‘A Chorus Line’--The Bottom Line : <i> Following is a statistical look at “A Chorus Line,” based on figures from the Shubert Organization, the New York Shakespeare Festival and Variety: </i>

BROADWAY Opened Shubert Theatre: July 25, 1975. Scheduled Broadway closing: March 31, 1990. Total performances, as of March 31: 6,014. Total members of the Broadway company over 15 years: 511. Total N.Y. attendance: 6,543,058 (as of Feb. 19). Producers: New York Shakespeare Festival, Plum Prods. (Michael Bennett). Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1976; Tony Award for best musical, 1976; other Tony Awards: best musical actress, Donna McKechnie; featured actor, musical, Sammy Williams; featured actress, musical, Carole Bishop; director, musical, Michael Bennett; musical book, James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante; score, Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban; lighting, Tharon Musser; choreography, Michael Bennett, Bob Avian; New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best musical, 1976; Special Gold Tony Award in 1984 as longest running show in Broadway history. Performed in 22 nations. Off-Broadway production opened May 21, 1975 at the Public Theater, New York. Transferred to Broadway July 25, 1975. Production Capitalization: $1,138,415. $549,526 as cost of two workshop productions and off-Broadway production; $588,889 as cost of transfer to Broadway. Total Broadway Gross: $146,463,750 as of Feb. 19, 1990. Total U.S. Gross: $277,431,606 (including Broadway). Total Profit: approximately $50 million. Profit split 75%-25% between Shakespeare Festival and Plum Prods. (Michael Bennett). FILM Film sale: Sold for $5,500,000 plus 20% of distributor’s gross rentals above $30,000,000 to Universal Pictures in 1975. Rights subsequently sold by Universal to Embassy Pictures. Film Release: Columbia Pictures (1985) release of an Embassy Pictures-Polygram Films Production. Cost: $27,000,000. Film U.S. domestic rentals: $9,828,427. LOS ANGELES COMPANY Original production opened at Shubert Theatre: July 1, 1976, closed Jan. 7, 1978. Advance ticket sales of 1.4 million in L.A. set record in 1976 for largest ever.