Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/13/15

[Rob]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 3:10pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 12/13/2015 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: THE GIN GAME (15.4%), THE COLOR PURPLE (13.0%), HAND TO GOD (12.8%), LORD OF THE DANCE: DANGEROUS GAMES (9.3%), THE ILLUSIONISTS - LIVE ON BROADWAY (7.9%), BEAUTIFUL (5.4%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (5.2%), KING CHARLES III (5.0%), SPRING AWAKENING (4.5%), FOOL FOR LOVE (3.3%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (3.3%), DAMES AT SEA (3.2%), SYLVIA (3.1%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (3.0%), WICKED (2.6%), ON YOUR FEET! (2.3%), CHICAGO (2.1%), THE LION KING (1.9%), FINDING NEVERLAND (1.5%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (1.4%), ALLEGIANCE (0.6%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.5%),

Down for the week by attendance was: THE KING AND I (-8.0%), FUN HOME (-6.4%), MISERY (-5.7%), JERSEY BOYS (-4.8%), CHINA DOLL (-3.8%), LES MISÉRABLES (-2.8%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-2.7%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (-2.3%), KINKY BOOTS (-1.5%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (-1.5%), A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (-1.0%), MATILDA (-0.9%), ALADDIN (-0.5%), THÉRÈSE RAQUIN (-0.1%), HAMILTON (-0.1%),

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[woeisme3]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 3:21pm

DAMES and SPRING AWAKENING are just pathetic.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 3:30pm

^ Then so is Allegiance.

[ZellMorrowsPledge]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 3:40pm

Soooo upsetting that people aren't going to see the amazing piece of art that is Spring Awakening. People don't know what they're missing 

[EthelMae]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 3:43pm

How do the actors and crew, not to mention the other costs, get paid when potential grosses are in the 20%-40% range? Deep pockets, I guess.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 3:46pm

Poor Dames at Sea. I just listened to the original album for the first time. I don't think (aside from maybe Lesli Margherita and John Bolton) they play the characters quite right but the tapping is fantastic and the songs are relatively charming. Listening to the music out of context I can see how they might have thought this would have caught on, at least better than it has.

 

How long is Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games scheduled to stay with us? This is just ridiculous.

 

I wonder if that special lottery night at Spring Awakening helped or hurt the box office. Either way, it's still rough.

 

I hope Allegiance stays open long enough for me to see it.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 3:51pm

EthelMae said: "How do the actors and crew, not to mention the other costs, get paid when potential grosses are in the 20%-40% range? Deep pockets, I guess."

The producers (and investors) pay for the weekly running costs, whether the grosses meet the running cost or not. In the case of Spring Awakening, the grosses have probably never covered the weekly cost.

 

Updated On: 12/14/15 at 03:51 PM

[haterobics]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 3:53pm

ZellMorrowsPledge said: "Soooo upsetting that people aren't going to see the amazing piece of art that is Spring Awakening. People don't know what they're missing "

 

People go, they just aren't paying much to do so. I mean, I did the lottery on Sunday, and after not getting the $35 front row, I got to be a lottery loser on the fifth row aisle for $59? Not a bad way to lose...

 

 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 3:55pm

haterobics said: "ZellMorrowsPledge said: "Soooo upsetting that people aren't going to see the amazing piece of art that is Spring Awakening. People don't know what they're missing "People go, they just aren't paying much to do so. I mean, I did the lottery on Sunday, and after not getting the $35 front row, I got to be a lottery loser on the fifth row aisle for $59? Not a bad way to lose..."

 

Well, no. They only did 67% of capacity. So they're not filling up the house even 3/4th of the way. No matter what you paid.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 4:24pm

ZellMorrowsPledge said: "Soooo upsetting that people aren't going to see the amazing piece of art that is Spring Awakening. People don't know what they're missing "

 

Please keep in mind that the show itself is really a hard sell to the general public.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 4:32pm

So, I looked at the number of seats sold by Dames and divided by 8 performances.  Then, their daily average was about 267 persons?  Oh my.   Whenever a show is struggling to this degree, I must think of the cast members and crews.  They're the ones who are seeing the empty spaces day in and day out.  I for one am looking forward to seeing the show very soon.  Rather than focus on the obvious, I am planning on having a swell time.  The same goes for Allegiance.  

