Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 3:07pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 7/1/2012 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: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (23.5%), MAMMA MIA! (8.0%), ANYTHING GOES (7.6%), CHICAGO (4.7%), SISTER ACT (3.4%), PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (3.2%), MARY POPPINS (3.0%), GORE VIDAL'S THE BEST MAN (2.6%), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (2.2%), GHOST (1.7%), THE COLUMNIST (1.7%), HARVEY (1.2%), EVITA (1.0%), THE LYONS (0.7%), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (0.6%), JERSEY BOYS (0.5%), NEWSIES (0.3%),
Down for the week by attendance was: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (-14.5%), PORGY AND BESS (-9.1%), END OF THE RAINBOW (-8.4%), WAR HORSE (-2.9%), ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS (-2.0%), MEMPHIS (-2.0%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-0.3%), ONCE (-0.2%), ROCK OF AGES (-0.2%), WICKED (-0.1%),
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 3:11pmA nice increase for "Chicago". "End of the Rainbow" needs more people, obviously. from RC in Austin, Texas
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 3:12pm
Poor Porgy without his Bess! She returns, hopefully thier numbers will return.
Nice week.
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#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 3:18pmI don't know if End of the Rainbow is going to continue running through the extension. I could see it closing by the end of summer.
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 3:19pm
I do worry for Evita when Ricky Martin goes on holiday as it'll likely fall under $1m and Nice Work also had a dip as well which is strange, Once continues to do great as is Newsies.
Wicked while still one of the highest grossers hasn't been at 100% for a while although I doubt the producers care with $2m gross this week.
Rainbowhigh23
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/12
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 3:25pmJCS did better than Ghost and still closed. I have been worrying about Evita for a while - even with Ricky the ticket sales were dropping. Maybe they should do a disco version of Buenos Aires or something.
Bwaydide92
Leading Actor Joined: 5/16/12
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 3:28pm
I don't think NICE WORK really has a draw for those outside the theatre community. I expect it to continue to drop. I don't really see someone going to New York to see it and the title and poster aren't that attractive either. I couldn't see a tourist choosing it over most of the other shows open.
Wicked is also in the 2nd largest theatre on Broadway. It's a tough house to fill to capacity, but even then it's selling thousands of more seats than most other shows.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 3:47pm
JCS only "did better" because it was closing week. The fangirls and those that have been meaning to go would have been out in droves. Even at that, they were only at 75% capacity (ish).
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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Rainbowhigh23
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/12
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 3:56pmThe fangirls need to return to Evita. I will gird my loins because Evita needs help, bad.
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 4:23pmwasn't O'Hara out of Nice Work all week?? It's fun watching the battle between Newsies & Once each week. Less than $10,000 between them. Ghost needs to close by Labor Day, it's barely bringing in $500K+, it'll do terrible numbers if it's still open by the Fall.
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spike3
Leading Actor Joined: 5/17/11
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 5:00pm
This past Fri END OF THE RAINBOW had slightly over 300 in the house with the balcony closed. Sat mat the balcony was closed as well, with a very light mezz and a not full orch.
Seems GOLDEN BOY will be the next tenant at the Belasco.
The financial problems that started in 2008 seem to be catching up with Broadway these days. No longer is there money to put into a show, and no longer are producers willing to keep pumping money into a show that is limping along. Finally the idea that it makes no sense to keep losing money week after week is beginning to sink in. Even Disney/Dodger Endemol got it with SISTER ACT.
It just makes more sense to be a little more careful with money these days.
Rentfan931
Featured Actor Joined: 10/15/03
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 5:04pmO' Hara is out of Nice Work 7/15-29.
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 5:17pmWhile Evita has come down a bit from its previous highs it is still doing pretty remarkable business.
Broadway Joe
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/10
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 5:40pm
"JCS only "did better" because it was closing week. The fangirls and those that have been meaning to go would have been out in droves. Even at that, they were only at 75% capacity (ish)."
This is very true. I went out and saw Jesus Christ Superstar and The Lyons this week because it was closing week for both and I hadn't gotten around to it.
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 6:07pmI would have to wonder if the heat is having anything to do with some of the drop offs we are seeing.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 6:11pmIt's summer. There are always heat waves. If you are on vacation, you deal with it.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 6:13pmTrue. And the "touristy" shows are doing well.(ie. Wicked, Lion King, Spider Man, and such.) I am more referring to those living in and around the city that go to the theatre more often, might just stay home on a Saturday or Sunday rather than going to the theatre or traveling into town for a show.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 6:24pmNot enough to make any real difference. Not too many shows came down this week...and most that did were minimally.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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Rentfan931
Featured Actor Joined: 10/15/03
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 6:38pmI wonder if Nice Work winning only two Tonys and not Best Musical had an effect on the grosses?
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 6:44pmNewsies only won two Tonys and it's doing great but then again it has both the Newsies and Disney brand to help it.
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 6:49pmWhile EVITA had a drop, let's not loose ourselves. It still made well over a million, it's fine.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 6:59pmHARVEY is doing amazingly well.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Rentfan931
Featured Actor Joined: 10/15/03
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 7:14pmDidn't Harvey get good reviews? Plus, Jim Parsons is a draw for most people to see the show.
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/12
Posted: 7/2/12 at 7:18pm
Harvey's reviews were good but not raves, I agree that Jim Parsons is the draw plus it's a limited run that isn't going to extend so the grosses are going to be great for the rest of the run. I imagine Roundabout are thriled with these numbers.
Updated On: 7/2/12 at 07:18 PM
