Badboy Charlie Sheen Cashes in on Epic Comeback With $7M/Month Paycheck
- Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:28pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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Charlie Sheen’s “Violent Torpedo of Truth” is growing–as is his one-man business.
Sheen is adding a dozen more dates to his live show, which is now set to stretch into Canada and continue through May 3. According to TMZ, Sheen will make $7 million dollars in a month as a result of this tour:
…the deal is for Charlie to perform on 21 dates. He’ll get 85% of the profits, with Live Nation getting the remaining 15%. Charlie’s cut is projected to average between $250,000 – $275,000 for each show.
And there’s more … Charlie will get additional $$$ for after-parties and merchandizing with 200,000 pieces of merchandise already shipped out for the show.
In all, we’re told Charlie will pull in $7 million in a month.
The outspoken actor announced his first two live performances last week on his Twitter account. Those shows in Detroit and Chicago sold out quickly. The show will essentially be a 1 hour and 15 minute-long comedy routine done by Sheen from a chair–perhaps something like what we see below:
Sheen will make additional stops in Toronto, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Sheen has not revealed the content of the show, other than to call it “the REAL story.” Get excited. Get very excited.
The AP contributed to this report.
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Comments (94)
Creestof
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:58pm1) this 7 million dollar figure is based upon sell out crowds…and all shows being performed
2) the “sell outs” so far have been ticket scalpers like TicketMasters buying all the tickets…not actual customers who will wind up going
3) opening night is less than 6 weeks away from the day he thought this latest stunt up…not much time to write an act…so what will it consist of? 90 minutes of hearing “winning”, “trolls”, “tigers blood” ad nauseum…combined with egomaniacal rants/threats/boasts
I foresee the first 2-3 shows having reasonable crowds, then dwindling fast once the reviews of this trash gets around…then he will go on another rant about people being against him, then he will have his Goddesses involved in a few shows with their idiocy…then he’ll try to get some other celebrities to join him for the remaining shows so that there is not just a huge echo attending the show.
B)
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:51pmMore people rewarding bad behavior. No wonder this world is so messed up. Seems that folks just LOVE to see self-distruction.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:51pmI hope he will make it to the stage & not be high high high chasing hookers in his hotel room .
Report Post »I would love to see the ticket holder‘s faces when he won’t show up .
Hey !!!!!!!!!! where’s Charlie ? he’s in the Bahamas doing rehab with a professional staff of hookers & drugs .
sleazyhippo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:49pmNew shiny object – Rich, Undeserving Wastrels! Keep your eyes on the Sheen, don’t worry about Public Broadcasting, Japanese Radiation and Ground Zero Mosques. If you focus on Charlie you can forget about Glee for a while. Another big News Friday!.
Report Post »Richard Compton
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:49pmThis is proff of societies insanity, Are you kidding me, people are going to pay money to see a deranged idiot madman rant on stage across America and Canada, it’s worse than I thought! Oh wait they pay to see Michael Moore too! Well, what can one say!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:46pmHe should have to write out a check after he is payed, to the IRS and really see how much he loses in TAXES. Then he should just GO AWAY forever.
Report Post »Dr. Insane O
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:46pmGod Bless Capitalism
May God help the ones that throw it away
Report Post »Tore
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:45pmMy 97th lvl Shaman can take this 100th lvl Warlock.
Report Post »Apostolus
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:44pmAdd your comments
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 6:25pmWritten on his tombstone…..How did that “winning thingy work out for you.”
Report Post »NoRoomForSocialismHere
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:43pmMaybe he will buy more drugs and finish burning his brain out. Socialist Hollywood is one of our most detramental forces we have had in the last two generations. Can you name 10 that are normal productive American citizens? Tom Selleck, John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Stewart, ????
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:46pmHe can do what he wants with his money, after Uncle Sam takes his cut.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 2:15pmMace – is that before or after the Michael Moore plan?
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:42pmWhat’s the chance of this whole episode being an elaborate marketing scheme?
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:40pmHis online rants desperately need a laughtrack.
Report Post »microace
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:40pmSooo…is he going to sing and dance…smoke a crack pipe on stage, what exactly is he performing?
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:57pmBetter keep a table or chair near him on stage so he has something to lean on. Hey…maybe that’s going to be the show…him showing us how he can stay standing while spaced out and still be able to do his lines. In the words of Jim Carey- “La-hooo-hooo-ser”!
Report Post »604karen
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:36pmFigures, the shows are sold out in Chicago, and Detroit. Charlie? Well crap, in crap out, of that well oiled mind.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 2:14pmThere are still people with money left in Detroit ? I’m shocked. I thought they’d all packed up and left long ago.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:36pmDuh, WINNING!
