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November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 16th, 2013, 9:36 pm
by Bill Mullins
Arrived in Huntsville, AL today. Great article by Joshua Jay on Simon and Ginny Aronson.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 16th, 2013, 10:11 pm
by Ted M
Arrived in Madison WI yesterday (Oct 15). Will Josh Jay be a regular contributor?

Digital comment: I miss Max's audio column this month. I hope he returns.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 16th, 2013, 10:26 pm
by Dustin Stinett
Ditto regarding Max. I believe he's on tour in Asia. I suspect he'll be back for next month.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 16th, 2013, 10:51 pm
by Frank Yuen
Yesterday in the western suburbs of Chicago. Looking forward to seeing the video of the Aronson's act in the digital edition.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 16th, 2013, 11:13 pm
by Bob Cunningham
Arrived today in Irving, TX. I am looking forward to reading it this weekend!

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 1:16 am
by Scott M.
Mine arrived today in NYC. Looks like a great issue. Also was happy to see Josh Jay's byline on the cover story and sad not to find Max's column. I hope he decides to continue it. Haven't had time to read much in the issue, but the Angelo Carbone trick looks amazing.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 3:22 am
by Richard Kaufman
Thanks!
The digital version should be live as well.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 8:28 am
by Bill Mullins
The Copperfield interview says he's had gross ticket sales of $4 billion. That seems unlikely.

$4 b is $100 million a year for forty years. (Britney Spear's tour of 2009, the one with Ed Alonzo, only grossed $131 m. Do you think DC was doing that kind of business for 40 years?)

$100 m a year is 3000 people a day for 11 months at $100 a ticket. For forty years.

Copperfield is successful, but I don't think he's that good.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 9:03 am
by Magic Randy
Arrived in Los Angeles on October 16.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 10:26 am
by Richard Kaufman
Bill, I believe there were years where his ticket grosses were higher than your minimum calculations.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 12:08 pm
by Bill Mullins
Richard -- no doubt he is the most phenomenally successful magician in history. But there's no way to make sense of the $4B number.

You say he's had some years better than what I've calculated. Okay -- let's give him credit for 5 years at $200M per year. Where does the other $3 B come from?

His current MGM show is good for $50M a year (this year -- how much less were tickets when he started 13 years ago?)

In 2006, he claimed only a billion in ticket sales (a number which sounds much more possible) -- do you honestly think he's brought in $3B in the last 7 years?

Two years ago, he was claiming $3B. He hasn't sold $500M in tickets each of the last two years.

Copperfield is in the business of deceiving people. No doubt his publicist has taken a cue from the boss and is doing the same thing.

And again, I'm not trying to take anything away from Copperfield as a magician, a showman, or a business man. It's just that I'm an engineer, and when I see numbers, I check them out. It's a curse . . . .

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 2:17 pm
by Jeremy Greystoke
Picked up today here in Southwest VA. Might have actually arrived yesterday, but today was the first chance I got to check. Looks like another great issue.

Jeremy

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 3:09 pm
by Gordon Meyer
Take heart, Bill, the IRS is probably listening to those numbers too. :D

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 4:43 pm
by AJM
Bill

I think you've got a bit too much time on your hands - I wish I had the time to monitor the 'above the line' receipts of selected performers (and I'm a 'figures' guy too).

I think it's safe to say that everyone, especially in the business called 'show', tends to 'talk up' their successes.

Andrew

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 7:14 pm
by Richard Kaufman
Every wealthy person I've ever met gets audited regularly by the IRS, so I think he's covered on that count.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 18th, 2013, 1:36 am
by Steve Hook
Ha! Next thing you're going to tell me is that DC bought eleven islands in the Caribbean... :roll:

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 22nd, 2013, 3:09 pm
by magicrobharv
Arrived in Minot, N.D. today !!!

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 25th, 2013, 10:19 am
by Anthony Vinson
Is it me, or are the contributions from Simon Aronson (I Already Told You) and Dani DaOrtiz more than worth the yearly subscription cost of Genii? Just damn!

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 25th, 2013, 7:10 pm
by Chris Aguilar
Electronic copy of the November issue is not appearing on my android tablet.

I did get the hard copy though.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 25th, 2013, 7:17 pm
by Richard Kaufman
Chris, the Android app was updated a month or two ago because of this problem. Did you update your app? Have you tried rebooting your tablet to see if it comes up?

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: October 25th, 2013, 8:12 pm
by Dustin Stinett
Hardcopy touchdown in SoCal.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: November 20th, 2013, 6:11 am
by Q. Kumber
Arrived today in Manchester, England.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: November 20th, 2013, 8:40 am
by Matthew Field
Arrived in Hastings, England.

Matt Field

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: November 20th, 2013, 9:45 am
by Marco Pusterla
Arrived in Bury St. Edmunds, England.

Re: November 2013 issue of Genii

Posted: November 22nd, 2013, 9:44 am
by NYCJoePItt
New York City arrived yesterday.