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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17

Rob

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#1
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:18pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 7/16/2017 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: HELLO, DOLLY! (24.4%), BEAUTIFUL (13.7%), CATS (7.1%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (7.0%), WAITRESS (6.4%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (5.9%), OSLO (5.7%), ON YOUR FEET! (5.3%), A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 (4.8%), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (4.8%), MISS SAIGON (4.6%), ANASTASIA (4.3%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (4.2%), WAR PAINT (3.8%), NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 (2.2%), KINKY BOOTS (2.1%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2.0%), ALADDIN (1.1%), THE LION KING (0.4%), INDECENT (0.3%), COME FROM AWAY (0.1%), BANDSTAND (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: MARVIN'S ROOM (-7.2%), GROUNDHOG DAY (-4.8%), CHICAGO (-3.1%), WICKED (-1.1%), 1984 (-0.5%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.4%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (-0.2%),

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#2
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:21pm

GHD- yikes.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#3
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:23pm

Looks like the end is nearing for Groundhog Day, that is a tough week for them

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#4
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:23pm

neonlightsxo said: "GHD- yikes."

Yep. I love the show, but I don't see it surviving.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#5
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:25pm

Good for Great Comet for still pulling in a nice number without Groban!

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#6
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:27pm

Yay Comet! Definitely has an appeal outside of Groban.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#7
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:33pm

I'm seriously happy to see the Great Comet doing well! I was worried about it for a bit there.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#8
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:33pm

Groundhog Day and War Paint will both close before Bandstand...

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#9
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:37pm

I feel like Comet has the appeal that it is the best new musical that you can actually get tickets to. And the "strange" immersive factor gets people talking (even if many don't like it) which Groundhog Day doesn't have.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#10
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:37pm

Not surprised about GHD. I made my tirade about this one last week.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#11
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:42pm

Bandstand's numbers are great either. Probably just around their weekly nut. All three may shutter by Labor Day.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#12
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:48pm

What year do you think Lion King will close? In our lifetimes?

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#13
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:48pm

Groundhog Day deserves so much better. Haven't seen Bandstand or War Paint so cant say the same for them but they'll be gone soon

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#14
Posted: 7/17/17 at 3:53pm

Tell all your friends and family and strangers to see Groundhog Day! I need to see it again in August!! Andy is awesome! Sigh.....

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#15
Posted: 7/17/17 at 4:00pm

DEH held up remarkably well without Ben. Of course those seats were sold months ago. I wonder how the first set that goes on sale without him will do.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#16
Posted: 7/17/17 at 4:10pm

I think one of the reasons Groundhog Day isn't doing so hot is because they dropped the ball in their marketing department. I didn't really see any marketing until about mid-april and by that time, most of the summer tourist, who have been planning their trips for months, have bought tickets to other shows making GHD redundant.

I think most of GHD audience now a days, have probably bought their ticket at a discount the day of, either through, Tdf/ Tkts, rush, and the lottery and GHD isn't one of these shows where most of the audience is paying a discount.

So moral of the story, don't get cocky and neglect marketing.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#17
Posted: 7/17/17 at 4:12pm

I'm pretty positive that Groundhog Day's Tony performance was the nail in the coffin for that show. Frankly, it's a decent production, but I won't miss it and I'm not going to be recommending a mediocre musical to my friends and family unless I feel like it's something they would like. I feel no need to try to keep such an extremely mediocre show open. They're marketing was and is virtually non-existent. This makes me wonder if people are sick of the "The Musical" musicals. Why spend $100+ on a ticket if you can just watch the movie on Netflix instead for free?

That being said, I hope that War Paint and Bandstand stick it out. Bandstand and War Paint have kind of developed a cult following with it's cast albums. Bandstand seems to be attracting teen girls and War Paint seems to be attracting older women and gay men. Hopefully these groups will be able to keep these shows afloat for a while longer.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#18
Posted: 7/17/17 at 4:19pm

GHD War Paint and Bandstand will hang on till Labor Day after that they all may be gone...

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#19
Posted: 7/17/17 at 4:27pm

Awesome numbers for Kinky Boots. The new Charlie is really bring people into the theatre. Hopefully, they'll find an equally appealing replacement.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#20
Posted: 7/17/17 at 4:30pm

Why did GHD fall by a hundred grand in a week with other modest rises? Odd. Was Karl out? (Does it impact daily wrap?) "BS," which I'm rooting for is clearly just hanging on, but it's inched close to $600,000 again. I agree that August is rough for all three of the shows everyone is talking about.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#21
Posted: 7/17/17 at 4:37pm

Does Chicago always have these kinds of numbers?

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#22
Posted: 7/17/17 at 5:04pm

I believe Bandstand is in the black right now. It'll last beyond the other 2.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#23
Posted: 7/17/17 at 5:07pm

There's no possible way that the massive production of Groundhog Day is in a financially sustainable place with those numbers. Heartbreaking, since it's one of my very favorite shows on Broadway. That said, I'm wondering which will be next on the chopping block: that, War Paint, or Bandstand?

Also, thrilled for The Great Comet.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#24
Posted: 7/17/17 at 5:26pm

Ghd is fine, hogans told us all their numbers were sustainable until January and he is never wrong!

I mean sure they have barely been above op costs in the middle of the summer which means that in the fall they will probably be around 500k or less but no worries!

I mean sure they are always on tdf offering 45.00 tix in the middle of the summer and they just opened..but no worries! Hogan's says it's gonna be just fine so it will be!

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/17#25
Posted: 7/17/17 at 5:37pm

massofmen said: "Ghd is fine, hogans told us all their numbers were sustainable until January and he is never wrong!

I mean sure they have barely been above op costs in the middle of the summer which means that in the fall they will probably be around 500k or less but no worries!

I mean sure they are always on tdf offering 45.00 tix in the middle of the summer and they just opened..but no worries! Hogan's says it's gonna be just fine so it will be!"

^FAKE NEWS^

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OR: Actually, you can. Just do a search on everything I have said on this subject and you will see I never said anything attributed to me above. (And that I have called out this fake news before!)