[haterobics]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 4:37pm

I probably skewed my perspective on how bad Dames was actually doing by attending a Wednesday matinee, whereby the orchestra was nearly filled. Of course, I was one of the youngest people there. With at least one senior bus trip coming in... 

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 4:56pm

"Whenever a show is struggling to this degree, I must think of the cast members and crews.  They're the ones who are seeing the empty spaces day in and day out."

 

Sadly, these are not the emptiest theatres around. I can't imagine what it's like to be in Trip of Love or Daddy Long Legs and perform to those small audiences but the actors never let it show. 

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 5:31pm

You normally get a glut of January 3rd shows closing, this year you only have an handful, none of the bigger shows are announcing closures, so nothing set to come in the Spring except for the Neil Simon, the Lunt Fontanne maybe available.

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 6:02pm

Why isn't DAMES AT SEA papering with those abysmal grosses and capacities?

[kadu335]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 6:03pm

I'm actually surprised at how great On Your Feet! is doing. They are almost top 5 in grosses!

Right before they started previews, I thought they would have a harder time pulling this kind of numbers... For some reason it seemed to me there was no buzz around the show. Word of month must me doing the job for then, or maybe Gloria is a bigger draw than I anticipated (and I say that as a fan)

[Cupid Boy2]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 6:21pm

I adored Dames at Sea, but financially speaking, I can't understand why the producers don't just pull the plug. Perhaps they're hoping to get more Tony voters in before closing or something.

[Sunny11]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 6:41pm

Phantom of London said: "You normally get a glut of January 3rd shows closing, this year you only have an handful, none of the bigger shows are announcing closures, so nothing set to come in the Spring except for the Neil Simon, the Lunt Fontanne maybe available.

Finding Neverland is still making money, as long as the upcoming cast changes work out, there doesn't seem to be a danger of the show closing by spring. 

 

 

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[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 6:42pm

The Longacre should be available soon, I imagine...

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 6:43pm

"Why isn't DAMES AT SEA papering with those abysmal grosses and capacities?"

 

Well, they did start an online lottery. I guess the rationale at this point is "let's try to sell as many tickets as possible" (either full price or discounted). I would think they might at least open up their rush to non students. 

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 8:13pm

Seeing it courtesy of one of those sites Wednesday night. Never saw the original and get a chance to see it before it folds.

[ChiTheaterFan]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 11:58pm

Patti LuPone FANatic said: "So, I looked at the number of seats sold by Dames and divided by 8 performances.  Then, their daily average was about 267 persons?  Oh my.   Whenever a show is struggling to this degree, I must think of the cast members and crews.  They're the ones who are seeing the empty spaces day in and day out.  I for one am looking forward to seeing the show very soon.  Rather than focus on the obvious, I am planning on having a swell time.  The same goes for Allegiance.  

 

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I mentioned this in the dames at sea thread, but I was there last week and the orchestra was more than half empty, yet the performers have an incredible amount of energy. It must be so difficult. I felt so bad for them and admire that they can play to those empty houses and still give 110%. Their energy and fun performance really picked up my day, which I just happened to need!  Sitting in front I couldn't even tell the house was empty and I really had fun. Just depressing to turn around at intermission and when it was over...

[rob136]

Posted: 12/15/15 at 1:20am

I really liked Dames and had hoped word of mouth could get people to the show, but it hasn't worked out that way. Too bad. I thought it was far better than On the Town (although that didn't do well either).

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 12/15/15 at 8:56am

Sadly, these are not the emptiest theatres around. I can't imagine what it's like to be in Trip of Love or Daddy Long Legs and perform to those small audiences but the actors never let it show. 

 

While it is disheartening, the majority of actors will tell you it's better that than not getting a paycheck. Full houses are nice... paychecks are nicer. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/16/15 at 11:55pm

I just noticed this about SOMETHING ROTTEN, but their weekly total seats & capacity % has changed weekly since the week of Sept. 20. Could they possibly close off the balcony level if there aren't enough tickets sold and only open the balcony if the orchestra & mezz are almost sold-out??