How much money has Seinfeld made since going off the air?

[ToxicAdam]

2.7 Billion .... 

"Seinfeld" might be the show about nothing, but it's also made an incredible $2.7 billion -- with a "b" -- since it went off the air 12 years ago, according to Time Warner, which owns the series.

It is rare that TV studios reveal the amounts made by their most successful TV series, but at an investors' conference late last month, execs spilled the beans about just what a moneymaker the show has been over the past 12 years.

Details of the huge sums were buried in a report of the conference carried by the trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter. The main idea of the conference was for Time Warner to brag to potential investors how well the company is doing.

The numbers indicate that reruns on regular TV have grossed $2.3 billion since 1998.

Revenues from cable were about $380 million, execs reported.

[TakingBackSunday]

[Stoney Mason]

One of the very few shows from a past era that has yet to really date itself. Outside of time specific references the sensibilities of the show are still pretty cutting edge relative to comedy.

[Diunx]

That's a lot of gum.

[Spurgeon]

And Elaine will have more money to add to her pile when her dad dies.

[Stoney Mason]

And Elaine will have more money to add to her pile when her dad dies.

[Great Rumbler]

That's a a lot, definitely, but also not too surprising since it's still on TV all the time.

[Joe Molotov]

[Boogie]

When a relatively niche Sci-fi series like Babylon 5 has grossed over $500 million in DVD sales alone, this is not a terribly surprising number for Seinfeld.

[Great Rumbler]

When a relatively niche Sci-fi series like Babylon 5 has grossed over $500 million in DVD sales alone, this is not a terribly surprising number for Seinfeld.

I'd like to know how much Star Trek TNG has made on home video.

[AdmiralViscen]

Not surprising since it only started getting big in the middle east around the early 2000's. Which was music to the Mustachioed Man's ears since it was his favorite show when we lived in the US, and is the only show he bought DVD sets of.

The middle east is questionably driving this number

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

One of the very few shows from a past era that has yet to really date itself. Outside of time specific references the sensibilities of the show are still pretty cutting edge relative to comedy.

This show has a timeless quality to it.  There will still be a sizable amount of people watching it 20-30 years from now.

[PigSpeakers]

Do they get money off the porn parody?

[archnemesis]

Do they get money off the porn parody?

Nope, you can do parodies without a license or royalty payments.

[Reb]

Imagine how much Friends made. That's shit has been on non-stop in Holland.

[nudemacusers]

I wonder how much I Love Lucy has pulled in

fake edit:
http://www.inquisitr.com/341338/i-love-lucy-reportedly-earns-cbs-around-20-million-per-year/

wow, several decades later...

[Don Flamenco]

Imagine how much Friends made. That's shit has been on non-stop in Holland.

on behalf of the usa, i apologize for that. 

[Diunx]

I accept your apology.

[Don Flamenco]

we didn't know what we created.  one thing lead to another and it spread throughout the country...now it spreads its disease worldwide.  You'd think we would have learned from it but the only thing we learned is that it's an unstoppable force.  Once Friends is over, some other crap like How I Met Your Mother will just take its place.

[Reb]

we didn't know what we created.  one thing lead to another and it spread throughout the country...now it spreads its disease worldwide.  You'd think we would have learned from it but the only thing we learned is that it's an unstoppable force.  Once Friends is over, some other crap like How I Met Your Mother will just take its place.

Hahaha, you're such a Chandler.

[lordmaji]

Writing was well done... Cast was horrible. Couldn't stand the show mainly because of Jerry Seinfeld.

He's terrible.

[chronovore]

When a relatively niche Sci-fi series like Babylon 5 has grossed over $500 million in DVD sales alone, this is not a terribly surprising number for Seinfeld.

I'd like to know how much Star Trek TNG has made on home video.

It started to make money, then everyone saw ST: Nemesis and realized it was pointless to continue when the franchise ends in disaster.

[Shuri]

I've read somewhere that the rest of cast gets basically nothing from the reruns. Can anyone confirm?

[Great Rumbler]

I've read somewhere that the rest of cast gets basically nothing from the reruns. Can anyone confirm?

Aren't there union/guild regulations that would prevent that?

[ToxicAdam]

I've read somewhere that the rest of cast gets basically nothing from the reruns. Can anyone confirm?

He might be right ...

"Co-stars Jason Alexander, Michael Richards and Julia Louis-Dreyfus have a portion of the revenues from sales of "Seinfeld" DVDs -- something they held out for in contract negotiations for the series' final season. But not the show's syndication money."

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/einfeld_rakes_in_bil_RFu9jOStArywzQ8I5rSvAJ

[chronovore]

Yeeowch. I wonder if they hate Jerry, or if they're still happy enough with their first-run money hats that it's all cool.

[Steve Contra]

Well they still get fat standard residual checks, they just aren't getting the dumptrucks of money Seifeld gets.

[Great Rumbler]

By the way, that article is from June 2010, so Seinfeld might be over $3 billion by now.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Didn't they all reunite for a curb season

[Shuri]

http://www.stanthecaddy.com/pact-brings-peace-to-the-seinfeld-cast.html

y MATTHEW KALMAN
Special to The Globe and Mail
Friday, February 27, 2004 - Page R2


JERUSALEM -- Amultimillion-dollar dispute over royalties between Jerry Seinfeld and the three co-stars of his long-running television comedy series has finally been settled, allowing the release of an official DVD collection of the show's 180 episodes, plus newly filmed interviews and other material.

In an exclusive interview with The Globe and Mail, Jason Alexander (who played George Costanza on Seinfeld) said a deal "has very recently been worked out" after months of tension.

Describing the comedy star's behaviour over money as "inappropriate," Alexander said that he, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine) and Michael Richards (Kramer) had refused to provide extra material for the DVD collection because Seinfeld and Castle Rock Television, which produced the series for NBC, refused to pay them or offer a share in the royalties.

He said the Seinfeld producers have now agreed that the three co-stars will also earn royalties from the DVD collection.

"I innocently asked a question, 'Is there some compensation?' I don't believe there is," Richards told The New York Times.

A similar dispute nearly scuttled the last series of the nine-year-long show. The three co-stars have no share in the royalties, which have netted Seinfeld more than a billion dollars.

Alexander said the three co-stars decided to get tough during negotiations for the final series in 1997. They told NBC Entertainment chief Warren Littlefield that Jerry Seinfeld's decision to cut them out of the show's massive royalties had created an unacceptable gap between the actors.

"I'm not ashamed to talk numbers. I would say in the years that we've been in syndication, Julia, Michael and I have probably individually seen about a quarter of a million dollars out of residuals, whereas our brethren have seen hundreds of millions of dollars. Seinfeld has a profit of over a billion dollars."

Seinfield is a massive ass. FUCK THAT GUY.

[Great Rumbler]

Wow, that's pretty low.

[hampster]

Oh wow

Hopefully the DVD sales treat them well

[Don Flamenco]

apparently it didn't stop them from reuniting on Curb.  that's fucking crazy though...i can't even comprehend what it would be like to have all that money and find reasons to cut people who clearly deserve it off from it.