Report Post »catndahat
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:55pmBig Cat Blood kickin’ troll azz….
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 3:34pmHi, hater!
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:35pmI think he will blow out and not make all the dates – and maybe not – even one show.
Report Post »REETZBEE
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:48pmI was thinking the same thing too! No way can you go on a rant like he does without maintaining the buzz or overdoing it. He’ll probably bash Bush for a 1/2 hour because he’s a 9/11 truther along with all the other conspiracy theories going on in that head of his. I
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:35pmWHO CARES?!?!
There is DEADLY RADIATION blowing towards the United States.
Report Post »Cody32084
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:35pmThe people that are buying the tickets, want to see a train wreck live
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:34pmzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Report Post »Spero
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:34pmThis should be entertaining.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 6:17pmBet they don’t let him into Canada with his record!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:34pmI guess some people will pay to see a “train wreak”… I don;t see this ending well…
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:34pmWell, Charlie isn’t the only one on tour!
ATLANTA TEA PARTY TO TRAVEL STATE ON TAX DAY…FOCUS FOR 2011 IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL INVOLVEMENT!
Atlanta Tea Party organizers are set to travel the state this Tax Day to speak at local rallies around Georgia with Georgia Tea Party Patriots theme of local involvement in 2011.
In 2009, the Tea Party was born and activists came together for one big event in Atlanta. Thanks to the efforts of Tea Party Leaders throughout Georgia, we have grown to more than 65 local affiliated Tea Parties throughout Georgia, and we want to show our support for their hard work. Because of this growth and the power those voices can bring to local politics and local issues, we have made the decision to focus on holding a lot of local rallies around the State and encourage local activists to take the same passion we have shown for national issues and apply them locally to make positive change at all levels of government.”
We are so excited about putting a focus on local issues, and applying the principles of fiscal responsibility, limited government, and free markets at all levels of government, so we are so excited to show unified support for local Tea Parties throughout the state on Tax Day. It is important to continue to build a strong grassroots constituency, and we look forward to continue to help build local Tea Parties to not only deal with local issues, but to prepare for the 2012 election when conservatives take back the United State Senate and the White House!
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I doubt Georgia is the only state planning Tax Day events, either!
Psychosis
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:34pmi am astonished at the volume of mental midgets willing to listen to this fool, and to pay for it to boot
as they say there are plenty of idiots in the world
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:09pmIncluding we, whom the Blaze gets lathered up to profit from.
Report Post »RedHalo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:32pm7 million a month, I feel too depressed to insult him…
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:38pmHe’d better not advertise his income. The Democrats will be after it!!!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:10pmLet’s see
Tax rates from that DEM Rep Schakowsky from Calif. ( 1-10 Million) 7 Million X 45% off the top is 3,150,000 Million in Taxes. Cash in Advance
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 2:38pmThat $3M would pay for three deployed soldiers and the rest would allow some extra ammo. I think it would be a fine tax payment for Charlie.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:31pmYou have got to be kidding me – Charlie is going to set on stage and spout crap for an hour and people are going to pay lots of money to listen to him. And he will make 7 million dollars – for real!! Well good lucky Charlie with “The Real Story”!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-KJ
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:37pmWhy would anyone want to spend “good money” to see Charlie Sheen? He’s simply another drug addict on steroids. He has nothing to say that interests me, and his profanity is old hat.
Report Post »RLM
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:45pmThe funny thing is, those who pay to see crap like this are the same ones that talk about how bad capitalism is.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:50pm@SHOW ..
Same reason SOME people will pay to see anything … disaster waiting to happen … wonder if Vegas is taking odds on which city will be his “last” .. interesting that the two test (first) cities were Chicago and Detroit .. both depressed.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:06pmI recommend you just stay home and worry about important things.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:12pmWow! I agree with you!
(preparing for my post to be pushed to the back page when they delete yours…)
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 6:56pm@TROLLTRAINER My post is still here – has been all day. How long do you think this will last? Was there some meeting where everyone got together and decide who would be able to post on this site? This is really silly as I rarely cause any problems – just disagree with the majority most of the time. That seems to me to not be a very good reason to delete a persons post. http://wp.me/pYLB7-KJ
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:49pmPeople are going to pay to listen to him spout whatever nonsense comes out of his mouth and he’ll supposedly earn 7 million dollars. I hope the IRS are paying close attention. He’ll be pulling in just under a quarter of a million dollars per show, but in order to do that, he actually, a.) has to be there; and b.) has to have something intelligible to say.
What are the odds?
It will be interesting to see what the reviews of the show are like.
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 1:54amIn these times, what is good is now bad, and the bad is now good.
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