Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/11/16

[Rob]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 3:05pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 9/11/2016 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: WICKED (15.4%), CHICAGO (8.5%), JERSEY BOYS (6.4%), ON YOUR FEET! (5.5%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (4.4%), BEAUTIFUL (4.0%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (3.7%), CATS (2.0%), KINKY BOOTS (1.0%), HAMILTON (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: SCHOOL OF ROCK (-16.7%), HOLIDAY INN (-13.2%), WAITRESS (-12.8%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (-7.3%), ALADDIN (-6.5%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (-5.9%), MATILDA (-4.2%), PARAMOUR (-3.7%), THE LION KING (-3.3%), THE COLOR PURPLE (-2.8%), THE HUMANS (-1.9%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.5%), FUN HOME (-0.2%),

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[ZellMorrowsPledge]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 3:12pm

Yikes.

[Sunny11]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 3:16pm

Broadway must hate the beginning of the new school year as much as kids do.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 3:20pm

I guess I wasn't paying attention to Fun Home last week, since I knew the final performance was sold out. Too bad they didn't have a better week.

[TheSassySam]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 3:21pm

Wow, a .5% dip for The Book of Mormon? When are we going to expect a closing notice? 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 3:21pm

You joke, but people do ask that almost every week.

[curel1]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 3:22pm

Damn, why such a big drop for SOR?

[GreenGables]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 3:24pm

WOOF School of Rock and Waitress.  Anything going on there besides kids going back to school?

[BakerWilliams]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 3:28pm

Anybody know what The Humans weekly nut is? It really seems they should have recouped by now,

[Oak2]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 3:33pm

I get the huge drop on many of the shows due to summer being over and people being back to school, and I can see Jersey Boys' increase being possibly due to it having more attention now that its days are officially numbered, but anyone know why Chicago and Wicked had such big increases this week when so many other shows had drops? Wonder went on there.

Updated On: 9/12/16 at 03:33 PM

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 3:46pm

I think the better question would be what was going on with Wicked seeing such a sharp decrease in attendance the past few weeks. Their attendance this past week looks more like returning to business as normal.

[10086sunset]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 4:20pm

Ugh, Holiday Inn...

[little_sally]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 4:52pm

10086sunset said: "Ugh, Holiday Inn...


I told numerous people I was seeing that show last week and none of them knew what I was talking about. Even when I explained it was based on the Bing Crosby movie, they had vague knowledge of it but still no real idea what it's about. And I suspect anyone who does know the movie associates it with Christmas, and doesn't want to see it when it's 90 degrees outside.

 

[Skimbleshanks2]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 4:56pm

Will HOLIDAY INN even make it to opening night? Good lawd.

[little_sally]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 5:00pm

Skimbleshanks2 said: "Will HOLIDAY INN even make it to opening night? Good lawd.


I'm sure it will considering the subscribers but as I was sitting at Studio 54 last week, seeing how empty the mezz was, I thought to myself, "is this going to finish the entire run?" I don't think it's going to get raves and become a hit.

 

[HogansHero]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 5:02pm

Skimbleshanks2 said: "Will HOLIDAY INN even make it to opening night? Good lawd."

you do realize, do you not, that it is a Roundabout show. The subscribers will be along in due course.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 5:04pm

Skimbleshanks2 said: "Will HOLIDAY INN even make it to opening night? Good lawd.

 

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You clearly forget It is produced by a non-profit house and the numbers mean very little. Between underwriting subsidies and a plethora of subscribers, they will be just fine. 

[OKBroadwayFan]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 5:09pm

In addition to the information about subscribers.   I looked at the grosses for some past Roundabout musicals for comparison:  

She Loves Me

227K-1st week; 337K-2nd week; $397K-3rd week

On the 20th Century

228k-1st week; 273K-2nd week; $377-3rd week

Drood

176k-1st week; 223k-2nd week; 130K-3rd week

Holiday Inn

165K-1st week; 276K-2nd week

All of the first weeks were not a full 8 performances

[Dysquith13]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 5:10pm

I hope THE CHERRY ORCHARD does better for Roundabout. I know RTC is a non-profit, but it's still sad to perform for a pretty empty house.

[Willie4316]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 5:15pm

Looks like Paramour may not make it to Thanksgiving. I simply loved the show when I saw it (before the changes were made), but it just isn't getting enough people in the seats. 

[Dysquith13]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 5:28pm

OH, thanks for sharing this. Forgot the other RTC musicals started slowly too. Holiday Inn could pick up a lot more if it gets good reviews, like She Loves Me did.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 6:10pm

Willie4316 said: "Looks like Paramour may not make it to Thanksgiving. I simply loved the show when I saw it (before the changes were made), but it just isn't getting enough people in the seats. "

What "look" is that? The "look" I see is that they made enough money this past frame for you to comfortably live on for a year. I wish it would close but it won't anytime soon and the notion that it would close before the holidays is pure nonsense.

[Willie4316]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 6:40pm

I think they've made enough to run for a little while longer, but unless it can draw more people after these changes, I don't see it staying open by the holidays.

[trpguyy]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 6:44pm

Cirque has a five year lease and very deep pockets. Paramour is profitable, and even if it weren't, it's sticking around for a while. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 7:22pm

AEA AGMA SM said: "I think the better question would be what was going on with Wicked seeing such a sharp decrease in attendance the past few weeks. Their attendance this past week looks more like returning to business as normal.

 

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I wonder how long wicked will last after frozen opens.