Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/2/17

[Rob]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 3:13pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 7/2/2017 in BroadwayWorld'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: PRESENT LAUGHTER (7.2%), THE LITTLE FOXES (6.5%), CATS (5.6%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (4.3%), MARVIN'S ROOM (4.1%), OSLO (2.5%), BANDSTAND (2.2%), WAR PAINT (2.2%), CHICAGO (1.3%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (0.8%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.5%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (0.3%), COME FROM AWAY (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: INDECENT (-27.5%), HELLO, DOLLY! (-24.9%), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (-6.0%), BEAUTIFUL (-5.2%), GROUNDHOG DAY (-3.2%), WAITRESS (-3.1%), MISS SAIGON (-2.9%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (-2.6%), WICKED (-2.5%), KINKY BOOTS (-2.5%), A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 (-2.5%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-2.4%), ON YOUR FEET! (-1.8%), 1984 (-1.5%), ANASTASIA (-0.7%), ALADDIN (-0.6%), NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 (-0.2%), THE LION KING (-0.1%),

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Posted: 7/5/17 at 3:15pm

WOAH!  A $1.3 million drop on Dolly without Bette!

[LesWickedly]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 3:15pm

The Hello, Dolly drop was obviously expected. Don't see how War Paint will make it, same with Bandstand and Groundhog Day.

Updated On: 7/5/17 at 03:15 PM

[Skimbleshanks2]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 3:17pm

They're gonna need a huge name to replace BETTE if they want to keep the show afloat...

GROUNDHOG DAY is done, no?

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 3:20pm

Still, Donna Murphy grossed nearly $1 million during a holiday weekend. I'm impressed!

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 3:24pm

Looks like the post-Tonys bump for Indecent was a short one. 

[Princeton2]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 3:25pm

Yeah although a massive drop i say almost a million is still pretty good. Gives some hope it  could survive with a new lead 

[Smaxie]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 3:26pm

>Looks like the post-Tonys bump for Indecent was a short one.<

Performances of Indecent after 6/25 were off sale until the closing notice came down on Thursday, 6/22. Considering they must have started the week with $0, it's actually pretty impressive. 

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 3:28pm

Nervous about WAR PAINT...

Murphy & the production were still enough of a pull for DOLLY to almost hit one million.

[10086Sundays]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 3:28pm

Indecent showing that last week's closing notice bump didn't carry over.  Still surprised they extended a month.  A week, I would have understood.  Now, if numbers don't improve, they either have to limp until they close or admit they overextended and close sooner.

Hello Dolly can drop 1 million+ plus and still gross over $900,000.  Not a bad position to be in.

Groundhog Day & Bandstand down for the 3rd week in a row.  Hopefully they'll level off soon, but I think $500,000 a week is where they'll end up. I will continue to be grateful every day that I wake up and see that GHD hasn't announced a closing date yet, but it's coming.  

I wonder why Charlie dropped?  Obviously, it's not a huge drop, relatively speaking, or in danger, but with school getting out, it's just seems odd to me.

Updated On: 7/5/17 at 03:28 PM

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 3:47pm

4th of July is not a huge tourist draw in NYC, and many people probably took long vacations this past weekend, especially families. So it's not very surprising to see a drop for a lot of shows this past weekend, especially family shows.

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 3:58pm

I don;t see Bandstand or GHD making it to Labor Day.

[10086Sundays]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 4:00pm

AEA AGMA SM said: "4th of July is not a huge tourist draw in NYC, and many people probably took long vacations this past weekend, especially families. So it's not very surprising to see a drop for a lot of shows this past weekend, especially family shows."

Yeah, it's just that of all the shows in the $1million+ club it's the only one that dropped over $100,000.  (Hello Dolly excluded of course.)  Seemed like there might be more to it.  Sorry, I wasn't clear about that, but you're right, it must just be the holiday weekend.

[leighmiserables]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 4:04pm

Can someone explain how Great Comet has gotten over 100% gross the last two weeks but hasn't been selling out? Granted, it's been within 0.5% of 100% capacity, but I still find it strange. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 4:08pm

leighmiserables said: "Can someone explain how Great Comet has gotten over 100% gross the last two weeks but hasn't been selling out? Granted, it's been within 0.5% of 100% capacity, but I still find it strange."

