Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/2/16 at 4:37pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 5/1/2016 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: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (12.0%), SHE LOVES ME (11.3%), THE COLOR PURPLE (11.2%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (11.1%), DISASTER! (8.3%), ON YOUR FEET! (8.1%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (7.9%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (7.8%), BLACKBIRD (7.0%), THE KING AND I (6.0%), KINKY BOOTS (5.9%), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT (5.7%), BEAUTIFUL (5.2%), FUN HOME (4.4%), PARAMOUR (3.7%), JERSEY BOYS (3.3%), LES MISÉRABLES (3.2%), THE HUMANS (2.5%), CHICAGO (1.9%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (1.7%), ECLIPSED (1.3%), ALADDIN (1.3%), THE LION KING (0.7%), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (0.5%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.1%), WAITRESS (0.1%),
Down for the week by attendance was: THE FATHER (-6.8%), AMERICAN PSYCHO (-5.7%), MATILDA (-5.4%), FINDING NEVERLAND (-5.3%), TUCK EVERLASTING (-4.6%), FULLY COMMITTED (-4.5%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (-2.9%), THE CRUCIBLE (-1.7%), BRIGHT STAR (-1.4%), WICKED (-0.4%),
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/2/16 at 4:42pm
Apologies if this has been discussed, but has American in Paris recouped?
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/2/16 at 4:42pm
Bright Star :/ Please hold it out until at least the end of summer
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RJEvans
Swing Joined: 4/13/16
Eclipsed and Blackbird.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/2/16 at 5:01pm
Hoping Matilda will see a bump soon. Summer is close.
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a-mad
Featured Actor Joined: 8/25/11
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/2/16 at 5:30pm
Impressive for Waitress! I expect it to start exceeding $1M by Memorial Day and should do terrific business over the summer.
AnnieBlack
Leading Actor Joined: 4/3/14
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/2/16 at 6:48pm
Even with Tony nominations, will Eclipsed last through May?
10086sunset
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/16
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/2/16 at 8:14pm
Believe the picture will become much clearer after tomorrow regarding Tuck, Eclipsed, and Bright Star.
kade.ivy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/28/13
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/2/16 at 9:29pm
10086sunset said: "Believe the picture will become much clearer after tomorrow regarding Tuck, Eclipsed, and Bright Star.
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Agreed. If they don't get some major noms, I don't see them holding on too much longer. Having said that, I wouldn't put major noms out of the forecast for Eclipsed (Best Play, Best Actress, Maybe a Featured Actress nom?) and Bright Star (Best Actress, Best Score, Best Book are possibilities). Based on reviews I'd say Tuck's best shots are choreography and set design, with Terrence Mann as a potential dark horse for Featured Actor.
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/2/16 at 9:56pm
Eclipsed is on the level of American Psycho, not Tuck or Bright Star. Why is that so hard a concept?
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/2/16 at 10:35pm
Poor Tuck. More people are seeing it than Bright Star or Disaster but it's grosses are about the same. Maybe they could make a big push with schools, libraries, etc. I think there is an audience out there for it.
I don't understand why Paramour is doing so well. Who is seeing it?
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/2/16 at 10:44pm
Cirque fans. Not bway fans.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
¿Macavity?
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/16
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/2/16 at 11:18pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Hoping Matilda will see a bump soon. Summer is close.
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As am I...
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/3/16 at 1:53pm
HogansHero said: "Eclipsed is on the level of American Psycho, not Tuck or Bright Star. Why is that so hard a concept?"
Your guess is as good as mine. I feel like we go through this every week.
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/3/16 at 4:06pm
¿Macavity? said: "Call_me_jorge said: "Hoping Matilda will see a bump soon. Summer is close.
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As am I...
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Matilda has already posted a closing notice thought. Its closing in January? Could it close sooner? Also the drop in numbers for Tuck and no nominees does not bode well for the show. I do not see it lasting on Broadway much longer.
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/3/16 at 4:14pm
I wonder if the nominations for bright star will have any effect next week.
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AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/3/16 at 4:38pm
NewsiesForever said: "Matilda has already posted a closing notice thought. Its closing in January? Could it close sooner? Also the drop in numbers for Tuck and no nominees does not bode well for the show. I do not see it lasting on Broadway much longer. "
They could choose to close earlier, but my guess is that they determined their closing date based on the advance sales for the summer and holiday seasons and decided they were healthy enough to give such a long lead in to their closing performance.
10086sunset
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/16
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/3/16 at 5:14pm
HogansHero said: "Eclipsed is on the level of American Psycho, not Tuck or Bright Star. Why is that so hard a concept?
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Eclipsed - 34.1% gross potential
Tuck Everlasting - 30.1% gross potential
Bright Star - 40.5 % gross potential
They are on the same level of underperforming.
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/3/16 at 7:30pm
10086sunset said: "
Eclipsed - 34.1% gross potential
Tuck Everlasting - 30.1% gross potential
Bright Star - 40.5 % gross potential
They are on the same level of underperforming. "
One more time: gross potential is irrelevant. The key is the actual gross compared to the actual nut. Tuck and Bright Star are both losing unsustainable amounts weekly, Eclipsed is not losing money and Psycho is losing a relatiely nominal amount that, as I said before, is sustainable for the time being while they seek to build an audience.
BwayBoy2
Swing Joined: 5/3/16
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/3/16 at 8:06pm
HogansHero said: "10086sunset said: "
Eclipsed - 34.1% gross potential
Tuck Everlasting - 30.1% gross potential
Bright Star - 40.5 % gross potential
They are on the same level of underperforming. "
One more time: gross potential is irrelevant. The key is the actual gross compared to the actual nut. Tuck and Bright Star are both losing unsustainable amounts weekly, Eclipsed is not losing money and Psycho is losing a relatiely nominal amount that, as I said before, is sustainable for the time being while they seek to build an audience.
How do you know what the "nut" is, for each of these shows?
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#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16
Posted: 5/3/16 at 8:26pm
BwayBoy2 said: "How do you know what the "nut" is, for each of these shows?"
Sometimes the information comes out, sometimes you have to intuit it by doing the math. You don't have to be especially accurate to appreciate what sort of condition these shows are in. But what we know is that it has nothing to do with the gross potential.
