Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/5/17

[Rob]

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 11/5/2017 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: ANASTASIA (9.2%), WAR PAINT (7.9%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (7.0%), ALADDIN (1.0%), HAMILTON (0.2%),

Down for the week by attendance was: HELLO, DOLLY! (-18.6%), M. BUTTERFLY (-11.3%), BEAUTIFUL (-10.8%), LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS (-9.8%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (-7.4%), CHICAGO (-7.4%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-5.8%), JUNK (-5.6%), WICKED (-5.3%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-3.6%), TIME AND THE CONWAYS (-2.7%), KINKY BOOTS (-2.5%), WAITRESS (-1.3%), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (-1.0%), CATS (-0.9%), MISS SAIGON (-0.7%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (-0.3%),

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[Call_me_jorge]

That has to be the lowest week for Donna/Hello Dolly, no?

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Was Bette Midler off that week?  

[GreenGables]

DAMN meteor shower.  Also pleasantly surprised that Jason Mraz had that much of a pull for Waitress ( I can only assume that is where the bump comes from)

[TNick926]

Patti LuPone FANatic said: "Was Bette Midler off that week?"

Yes - previously scheduled vacation...

[KathyNYC2]

GreenGables said: "DAMN meteor shower. Also pleasantly surprised that Jason Mraz had that much of a pull for Waitress ( I can only assume that is where the bump comes from)"

For Waitress, there was a "buy one, get the second ticket for $10" special that ended this week...which is one reason why even though attendance is slightly down... the profits went up.

[quizking101]

There is not a snowball's chance in hell that the Chocolate Factory lasts much beyond the new year.

Also, look at METEOR SHOWER coming in and blowing the roof off the play sector! 

[raddersons]

Keep in mind Meteor Shower only had 5 performances last week. Once it goes 8/week, gross potential will be at around $962k... and if it continues at 105%, it will break $1mil.

That's better than Comet most weeks, in a much smaller house. It continues to defy my expectations.

[LesWickedly]

raddersons said: "Keep in mind Meteor Shower only had5 performances last week. Once it goes 8/week, gross potential will be at around $962k... and if it continues at 105%, it will break $1mil.

That's better than Comet most weeks, in a much smaller house. It continues to defy my expectations."

What is the correlation between Meteor Shower and Comet, besides the names?

[raddersons]

^^None, just a benchmark. Comet was pretty consistently at ~$900k in a house that has around 650+ more seats than The Booth. That's quite a feat. 

[RippedMan]

I would have assumed Meteor Shower would be a hot ticket. It has a lot going for it. 

[David10086]

M.Butterfly doesn't look too promising these days. Does anyone think it has a long life ahead of it? 

[Play Esq.]

David10086 said: "M.Butterfly doesn't look too promising these days. Does anyone think it has a long life ahead of it?"

I hope not.  I feel incredibly sorry for any tourist or non-regular theatergoer who found their way to the Cort these past few weeks.  

[Fordham2015]

So much Butterfly hate on the boards recently! The show took a lot of risks which I thought paid off- your results may vary, but I encourage people to ignore the haters and form their own opinions. I know it probably won't stay open until 2/25, but here's hoping it gets a small boost over the holidays.

[SmokeyLady]

"So much Butterfly hate on the boards recently! The show took a lot of risks which I thought paid off- your results may vary, but I encourage people to ignore the haters and form their own opinions. I know it probably won't stay open until 2/25, but here's hoping it gets a small boost over the holidays."

 

There are a lot of "opinions" on this board full of ill intent.  However I would suspect that most people considering going to Butterfly are smart enough not to base their ticket buying decision on this trashy chat board.

[Play Esq.]

SmokeyLady said: ""So much Butterfly hate on the boards recently! The show took a lot of risks which I thought paid off- your results may vary, but I encourage people to ignore the haters and form their own opinions. I know it probably won't stay open until 2/25, but here's hoping it gets a small boost over the holidays."



There are a lot of "opinions" on this board full of ill intent. However I would suspect that most people considering going to Butterfly are smart enough not to base their ticket buying decision on this trashy chat board."

