BTS World Tour Exceeds 500 Million Dollars in Revenue for First Time as a Pop Group with Projected Final 1.3 Trillion Won

연합뉴스 · October 1, 2026 at 7:50 AM UTC

The new world tour ARIRANG by the group BTS has surpassed 500 million dollars in cumulative revenue for the first time as a pop group. According to the latest concert boxscore released by American music media outlet Billboard on the 30th of last month local time, this tour recorded 500 million dollars in cumulative revenue, ranking seventh in history among all groups. BTS held 12 performances during the single month of August, recording a total of 171.7 million dollars in ticket revenue and approximately 800000 audience members. Additionally, they reached the top of Billboard's Top Tour chart for the fifth time in their team's history and generated 32.7 million dollars in revenue at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in August. Billboard forecasted that through the approximately 40 remaining performances, the final cumulative revenue will reach 1 billion dollars.