We estimate All Elite Wrestling made about $84 million in revenue in 2021. Brandon Thurston breaks down AEW's revenue sources and how much he believes the company made in 2021 and 2020.
Does AEW make any money?
Thurston estimated AEW generated about $64 million in revenue in 2020. The majority of that money he believes comes from U.S. broadcast partner, WarnerMedia, which owns Turner networks TNT and TBS. Another challenge for profitability is the expense of producing television programs like Dynamite on a weekly basis.
Is AEW growing?
Providing AEW continues to grow, which arguably they're not, they're kind of flatlining at a million viewers a week, but if they can grow that industry in such a way that it gives confidence to manufacturers and distributors to go ahead and invest money in that licensing in hopes to increase sales off their products, ...