They upped the premium price and the regular price for Josh's last few weeks. BWW probably did not.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 4:08pm

AEA AGMA SM said: "4th of July is not a huge tourist draw in NYC, and many people probably took long vacations this past weekend, especially families. So it's not very surprising to see a drop for a lot of shows this past weekend, especially family shows.

You'd think that would be true but DEH set its weekly record grossing $1.342 million, 114% of potential at an average ticket cost of $168. And Great Comet had an excellent week as well though to be fair to your point, neither of those shows are "family" shows/

 

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[10086Sundays]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 4:10pm

RaisedOnMusicals said: "AEA AGMA SM said: "4th of July is not a huge tourist draw in NYC, and many people probably took long vacations this past weekend, especially families. So it's not very surprising to see a drop for a lot of shows this past weekend, especially family shows.

You'd think that would be true but DEH set its weekly record grossing $1.342 million, 114% of potential at an average ticket cost of $168. And Great Comet had an excellent week as well though to be fair to your point, neither of those shows are "family" shows/"

The big hit shows usually defy normal trends.  Also, it was Josh Groban's last week in Great Comet.

Updated On: 7/5/17 at 04:10 PM

[haterobics]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 4:11pm

RaisedOnMusicals said: "You'd think that would be true but DEH set its weekly record grossing $1.342 million, 114% of potential at an average ticket cost of $168. And Great Comet had an excellent week as well though to be fair to your point, neither of those shows are "family" shows"

DEH is a hit, so hits don't take slow weeks off. And it was Groban's final week, so that was also to be expected.

[leighmiserables]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 4:15pm

haterobics said: "leighmiserables said: "Can someone explain how Great Comet has gotten over 100% gross the last two weeks but hasn't been selling out? Granted, it's been within 0.5% of 100% capacity, but I still find it strange."

They upped the premium price and the regular price for Josh's last few weeks. BWW probably did not.

 

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Ah okay that makes sense. Thanks! 

[MaddieBB12]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 4:22pm

MILLIONAIRE'$ CLUB

(in alphabetical order)

Aladdin

Anastasia

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Come From Away

Dear Evan Hansen

Hamilton**

Kinky Boots

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

School of Rock

The Book of Mormon

The Lion King *

The Phantom of the Opera

Wicked*

*denotes the show(s) that made more than 2 million dollars

**denotes the show(s) that made more than 3 million dollars

 

 

ETA: 100% CLUB

(in alphabetical order)

Dear Evan Hansen

Hamilton

Kinky Boots

 

The Book of Mormon 
The Lion King

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

Wicked

Updated On: 7/5/17 at 04:22 PM

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 4:32pm

The millionaires' club is becoming less and less meaningful as ticket prices continue to go up. 

I suggest that we eliminate it and begin to refer to the 100% club, meaning shows that gross a minimum of 100% of their potential.  It will be a much smaller (or more exclusive) club and obviously a very meaningful one. 

[trpguyy]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 4:45pm

Still not understanding all of the Groundhog Day hysteria. Sure, they're on a downward trend, but still profitable. 

[bdn223]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 4:48pm

Anyone know how close Present Laugher was to recouping?

It may of never been a SRO, million dollar club hit, but it was a solid performer.

I also wonder if playing the barn that is the St James, especially as play, hurt the shows grosses, as  it was never able to charge SRO preumium prices that star vehicle limited runs depend on for breaking even. Especially considering the show sold an average of 1,068 seats per peformance, although most we discounted.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 5:08pm

I still don't understand why some of us continue, week after week, to post comments based on grosses in the abstract, without reference to the nut. Indecent and Bandstand may well be above water, GHD is most likely not, War Point depends on its deals and whether they are waived.

Comet's numbers have been off frequently because they are recording something wrong, but it is in an area that doesn't matter. No one cares about the percentage of capacity. BWW has nothing to do with anything other than posting the raw data they get from the League. 

And changes if any at the big hits are like 10086 said untethered to trends. If you are basically flatlining, the variations are extraneous.

[trpguyy]

Posted: 7/5/17 at 5:11pm

A reputable source tells me GHD's nut is just south of 700k, meaning it is still profitable.

Updated On: 7/5/17 at 05:11 PM