Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/2/15 at 3:03pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 3/1/2015 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: DISGRACED (10.0%), IT'S ONLY A PLAY (2.5%), THE AUDIENCE (1.4%), HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (0.7%),
Down for the week by attendance was: MATILDA (-23.5%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-22.2%), MAMMA MIA! (-16.3%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (-15.3%), JERSEY BOYS (-15.1%), WICKED (-14.2%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (-12.0%), ON THE TOWN (-11.2%), LES MISÉRABLES (-9.8%), ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (-9.4%), KINKY BOOTS (-8.3%), CABARET (-8.0%), IF/THEN (-6.5%), CHICAGO (-4.3%), THE LION KING (-3.9%), BEAUTIFUL (-3.5%), ALADDIN (-2.4%), CONSTELLATIONS (-0.9%), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (-0.4%),
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/2/15 at 3:09pmYikes, Honeymoon in Vegas.
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ILuv2shop531
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/07
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/2/15 at 3:12pmGentleman numbers are a little scary being it is the current Best Musical Winner. Yes, it is winter but still.
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/2/15 at 3:13pmHoly on everyone! Spring is around the corner!
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/2/15 at 3:25pmYes, Spring is coming... along with the 14 new productions (15 if you include both halves of WOLF HALL) that are beginning previews during the next month.
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/2/15 at 6:11pmWoah! Matilda takes the plunge!
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TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/2/15 at 6:22pm
Not a great start for The Heidi Chronicles.
Chicago has barely been breaking 50% gross potential in the last several weeks, how much longer can this one last?
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/2/15 at 6:25pmthe winter is harder on everybody!
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Updated On: 3/2/15 at 06:25 PM
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/2/15 at 6:39pm
>Woah! Matilda takes the plunge!<
but so did Lion King, Wicked and Aladdin. Seems like the "family" shows bore the brunt.
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/2/15 at 7:59pmGingerBreadMan..."Chicago" is fine. This show has been at the rodeo before. It has weathered many lows in previous winters. Winter is hard on new and also long running shows (see Phantom). As someone else mentioned, Springtime is just around the corner, so grosses should pick up for many shows. I'm hopeful that casting decisions will continue to help the show and cultivate more fans in the theatre.
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KathyNYC2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/10
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/2/15 at 8:47pm
"Matilda takes the plunge!"
Obviously it's not great but it sounds a lot worse than it actually is. The week before was a holiday week with holiday performances and the attendance was way up...
So it was just a naturally leveling off from the previous week's high along with the miserable freezing temperatures. I don't know how eager I would be to drag my kid out on a school night when it's so cold out..when I could probably just wait a few week until spring.
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/2/15 at 9:29pmPatti, I realize that it is winter and the grosses do tend to suffer in this time of year, but looking back at grosses during peak summer months last year, the grosses still rarely went above 50-60%. I also realize that this show has recouped, and does not need to pay back investors any more, but I still wonder how far above their weekly nut they are grossing. If anyone knows and would care to share the weekly nut, I would be interested to hear it.
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/3/15 at 1:45am
Fish, Audience, Mormon the only shows at 100%
All others have really dropped in attendance...winter blues on Broadway!
Poor Honeymoon 
and OTT!
Spring's coming and tons of new shows starting previews this month.
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RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/3/15 at 2:11amGentlemen's Guide is fine. Those aren't bad numbers. And it's played to great attendance for most of the year. Have they recouped?
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/3/15 at 9:13amGGLAM has not recouped. I would agree those are scary numbers for the reigning Best Musical.
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#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/3/15 at 10:11amCar-crash figures for H(m)IV. This may be lamb dressed as mutton, but its time to shut the shop. It always amazes why theatres willingly provide this self-flagellating data, but it is to be applauded.
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#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/3/15 at 10:17amIn terms of GGTLAM recouping, you have to keep in mind that their run started off rather weak in terms of ticket sales, so it's actually not all that surprising that they haven't recouped yet.
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ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/3/15 at 10:23am
The London theatre boards bemoan the lack of the transparency of sales data. There is one source which tries to estimate "unsold" tickets - but that is a measure that doesn't really measure profitability.
Which raises this question from me - some shows will report ticket sales of 80-90%, but percentage of gross potential will be 50-60%. Is that mainly due to lack of sales of "premium" tickets at "premium" prices?
MDM2015
Chorus Member Joined: 1/7/15
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/3/15 at 10:30amPlease correct me if I am wrong... But "Potential Gross" is based on selling every ticket at full price. If a seat is sold at TKTS it is discounted. So the seats are sold but a part of the "potential" is gone. And is premium counted as over and above potential?
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/3/15 at 10:32am
"In terms of GGTLAM recouping, you have to keep in mind that their run started off rather weak in terms of ticket sales, so it's actually not all that surprising that they haven't recouped yet. "
I am fully aware. I didn't say it was surprising they haven't recouped, I said their numbers from last week were surprising.
ggersten, are you misreading the data? Are you talking about 80-90% capacity? That's very different from the amount of money they made.
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/3/15 at 10:46amDoes anyone have a rough ballpark number for GGTLAM's initial investment?
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#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/1/15
Posted: 3/3/15 at 11:03amThat's pretty cheap these days compared to the average, isn't it?
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