You can update the OP, since the Prismatic World Tour reached $196.1M on BB (198M according to Pollstar)

(more dates to be reported soon for both).

MTE

What kind of comparisson
The estimations and such

BTWBT was a totally different case.

The dates were announced and even PUT on sale.
Over 200,000 ticket sales were REFUNDED to the buyers and over $25 million dollars in cash.

It wasn't a second x leg, it was the first and ONLY US leg for the tour which she didn't get to finish.
They had the money, because over 200k people paid for their tickets, but they had to refund the money obviously.

Gaga could have also done multiple legs with the BTWBT, but would she do that? Artists usually only do 2nd legs when they don't get to visit all the places in that continent/country properly or when they are new and they need to make up a name for themselves.

A 2nd leg nowdays for artists like Gaga or Katy, considering both are household names and most consumers already know what they're up to, would just look pretty damn GREEDY.

Ok , you have a new record, you want to share with the world, with as much people as possible, but why would you want to share it with the same obsessed people that would buy a 100 tickets to see you put on the same damn show?

for Katy. She worked her butt off to get that gross. Well deserved!

Taylor's about to come and push most of our faves down.

Slay at #5 and #9

There is literally a Billboard article stating that the tour would've grossed way over 200M if it wasn't cancelled tho The USA shows had the smallest average (out of most BTWB dates), but it was still around 1.4M I mean That's higher than some other's highest averages... let's not

Congrats to Katy, she exceeded all expectations

Like who's #11? I think RED Tour?

I don't agree that putting on another leg is being greedy at all. If the demand for tickets is there, then that means people want to see your show. Putting on more shows to cater for a demand is not greedy. All tours are responsive to demand, that is why they purposefully allow gaps in the touring schedule than can be filled with extra dates if the demand is there.

Red had box office receipts of $150m. Don't know whether that would put it in 11th place. Possibly.

I found these:

Taylor Swift - Red Tour - $150.2M - 86 shows
Rihanna - Diamonds World Tour - $141.9M - 90 shows
Madonna - Re-Invention tour - $125M - 56 shows
Taylor Swift - Speak Now World Tour - $123M - 110 shows

Dunno who could possibly have grossed more than that (I checked pretty much everyone I could think of).

The Circus Starring Britney Spears $131.8M - 97 shows

^ Thanks!

So Top 15 should be something like this:

10 from the OP+

11. Taylor Swift - 1989 Tour - $172.7M - 59 shows

12. Taylor Swift - Red Tour - $150.2M - 86 shows

13. Rihanna - Diamonds World Tour - $141.9M - 90 shows

14. Britney Spears - Circus Tour - $131.8M - 97 shows

15. Madonna - Re-Invention tour - $125M - 56 shows

(16. Taylor Swift - Speak Now World Tour - $123M - 110 shows)

The following estimations, barring a few minor mistakes, are about accurate:

11. P!nk - "Funhouse/Summer Carnival", $180,000,000
12. Taylor Swift, "1989", $172,696,212
13. Taylor Swift - "RED", $150,184,971
14. Britney Spears - "The Circus Starring: Britney Spears", $150,000,000
15. Rihanna - "Diamonds", $139,860,541
16. Tina Turner - "Twenty Four Seven", $135,000,000
17. Tina Turner - "Tina!: 50th Anniversary", $132,500,000
18. Barbra Streisand - "Streisand", $130,000,000
19. Madonna - "Re-Invention", $124,790,787
20. Taylor Swift - "Speak Now", $123,101,131

yaaaaasss

No one cares "what would have been."

If you include the latest Pollstar data then 1989 World Tour is already up to $185m! That puts it into the Top 10 of this list!

Another Stadium to play tonight as well!

Taylor already at #9 with 185.4M

legend