Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/17/13

[Rob]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 3:34pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 11/17/2013 in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.

Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative grosses and other statistics on how each show stacked up this week and in the past.

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Up for the week by attendance was: A TIME TO KILL (14.0%), NO MAN'S LAND/WAITING FOR GODOT (12.8%), THE WINSLOW BOY (6.7%), MACBETH (6.1%), 700 SUNDAYS (6.0%), BIG FISH (3.1%), AFTER MIDNIGHT (0.9%), A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN (0.3%),

Down for the week by attendance was: ANNIE (-25.1%), MAMMA MIA! (-22.6%), CHICAGO (-18.0%), FIRST DATE (-13.4%), CINDERELLA (-12.8%), ONCE (-10.9%), THE LION KING (-9.8%), ROCK OF AGES (-9.3%), JERSEY BOYS (-7.1%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-6.4%), MATILDA (-5.9%), WICKED (-5.4%), THE SNOW GEESE (-4.8%), THE GLASS MENAGERIE (-4.2%), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-3.9%), NEWSIES (-3.8%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (-3.7%), ROMEO AND JULIET (-3.6%), PIPPIN (-3.5%), KINKY BOOTS (-1.0%), MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL (-0.8%), TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III (-0.3%),

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[Noel&Cole]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 4:03pm

Ouch to a lot of things this week. But wow, those reviews seemed to really help AFTER MIDNIGHT and the Shakespeare plays. Both posted great numbers for shows of their respective size.

How can Spiderman or Cinderella not post a closing yet. I don't wish either ill, but both have been loosing money for many weeks now and both did very well at the start, you'd think they would want to return as much money as possible to their investors rather than burn through it to cover losses.

[Dessie]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 4:08pm

Mama Mia also on a downslope
Chicago also low

[Noel&Cole]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 4:39pm

I don't feel like checking all the years of back info.... but I really wonder if that's Mama Mia's lowest since they opened.

I would have though the move would have pumped their business up. Maybe they got foot traffic from tourists being smack in the middle of Times Square?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 5:29pm

At least Big Fish will go out will better attended performances due to Holiday traffic.

Wonder if the Cast Album is now D.O.A.

[bdn223]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 5:42pm

Mamma Mia has only made less money the week of 11/11/2007 when the show made $413,926 and it only played 4 performances that week, and the only other time the show has made less than $500,000 was its first week of previews


**Correction: Sorry I thought I had put in the 4 performances when I first posted it. Updated On: 11/18/13 at 05:42 PM

[matty159]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 6:03pm

The decline with Mamma is quite interesting and actually a topic of conversation I had with a broker today. Used to the easiest tickets to get rid of and now it is a big struggle. I had brought up the visibility issue too. I'm sure the numbers will rise over the holidays, but gotta wonder whether the move will keep the show running at full steam.

[Jonwo]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 6:22pm

Mamma Mia may be danger of closing if the numbers don't improve especially in the tougher months of January and February, did the producers even advertise it was moving theatres?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 6:26pm

Unlike Chicago being given a 2 nd life moving to the Ambassador, I think this move will spell the death of mama. No need to cry for it as it has had a really healthy run.

[Phantom4ever]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 6:33pm

"Mamma Mia has only made less money the week of 11/11/2007 when the show made 413,###, and the only other time the show has made less than $500,000 was its first week of previews "

It's worth noting that the week of 11/11/2007 was the beginning of the IATSE strike, so the show only played four performances that week.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 7:21pm

Why such a significant drop in grosses for Chicago? I know it happens, but am curious.

[bdn223]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 7:26pm

I honestly think that Motown's popularity has definitely played a part in Mamma Mia's decline in sales. In all honesty if the sales in January are below $500,000 Id expect a closing notice for June. Also I think that the decline in sales, may be in part why the cast hasn't turned over yet since they have all been their for almost 2 years now outside of the current Sophie, because they couldn't afford the move with the casting costs.

[dented146]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 7:37pm

It is hard to feel too bad for Momma Mia after nearly 15 years in Europe and here AND on tour. Very few shows have been so successful. For better or worse, the show created a whole new form of musical. It will probably be around a while longer.

It will be most interesting to see how the reviews change the fortune of Gentleman's Guide. Their gross may double. Anyway the next few weeks should be good for everyone.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 7:38pm

^For the most part, they have completely different audiences. I wouldn't blame Motown for Mamma Mia's decline.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:42pm

I wonder why IL DIVO's grosses were bunched together. They played 3 shows from Nov. 7-9, then from Nov. 11-13(two different weeks).

[Jonwo]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 11:08pm

Mamma Mia's been declining for a few years and I imagine the producers thought the show would do the same business at the Broadhurst but clearly they need to start promoting the show and its new location.

Wonder when Betrayal will announce its recoupment, given its grosses I'm sure its nearing recoupment although I imagine Craig, Weisz and Spall are all on hefty salaries. 700 Sundays I imagine will also recoup quite soon. Updated On: 11/19/13 at 11:08 PM

[bdn223]

Posted: 11/19/13 at 9:54am

Does 700 Sundays even need to announce a recoupment? I thought Billy just took the sets out of storage and remounted the original production. Also Billy's wife is one of the two producers for 700 Sundays, and her whose who reads as a joint venture with her husband. The production was in the black as soon as it played its first performance, and because of that I don't think the producers aka Billy Crystal will make an announcement because unlike Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway, most of the $1 million a week the show is pulling in is going directly into Billy's bank account and there really is no money riding on the production.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 11/19/13 at 12:55pm

Nice to see JANIS plugging away as well as the aforementioned AFTER MIDNIGHT and TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III. MENAGERIE as well is also perfectly healthy, and well-poised for great holiday business.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/20/13 at 12:58pm

I have to wonder if Motown is starting to fade slightly. Yes, it's still grossing well over a million a week. But it's not selling out any more and has now occasionally be up at TKTS(Tue & Wed this week[so far] at 50% off).

[Noel&Cole]

Posted: 11/20/13 at 1:33pm

I don't think it's starting to fade. I just think with no critical raves and no awards, I think MOTOWN has an audience of 98% tourists. So I'm not surprised to see it's not 100% sold out during slower times. I bet during holiday weeks and spring/summer it bounces back up to sold out or close to it. And It's still grossing numbers almost any show would kill to have even in these weeks.

The bigger mystery is what's made MAMA MIA fade so sharply since it's move. Could they really have gotten that much walk by business at the Winter Garden that they now don't get?