1. Spiderman: Turn off the Dark: $79 Million

And the number one most expensive Broadway musical is Spiderman: Turn of the Dark.

Marvel’s most popular hero, the human spider was depicted in a rock musical called Spiderman: Turn of the Dark.

Honestly I did not see that coming. Wasn’t expecting to see the Spiderman playing rock. Did you?

It needed a budget of $79 million to get everything ready for the show when it opened back in June 2011.

Despite the pull of U2’s Bono, who did the music and lyrics, the show failed to give investors back its money. It closed early this year (2014) with a loss of $60 million.

via famenycmagazine