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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#1
Posted: 7/2/18 at 3:44pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 7/1/2018 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: ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (8.6%), THE ICEMAN COMETH (4.8%), ANGELS IN AMERICA (1.0%), MEAN GIRLS (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: HEAD OVER HEELS (-10.7%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-8.1%), BEAUTIFUL (-6.9%), SUMMER (-6.4%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-6.3%), ANASTASIA (-5.8%), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (-5.5%), CAROUSEL (-4.1%), CHICAGO (-3.8%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-3.6%), KINKY BOOTS (-3.3%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (-2.9%), HELLO, DOLLY! (-2.6%), WICKED (-1.9%), WAITRESS (-1.5%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.8%), ALADDIN (-0.7%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-0.7%), THE BOYS IN THE BAND (-0.4%), FROZEN (-0.2%), COME FROM AWAY (-0.1%),

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#2
Posted: 7/2/18 at 3:46pm

Pretty slow week, but that's pretty typical for the week before the 4th of July!

Also, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Carousel and Summer will not last past December/ January; just because they're making over $900K or $1 million per week does not mean they are going to make the same amount in the fall.

Also, Head Over Heels didn't have a great first full week either.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#3
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:12pm

Glad to see Angels in America doing well, but I know it only started doing really well post-Tony Awards. Anyone know if it transferred in the black from London? I believe it did very well over there. In fact, it was a hard ticket to get when I was in London last year. I didn’t get to see it until 2 weeks ago. So glad I did. A truly phenomenal experience. I believe the National Theatre is a subscription house so not sure how that affects any revenue it received in London and perhaps transferred with. Of course, that is also assuming that the London investors are also the same Broadway investors.

Also, I know Kinky Boots recouped a long while ago, but that low percentage of total possible gross can’t be good.

Updated On: 7/2/18 at 04:12 PM

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#4
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:19pm

^im confused. Do you think kinky made 1.3 million last week?

And I remember this musical I remember their brilliance And I might never sleep again...

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#5
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:22pm

Call_me_jorge said: "^im confused. Do you think kinky made 1.3 million last week?"

Oops. I looked at wrong column. I’ll fix it. That is really not good.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#6
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:23pm

Solipsist234 said: "Pretty slow week, but that's pretty typical for the week before the 4th of July!

Also, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Carousel and Summer will not last past December/ January; just because they're making over $900K or $1 million per week does not mean they are going to make the same amount in the fall.

Also, Head Over Heels didn't have a great first full week either."

I suspect Carousel will definitely be gone by January.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#7
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:26pm

>I believe the National Theatre is a subscription house so not sure how that affects any revenue it received on the West End and perhaps transferred with. Of course, that is also assuming that the West End investors are also the same Broadway investors.<

Angels didn't play the West End. It only ran at the National.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#8
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:27pm

HEAD OVER HEELS, ouch.

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#9
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:28pm

Angels in America has consistently done well throughout its entire run, and will end that way.

Carousel will probably close in January, but what do you expect when you do what they did to it, honestly.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#10
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:30pm

OOTI drops $90K the day it announces it's on sale for the next 15 months?? It will be lucky to make it to this December, which would be more than respectable for this lovely show. (Though Labor Day seems more likely.)

December/January seems right for Carousel, Summer, and Kinky Boots (and maybe Anastasia and Beautiful?)

According to Michael Riedel, the Broadway production of ANGELS cost $7.5 million –– HUGE for a play. Brilliant as it is, its average overall gross has been 66%.

Poor Head Over Heels...

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#11
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:36pm

OOTI on sale for 15 more months????? What are they thinking. It's as if the producer is obsessed with trying to break trends in Broadway producing without realising that some trends exist for good reason..

"It’s the fractured quality in [Bernadette Peters'] singing voice and line readings that puts across the character as someone for whom resentment is sliding into madness." - NYtimes on Follies (2011).

Updated On: 7/2/18 at 04:36 PM

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#12
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:37pm

Smaxie said: ">I believe the National Theatre is a subscription house so not sure how that affects any revenue it received on the West End and perhaps transferred with. Of course, that is also assuming that the West End investors are also the same Broadway investors.<

Angels didn't play the West End. It only ran at the National."

Thanks. In my brain I knew that, but it somehow came out confused. Thanks. Fixed it!

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#13
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:38pm

I have to imagine closing notices for Kinky Boots and Beautiful are in the works.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#14
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:45pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "I have to imagine closing notices for Kinky Boots and Beautiful are in the works."

I'm not a fan of this particular topic, but I agree. It still amazes me how Beautiful has lasted this long! But I think we all know that when Melissa Benoist took over, it basically signaled the beginning of the end...

Updated On: 7/2/18 at 04:45 PM

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#15
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:46pm

According to Michael Riedel, the Broadway production of ANGELS cost $7.5 million –– HUGE for a play. Brilliant as it is, its average overall gross has been 66%.

