WWE Business History


Year
Total Revenue
Profit/Loss
94-95
$87,352,000
-$4,431,000
95-96
$85,815,000
$3,319,000
96-97
$81,863,000
$6,505,000
97-98
$126,231,000
$8,466,000
98-99
$251,474,000
$56,030,000
99-00
$373,100,000
$68,937,000
00-01
$456,043,000
$15,987,000*
01-02
$409,622,000
$42,233,000**
02-03
$374,264,000
-$19,455,000***
03-04
$374,909,000
$48,192,000
04-05
$366,431,000
$39,147,000****
05-06
$400,051,000
$47,047,000*****
'06
$262,937,000
$31,617,000******
'07
$485,700,000
$52,137,000*******
'08
$526,457,000
$45,416,000
'09
$475,161,000
$50,303,000

NOTES:
* Wrestling profit was $84,981,000, but WWE's share of the 50% of the XFL losses (the other 50% was covered by NBC) was $68,994,000
** Wrestling profit was $42,498,000; also figured in was a tax break of $4,638,000 for shutting down the XFL; offset by $4,903,000 in losses for the year from the operation and closing of The World Restaurant
*** Wrestling profit was $16,362,000; offset by losses of $35,557,000 through operation and closing of The World Restaurant.
**** Wrestling profit was $37,778,000; also figured in was a tax break of $1,369,000 for shutting down The World Restaurant; Not figured into the bottom line were $28,340,000 in expenses on producing two movies and $8,078,000 in other expenses and liabilites amortized over time
***** Not figured into the bottom line were $7,323,000 in expenses on early production costs of one movie
****** An eight-month fiscal year total. For a comparison, prorated over 12 months, the revenues would figure to be $394,405,500 and profits at of $47,425,500, so numbers were equivalent to the prior year, but without a Wrestlemania figured in. The figure doesn't include $17,466,000 in costs of one movie and $2,726,000 in costs of purchasing videotape libraries.
*******Does include $16,000,000 in profits and movies "The Marine" and "See No Evil" and $15,700,000 in losses for "The Condemned."

source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter


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