(2-48) Promotion of a Rock Concert

BBT Productions, Ltd., is promoting a rock concert in London. The bands will receive a flat

fee of 7 million in cash. The concert will be shown worldwide on closed-circuit television.

BBT will collect 100% of the receipts and will return 30% to the individual local

closed-circuit theater managers. BBT expects to sell 1.1 million seats at a net average

price of 13 each. BBT will also receive 300,000 from the London arena (which has sold

out its 19,500 seats, ranging from 150 for box seats to 20 for general admission, for a

gross revenue of 1.25 million); BBT will not share the 300,000 with the local promoters.

1) The general manager of BBT Productions is trying to decide what amount to spend

for advertising. What is the most BBT could spend and still break even on overall

operations, assuming sales of 1.1 million tickets?

2) If BBT desires an operating income of 500,000, how many seats would it have to sell?

Assume that the average price is 13 and the total fixed costs (including 2,000,000

in advertising) are 9 million.