How Spider-Man Spent $75M

Amid injuries, delays, and firings, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has managed to eat through $75 million, New York state financial statements reveal. To put that in perspective: The play The Book of Mormon cost $9 million, reports the New York Times. Here’s where some of the money—and time—has gone:

• $4 million to rent the theater for two years before opening (most shows need it just months in advance)
• $9 million on sets, costumes, and, er, shoes

• $8 million borrowed to renovate the theater
• $6 million to stagehands
• $1.2 million a week in operating costs
• $1 million to lawyers
• Nine years in development

“The bad news is that it was very expensive,” says a top producer. But “the good news is that we will not quit and we will make this a success and that’s that.” Click through for a detailed Spider-Man cost report. (More Spider-Man stories.)