi-rights deal between Madonna and Live Nation, signed in 2007. “MDNA” is Madonna’s fifth tour with Fogel’s team, a run that marks the Material Girl’s ascent into the elite ranks of touring artists and inarguably makes her the top touring female artist of all time.
“It seems like I have said this a number of times following Madonna tours – five times to be precise: the overwhelming global success of the ‘MDNA’ tour proves yet again that Madonna is the greatest female touring artist,” Fogel told Billboard as the tour came to a close. “As this tour takes its place as one of the most successful in history, I can’t help but enjoy the fact that it is the millions of fans who determine that. Thank you to [Madonna manager] Guy Oseary and the entire staff and crew of ‘MDNA.’ ”
Read more at Billboard.biz and click the Full Article link for the complete list.
MADONNA – THE MDNA TOUR 2012
EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST
• Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel May 31, 2012
Total gross: $4,339,876
Attendance: 33,457
Price range: $644.03, $61.83
• du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates June 3 and 4, 2012
Total gross: $8,053,500
Attendance: 45,722
Price range: $298.12, $68.06
• Turk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, Turkey June 7, 2012
Total gross: $6,219,598
Attendance: 47,789
Price range: $655.27, $54.61
• Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy June 12, 2012
Total gross: $2,835,542
Attendance: 36,658
Price range: $187.69, $12.51
• Stadio San Siro, Milan, Italy June 14, 2012
Total gross: $5,624,570
Attendance: 53,244
Price range: $194.55, $56.48
• Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy June 16, 2012
Total gross: $4,252,680
Attendance: 42,434
Price range: $189.66, $56.90
• Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain June 20 and 21, 2012
Total gross: $3,893,274
Attendance: 33,178
Price range: $221.88, $50.72
• Estadio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal June 24, 2012
Total gross: $3,156,022
Attendance: 33,597
Price range: $213.78, $45.27
• O2 World, Berlin, Germany June 28 and 30, 2012
Total gross: $3,679,378
Attendance: 25,481
Price range: $208.94, $56.98
• Parken Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark July 2, 2012
Total gross: $2,980,465
Attendance: 29,416
Price range: $254.58, $50.92
• Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg, Sweden July 4, 2012
Total gross: $4,510,807
Attendance: 36,472
Price range: $180.36, $50.50
• Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands July 7-8, 2012
Total gross: $3,777,245
Attendance: 29,172
Price range: $215.05, $55.30
• Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium July 12, 2012
Total gross: $3,676,447
Attendance: 36,778
Price range: $182.99, $54.90
• Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany July 10, 2012
Total gross: $1,775,841
Attendance: 14,489
Price range: $203.38, $55.47
• Stade De France, Paris, France July 14, 2012
Total gross: $7,195,799
Attendance: 62,195
Price range: $183.73, $42.87
• Hyde Park, London, UK July 17, 2012
Total gross: $6,714,027
Attendance: 54,140
Price range: $195.47, $109.46
• National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, UK July 19, 2012
Total gross: $1,998,196
Attendance: 11,684
Price range: $274.55, $86.29
• Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, UK July 21, 2012
Total gross: $4,974,731
Attendance: 52,160
Price range: $195.28, $70.30
• Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland July 24, 2012
Total gross: $3,175,497
Attendance: 33,953
Price range: $170.56, $66.11
• L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris, France July 26, 2012
Total gross: $346,653
Attendance: 2,576
Price range: $307.65, $98.45
• Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna, Austria July 29, 2012
Total gross: $1,953,791
Attendance: 33,250
Price range: $246.38, $49.28
• Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland August 1, 2012
Total gross: $2,933,410
Attendance: 38,699
Price range: $112.45, $40.48
• NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kiev, Ukraine August 4, 2012
Total gross: $4,893,317
Attendance: 31,022
Price range: $1,602.96, $67.82
• Olimpiyskiy, Moscow, Russia August 7, 2012
$4,074,400
Attendance: 19,842
Price range: $2,219.42, $55.49
• SKK Arena, St. Petersburg, Russia August 9, 2012
Total gross: $2,683,569
Attendance: 19,079
Price range: $475.92, $47.59
• Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland August 12, 2012
Total gross: $5,589,900
Attendance: 42,760
Price range: $187.44, $64.53
• Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway August 15, 2012
Total gross: $3,017,871
Attendance: 18,631
Price range: $224.04, $50.53
• Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland August 18, 2012
Total gross: $4,989,192
Attendance: 37,792
Price range: $164.30, $118.09
• Stade Charles-Ehrmann, Nice, France August 21, 2012
Total gross: $2,386,311
Attendance: 29,670
Price range: $186.24, $55.87
NORTH AMERICA
• Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa August 28, 2012
Total gross: $2,651,855
Attendance: 15,741
Price range: $355, $45
• Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec August 30, 2012
Total gross: $3,457,482
Attendance: 16,918
Price range: $352.47, $48.23
• Plains of Abraham, Quebec City, Quebec September 1, 2012
Total gross: $8,098,292
Attendance: 70,569
Price range: $582.92, $64.12
• TD Garden, Boston, Mass September 4, 2012
Total gross: $2,450,720
Attendance: 13,995
Price range: $355, $45
• Yankee Stadium. Bronx, NY September 6-8, 2012
Total gross: $12,599,540
Attendance: 79,775
Price range: $355, $40
• Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, Ontario September 10, 2012
Total gross: $2,371,994
Attendance: 14,422
Price range: $358.68, $46.21
• Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario September 12-13, 2012
Total gross: $7,458,188
Attendance: 32,557
Price range: $361.38, $46.46
• Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ September 15, 2012
Total gross: $2,891,340
Attendance: 12,207
Price range: $355, $80
• United Center, Chicago, Ill September 19-20, 2012
Total gross: $5,102,880
Attendance: 28,143
Price range: $355, $45
• Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. September 23-24, 2012
Total gross: $4,860,428
Attendance: 27,944
Price range: $358, $48
• Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia September 29-30, 2012
Total gross: $4,758,994
Attendance: 28,500
Price range: $355.69, $45.73
• KeyArena, Seattle, Washington October 2-3, 2012
Total gross: $3,723,405
Attendance: 23,651
Price range: $355, $45
• HP Pavilion, San Jose, California October 6-7, 2012
Total gross: $4,791,285
Attendance: 25,907
Price range: $355, $45
• Staples Center, Los Angeles, California October 10-11, 2012
Total gross: $6,162,835
Attendance: 29,015
Price range: $368, $47
• MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas, Nevada October 13-14, 2012
Total gross: $7,188,879
Attendance: 24,991
Price range: $383, $48
• U.S. Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona October 16, 2012
Total gross: $2,389,060
Attendance: 13,239
Price range: $355, $45
• Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado October 18, 2012
Total gross: $2,135,835
Attendance: 13,280
Price range: $355, $45
• American Airlines Center,Dallas, Texas October 21, 2012
Total gross: $2,329,690
Attendance: 14,360
Price range: $355, $45
• Toyota Center, Houston, Texas October 24-25, 2012
Total gross: $4,390,355
Attendance: 24,797
Price range: $355, $45
• New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana October 27, 2012
Total gross: $2,261,515
Attendance: 14,498
Price range: $355, $45
• Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri October 30, 2012
Total gross: $2,366,220
Attendance: 14,108
Price range: $355, $45
• Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri November 1, 2012
Total gross: $2,449,110
Attendance: 16,022
Price range: $355, $45
• Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minnesota November 3-4, 2012
Total gross: $4,229,005
Attendance: 26,084
Price range: $355, $45
• Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsilvanya November 6, 2012
Total gross: $2,358,670
Attendance: 14,120
Price range: $355, $45
• Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan November 8, 2012
Total gross: $1,833,154
Attendance: 13,716
Price range: $358, $48
• Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio November 10, 2012
Total gross: $2,546,780
Attendance: 16,487
Price range: $355, $45
• Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. November 12-13, 2012
Total gross: $4,846,665
Attendance: 24,790
Price range: $355, $45
• Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina November 15, 2012
Total gross: $2,208,180
Attendance: 13,817
Price range: $357, $47
• Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia November 17, 2012
Total gross: $2,379,792
Attendance: 13,504 /
Price range: $359, $49
• American Airlines Arena , Miami, Florida November 19-20, 2012
Total gross: $5,241,125
Attendance: 27,976
Price range: $355, $45
LATIN AMERICA
• Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico November 24-25, 2012
Total gross: $11,586,745
Attendance: 84,382
Price range: $771.47, $27
• Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellin, Colombia November 28-29, 2012
Total gross: $14,741,104
Attendance: 90,018
Price range: $375.28, $66.23
• Parque dos Atletas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil December 2, 2012
Total gross: $4,332,428
Attendance: 34,709
Price range: $397.88, $46.81
• Estadio do Morumbi, Sao Paulo, Brazil December 4-5, 2012
Total gross: $8,430,677
Attendance: 85,255
Price range: $403.72, $40.37
• Estadio Olimpico Monumental, Porto Alegre, Brazil December 9, 2012
Total gross: $7,578,191
Attendance: 42,524
Price range: $385.64, $28.92
• Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina December 13, 15, 2012
Total gross: $10,820,041
Attendance: 89,226
Price range: $328.01, $51.25
• Estadio Chateau Carreras, Cordoba, Argentina December 22, 2012
Total gross: $5,566,393
Attendance: 48,133
Price range: $244.70, $30.59
• Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile December 19, 2012
Total gross: $3,867,601
Attendance: 47,625
Price range: $632.24, $28.45