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On the opening leg, U2 sold 528, 763 tickets and grossed US $ 13, 215, 414 in 32 shows.

They grossed US $ 67 million overall in 73 North American shows in 1992, easily the highest amount for any touring artist that year.

At the time, this was the third-highest gross for a North American tour, behind The Rolling Stones ' 1989 Steel Wheels Tour and New Kids on the Block's 1990 Magic Summer Tour.

For 1992, Zoo TV ticket sales in America and Europe totalled 2. 9 million.

The Zooropa stadium leg the following year played to more than 2. 1 million people over 43 dates between 9 May and 28 August.

In total, the Zoo TV Tour played to about 5. 3 million people.

The band incurred heavy expenses to produce the tour, leading to only a small profit.

According to McGuinness, " We grossed $ 30 million in T-shirt sales.

Without those we'd be fucked.

" Bono later said, " When we built Zoo TV, we were so close to bankruptcy that if five percent fewer people went, U2 was bankrupt.

Even in our irresponsible, youthful and fatal disregard of such material matters, it was terrifying.