How ****ing idiotic; because I didn't like the production, I'm a hater?  How about just a discerning theatergoer who is fortunate enough to see a lot of theater and would like to spare others a horrible theater experience?

 As for the "took a lot of risks" statement...this production didn't take any risks.  The only "risk" I saw was presuming that a Broadway audience wouldn't recognize a cheap set when they saw it.  We do.   We did.  

 SmokeyLady, I agree, most people wouldn't consider this "trashy chat board" but they'll likely consider all the non "trashy" outlets, like the NY Times who (appropriately) slammed this production.  

I'm sorry but this production is empirically not good.  I had incredibly high hopes about the cast and crew delivering something for the ages, but it didn't happen.  Let's stop pretending that this production is worth seeing and that it's worth recommending:  It's not worth seeing and I could never imagine recommending this production to anyone.  

[TheSassySam]

I'm doing BroadwayRoulette when I am in town the first week of December and based on these numbers, I have a hunch I am going to be seeing M. Butterfly. 

[GreenGables]

Play Esq. said: "I hope not. I feel incredibly sorry for any tourist or non-regular theatergoer who found their way to the Cort these past few weeks."

*years

[yankeefan7]

"That has to be the lowest week for Donna/Hello Dolly, no?"

Sorry to hear that because I am sure she is wonderful in the role. My wife and I saw it Labor Day weekend and while Bette Midler was very good I am sure we would have still loved it with Donna. My wife saw "Hello Dolly" many years ago with Pearl Bailey and said she was amazing.

[leighmiserables]

Jeesh, Meteor Shower. Glad I bought my ticket early on.

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

I don't know much about Amy Schumer, but she strikes me as a very one-note comedienne/actor. Am I wrong? I find it a bit sad that they absolutely had to bring her in to get crowds at the Booth. I hate that a good story/show alone just doesn't do it anymore (with some exceptions).

Where's the culture at?

[RndmAnswrs4RndmQstns]

Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "I don't know much about Amy Schumer, but she strikes me as a very one-note comedienne/actor. Am I wrong? I find it a bit sad that they absolutely had to bring her in to get crowds at the Booth. I hate that a good story/show alone just doesn't do it anymore (with some exceptions).

Where's the culture at?"

She’s one-note as a comedian when she writes the jokes herself, but I heard she’s funny when she has other stuff to work with. I heard she was pretty good in Meteor Shower.

[matt1982]

I wonder if this is how Dolly grosses with Bernadette will look, or a bit higher.

[Jarethan]

yankeefan7 said: ""That has to be the lowest week for Donna/Hello Dolly, no?"

Sorry to hear that because I am sure she is wonderful in the role. My wife and I saw it Labor Day weekend and while Bette Midler was very good I am sure we would have still loved it with Donna. My wife saw "Hello Dolly" many years ago with Pearl Bailey and said she was amazing."

IMO, ranking the pleasure I got out of the performances, I would have to go with:

1.  Murphy.  Gave a real performance, great voice, was as funny as any Dolly I have seen

2.  Bailey.  Probably a little more Pearlie Mae than Dolly, but gave 100%, was in great voice, and wrapped the audience around her finger

3. Midler.  It may have been me, or maybe she was tired that night, but as much as I love her, and enjoyed her warmth and humor, I still thought she was giving a 'lazy' performance.  The vocals were only okay.

Regular theatergoers who miss Murphy are doing themselves a disservice.

 

PS -- I think Peters will do better for two reasons: (1) she is a bigger box office attraction than Murphy; and (2) people won't have the option of seeing Midler.  The obsession will pass.  The big question in my mind is whether Dolly has become so associated with Midler that they will collectively lose interest a lot earlier than they should.  This is a revival that is better than the original production (with the exception of Dolly IMO).

[qolbinau]

The three things I worry about with Bernadette’s grosses are 1. slow time of year 2. has Bernadette’s fan base already seen the show and many won’t necessarily return (anyone that knows of Bernadette likely knows of Midler) 3. Were Murphy’s grosses inflated with people who mistakingly thought they were seeing Bette? (Bernadette won’t have the same luxury).

Still, Bernadette is by far a bigger name than Murphy so I’m still hopeful.