Thank you, I did not know the cost of it. I just know that everyone loves it and it's gotten so much critical acclaim, it won't be known as a flop.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#16
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:47pm

I know it's just the first week of previews, but the Head Over Heels numbers look pretty awful, especially since it was filling all the seats early in the week. I thought the numbers would be better than that.

This isn't a show likely to get glowing reviews, although it might get some good word of mouth as a fun show.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#17
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:54pm

The cost of putting tickets on sale for 18 months, in 2018, is $0.00. The notion (silly as it is) is presumably that it might give a few people the mistaken impression that the show is doing better than it is. Unfortunately, this week's nearly six figure drop tells a different story: these are the weeks in which shows that were marginal (or worse in this case) pre-Tonys have to make their leap if they are to turn things around.

Head Over Heels does indeed seem like the next easy prey. But if you look at the producers, it has "closing to tour" written all over it.

Updated On: 7/2/18 at 04:54 PM

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#18
Posted: 7/2/18 at 4:56pm

Carousel and Kinky Boots seem like the likeliest to close, maybe even by the end of summer? Summer seems to be plummeting, and I'm curious how well School of Rock and Spongebob will hang on through the summer months. Waitress is holding up surprisingly well, I can't imagine it's an expensive show to run.

I could see Anastasia hanging on maybe up to another year, even, depending on how long Mean Girls and Frozen pull in the big bucks and how the long-term word-of-mouth. I think Bronx Tale closing might be a boon to it (and Waitress) as well, as a pleasant crowd-pleaser that isn't packed to the gills with screaming tweens (mostly).

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#19
Posted: 7/2/18 at 6:35pm

Hoping Spongebob moves to a smaller theater for palace renovations! Numbers aren’t too bad.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#20
Posted: 7/2/18 at 6:43pm

I think HEAD OVER HEELS ends up with a shorter run than MARGARITAVILLE.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#21
Posted: 7/2/18 at 6:54pm

ACL2006 said: "I think HEAD OVER HEELS ends up with a shorter run than MARGARITAVILLE."

And your basis on this is...? At least according to people who've seen it, it's actually a fun night out at the theatre (and probably far more enjoyable than Margaritaville.) I commented that it didn't have a good week, but I don't think a closing is already imminent (when Gettin' the Band Back Together starts, then we can talk.)

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#22
Posted: 7/2/18 at 7:03pm

yesraccoons said: "Hoping Spongebob moves to a smaller theater for palace renovations! Numbers aren’t too bad."

A show with so-so grosses (I shouldn't say never.) I doubt the pruners would put up the money for the move. Also a smaller scale would mean a reconfigure of some of the set.

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#23
Posted: 7/2/18 at 7:37pm

Solipsist234 said: "ACL2006 said: "I think HEAD OVER HEELS ends up with a shorter run than MARGARITAVILLE."

And your basis on this is...? At least according to people who've seen it, it's actually a fun night out at the theatre (and probably far more enjoyable than Margaritaville.) I commented that it didn't have a good week, but I don't think a closing is already imminent (when Gettin' the Band Back Together starts, then we can talk.)"

Serious question here, I swear I'm not trolling - why is there so much bad buzz for Getting the Band Back Together? I read the summary and thought it sounded cute. Were the out of town tryouts or the clip they released that bad?

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#24
Posted: 7/2/18 at 7:41pm

bear88 said: "I know it's just the first week of previews, but the Head Over Heels numbers look pretty awful, especially since it was filling all the seats early in the week. I thought the numbers would be better than that.

This isn't a show likely to get glowing reviews, although it might get some good word of mouth as a fun show."

Another problem is the fact that The Go-Go's are relatively obscure outside of America. Belinda Carlisle is pretty famous over here in Britain, but few of us can name the group she was once in (The Go-Go's did not have a UK Top 40 hit until 1994, long after Belinda Carlisle had gained recognition there). If you are doing a musical centred on an act with limited international popularity, it needs to be a lot more than a 'fun show'...

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/1/18#25
Posted: 7/2/18 at 7:41pm

Kitsune said: "Solipsist234 said: "ACL2006 said: "I think HEAD OVER HEELS ends up with a shorter run than MARGARITAVILLE."

And your basis on this is...? At least according to people who've seen it, it's actually a fun night out at the theatre (and probably far more enjoyable than Margaritaville.) I commented that it didn't have a good week, but I don't think a closing is already imminent (when Gettin' the Band Back Together starts, then we can talk.)"

Serious question here, I swear I'm not trolling - why is there so much bad buzz for Getting the Band Back Together? I read the summary and thought it sounded cute. Were the out of town tryouts or the clip they released that bad?"

Because it's an original musical not based on a movie, book, TV show, etc. that apparently has an awful score and "looks bad" to the normal theatre-going eye. Honestly, so many posters on this board are too empty-headed.

(I bet this is why people hated First Date!)