Madonna’s ‘Madame X’ Tour Scores $9.6M In Opening Run

According to ticket sales data reported to Pollstar by promoter Live Nation Global Touring, the superstar’s combined grosses from the first run of shows total $9,631,758 from 31,401 sold tickets at the 2,098-seat performance venue.

Following the New York City engagement that began Sept. 17, the tour headed to Chicago for a run of shows at the Chicago Theatre that started on Oct. 16 and is set to wrap on Monday, Oct. 28 after seven performances.

The upcoming schedule includes multiple-show stints at theaters in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia and Miami for the remainder of the year, while a European leg is planned for early 2020 with shows booked in Lisbon, London and Paris.

The tour – the eleventh headlining effort of Madonna’s storied four-decade career – supports her latest album Madame X that was released on June 14. This year she is playing small venues for the first time since the “Virgin” tour, her first one as a headliner in 1985. All of her subsequent tours were produced for stadiums or arenas or both.

Prior to this year her most recent major tour was ”Rebel Heart”, a four continent jaunt that spanned from September 2015 through March 2016. With performances booked in 82 arenas worldwide, she racked up a box-office gross topping $169 million from over 1 million sold tickets. 

Her most successful tour on record based on sales is the “Sticky & Sweet” trek that still ranks among the highest-grossing tours of all time with a $411 million take from 3.5 million sold tickets in 2008 and 2009.