Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/26/14

[Rob]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:03pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 10/26/2014 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: THE LAST SHIP (13.3%), MOTOWN THE MUSICAL (5.8%), THE REAL THING (2.8%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (1.8%), IF/THEN (1.0%), MAMMA MIA! (0.8%), THE LION KING (0.6%), IT'S ONLY A PLAY (0.4%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: LES MISÉRABLES (-11.8%), THIS IS OUR YOUTH (-9.4%), MATILDA (-9.1%), CINDERELLA (-8.9%), WICKED (-8.2%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-7.6%), ON THE TOWN (-7.2%), PIPPIN (-5.5%), LOVE LETTERS (-5.0%), YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (-4.6%), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (-4.5%), CHICAGO (-4.3%), CABARET (-3.9%), KINKY BOOTS (-2.9%), THE COUNTRY HOUSE (-2.3%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (-2.2%), JERSEY BOYS (-2.2%), ROCK OF AGES (-2.1%), ALADDIN (-1.1%), DISGRACED (-0.1%), ONCE (-0.1%),

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[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:05pm

Ouch 'Cinderella'.

[Jonwo]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:21pm

A Delicate Balance is off to a great start, Glenn Close still is a pull for audiences. The Real Thing is doing great business for Roundabout, would think if it was a commercial production, it would be doing a lot more.




Updated On: 10/27/14 at 03:21 PM

[Starship]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:24pm

Sad (but not unexpected) for Cinderella. Sad to see shows end like Cinderella is.

[lovebwy]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:32pm

47% of potential gross for On the Town??

That seems rather absurd to me. While Book of Mormon continues to sell out.

How I wish I was in NY so I could see On the Town 10 times at half price, like I did for Follies. It's the only upside of a show you love not doing well.

Oh well. I guess real musicals will soon be an endangered species.

[Phantom4ever]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:33pm

Interested that BOM is at 102.7% now? For weeks (years?) it's been at 102.6%. I wonder if they figured out a way to squeeze in another SRO position?

[little_sally]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:35pm

Way to go, A Delicate Balance! I didn't realize Glenn Close was still that big of a draw.

[Fantod]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:37pm

Wow that is an impressive start for A Delicate Balance, grossing more than 100% potential. I wonder if This is Our Youth will close early, as goes for Cinderella.

[South Florida]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:37pm

I loved Mormon, I love South Park, but it's not the type of show I'd wanna see over and over, don't get the 102% for so long. Surprised Hedwig isn't doing better since my wife needs to fly up and see Michael C Hall.

[lovebwy]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:38pm

I was amused by BOM but I swear I do not get it's continued popularity. Don't get me wrong- I adore South Park and Trey and Matt and I think the South Park movie is brilliant. But.. BOM is basically an extended version of South Park with a fairly mediocre score.

And people actually pay over 100 bucks to STAND though it. Oy gevalt. That ain't Broadway.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:39pm

On the Town had second night comps in last week, which is several hundred bodies in prime orchestra seats. Their average ticket price and % of potential gross should rise in next week's figures.

[South Florida]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:41pm

I thought Team America was brilliant, it was the rare show that appealed to both sides of our polarized society.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:41pm

>And people actually pay over 100 bucks to STAND though it. Oy gevalt. That ain't Broadway.<

People pay $27 to stand through it. But as always with you, don't let facts get in your way.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:45pm

I understand On The Town has a breakeven point in the mid 600s. So it's doing fine. I have a feeling Les Miserables will finish out the year and pack up the barricade by February. What was the last Rounabout production, nonmusical, that pulled anywhere near those numbers for The Real Thing?

I rather suspect Love Letters may close prematurely. I'm sure they are cheap to run, but that theater is way too desirable to be resting on such a low weekly grosses.

Updated On: 10/27/14 at 03:45 PM

[lovebwy]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:46pm

I stand corrected.

I'm a big fan of Team America too. BOM might be my least favorite thing they've done.

Glad to hear about On the Town. Hope it goes up next week.

Updated On: 10/27/14 at 03:46 PM

[AntV]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:48pm

Smaxie, what is second night? I know that can't be a typo for opening night since that was the week before.

[Jonwo]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 3:58pm

'I understand On The Town has a breakeven point in the mid 600s. So it's doing fine. I have a feeling Les Miserables will finish out the year and pack up the barricade by February. What was the last Rounabout production, nonmusical, that pulled anywhere near those numbers for The Real Thing?'

Harvey at Studio 54 did over $600,000 a week average but Studio 54 has bigger capacity compared to the American Airlines, still a huge hit for Roundabout.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 4:00pm

"Second night" is the term for the second night press corps, which consists of weekly and out of town critics, bloggers, producers and Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk voters. And Corine.

[Fantod]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 4:29pm

The Pajama Game holds the record gross for the American Airlines, which was a roundabout show,

[bryan]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 4:38pm

I am so glad that poto is off the top ten I think now it should colesd

[Sauja]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 4:50pm

Oh boy--it's just going to be so hard for On the Town in that theater. 12K seats sold. Over $800K in earnings. Those are wonderful numbers. But it's still under 50% of potential earnings.

I wish it the best--it's the most fun I've had at the theater this year. I just worry about its chances in that great big monstrosity of a theater!

[GilmoreGirlO2]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 5:05pm

If the weekly running costs for “On the Town” is, in fact, in the mid $600,000s and they are grossing above that, do the producers/theatre care that they aren’t filling the gigantic house? As in, even though they are only making under 50% of their potential gross, will the producers/theatre not care much about that fact and be happy that they are making above running costs or is the potential gross number the most important?

[haterobics]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 5:14pm

One imagines the investors want to do more than cover weekly expenses, since it leaves a small amount to put toward recoupment/profits.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 5:15pm

I can't imagine the producers actually thought it would be a sell-out kind of show. I mean, bigger more high-profile shows have fared much worse in that theater.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/27/14 at 5:31pm

There were also logistical issues involved in picking a theatre for On The Town- namely they needed an available theatre with a pit large enough to accommodate that huge orchestra.

Those numbers are surprisingly good given what people were anticipating- that's victory enough for now.