Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/18

[Rob]

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/12/2018 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: GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (6.6%), SUMMER (3.5%), HELLO, DOLLY! (1.4%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (1.2%), KINKY BOOTS (0.9%), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (0.8%), FROZEN (0.5%), WAITRESS (0.3%), COME FROM AWAY (0.1%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (0.1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.1%), THE BOYS IN THE BAND (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: HEAD OVER HEELS (-13.2%), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN (-5.8%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-5.8%), MY FAIR LADY (-5.7%), CAROUSEL (-5.0%), BEAUTIFUL (-4.1%), ANASTASIA (-3.6%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-2.9%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-2.5%), CHICAGO (-2.1%), WICKED (-1.7%), ALADDIN (-1.5%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-1.0%),

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[massofmen]

No way Anastasia and beautiful make it past the new year. I'm surprised they haven't announced closing for labor day. Those numbers are barely making op costs and it's the height of the summer

 

And how is head over heels still running? Amazing 

[TheSassySam]

I'm expecting a Head over Heels, Summer, Kinky Boots or Beautiful closing announcement anytime now. 

[JBroadway]

So, I'm not saying Gettin' The Band Back Together isn't in trouble. It obviously is. 

But clearly Davenport's rock-bottom discounts are getting people in the seats. 94% capacity is not low, even for a heavily comped show. And by all accounts, audiences outside of this message board seem to be loving it. So if his 94% capacity can lead to positive word of mouth, we may very well see an uptake in sales in the coming months. 

That is, unless/until the critics rip it a new one tonight. 

And obviously it won't matter if everyone continues to pay nothing for the seats. But I could see it slowly picking up momentum, and possibly becoming profitable years down the line through licensing. 

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Why such a significant drop for "Beautiful"?   "Chicago" is still doing o.k. at 70.9% gross potential.   "Summer" needs more box office love.

[raddersons]

Patti LuPone FANatic said: "Why such a significant drop for "Beautiful"?"

Supergirl left, and Abby Mueller was back. Which is a shame, because I bet Abby is miles better than Melissa Benoist.

[EJ24642]

I'm also thinking Summer will shutter soon. While the 49% of their potential gross is up from last week, it's still not good. 

Kinky Boots probably doesn't have long left either. I know they have tickets on sale through part of January, but maybe they'll close after Mark Ballas' run? That may mean they end on a high if he sells tickets. 

Beautiful is really suffering now that Melissa Benoist has left, so I wouldn't be surprised if they announce closing soon. While they are playing to almost full capacity they're making barely over 50% of their gross. 

I hope Head Over Heels will last a little longer, but it's not looking good which is too bad, I enjoyed it tremendously. 

[little_sally]

It's really too bad that the general public has been so dismissive of Head Over Heels.

[YvanEhtNioj]

Is Anastasia doing that bad? It's doing 72% compared to Chicago which is at 70. Is it at any risk?

[quizking101]

massofmen said: "No way Anastasia and beautiful make it past the new year. I'm surprised they haven't announced closing for labor day. Those numbers are barely making op costs and it's the height of the summer



And how is head over heels still running? Amazing"

Anastasia is still humming along at a steady rate. It’s become quite the sleeper hit and I can see it going for at least another year.

 HEAD OVER HEELS, unfortunately, will not make it past Labor Day. The show is fun and the cast is loving it, but they are all in “tell your friends” mode and I think they know the writing is on the wall.

 

[BroadwayConcierge]

OOTI continues to trudge along.

[musikman]

JBroadway said: "So, I'm not saying Gettin' The Band Back Together isn't in trouble. It obviously is.

But clearly Davenport's rock-bottom discounts are getting people in the seats. 94% capacity is not low, even for a heavily comped show. And by all accounts, audiences outside of this message board seem to be loving it. So if his 94% capacitycan lead to positive word of mouth, we may very well see an uptake in sales in the coming months.

That is, unless/until the critics rip it a new one tonight.


And obviously it won't matter if everyone continues to pay nothing for the seats. But I could see it slowly picking up momentum, and possibly becoming profitable years down the line through licensing."

Last week was their press preview week (they open tonight), so you better believe they were papering the theatre like crazy to make sure there were full houses for the reviewers.  I mean, even with deep discounting, that average ticket price is obscenely low.

[Miles2Go2]

I’d say Anastasia is doing okay for now. Of the shows that haven’t already announced a closing date, I’d say Kinky Boots and Beautiful are in danger, despite having already recouped along with HOH, GTBBT, and Summer, which seems to be slipping into consistent underperforming territory.

[Clyde15]

Did The Boys in the Band recoup? I didn’t remember hearing an official announcement but they were just taking in money for 15 weeks straight so I can’t inagibe they didn’t

[EJ24642]

Boys in the Band recouped after 11 weeks I think, and it was only a $3.5 million investment. Here's the link:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadways-THE-BOYS-IN-THE-BAND-Recoups-20180716

[Clyde15]

Thank you!

[Stage Door Sally]

I may have missed it, but do we know if Hello, Dolly! recouped?

[Call_me_jorge]

Okay. Hold up. Am I the only one who finds it strange that Pretty Woman is exceeding expectations, but Spomgebob is struggling to find any kind of audience? Like sure spongebob might not be Shakespeare, but at least it has some sort of imagination.

[EJ24642]

Call_me_jorge said: "Okay. Hold up. Am I the only one who finds it strange that Pretty Woman is exceeding expectations, but Spomgebob is struggling to find any kind of audience? Like sure spongebob might not be Shakespeare, but at least it has some sort of imagination."

I think a lot more people know Pretty Woman than SpongeBob. Also, SpongeBob seemed targeted more at kids (being that it is a cartoon) and it was totally original story, which may have put people off. 

[EJ24642]

Stage Door Sally said: "I may have missed it, but do we know if Hello, Dolly! recouped?"

I don't think so, since there was no official announcement like there was for The Boys in the Band

[bwayrose7]

Anastasia seems like the new Waitress/Kinky Boots: quietly doing decent-but-not-excellent numbers, not splashy, but a reliable choice with respectable word of mouth. It's more sophisticated than, say, Frozen, but not a show that will bore the kiddos. I think it's got about a year left in it.

Spongebob was always a "weird" idea and was never presented as anything but. Creative, yes, but too weird for too many people. Tourists with kids picked brands that they already knew inside and out, and not enough adults wanted to take a neon-colored nostalgia trip. Pretty Woman may be deeply, fundamentally mediocre, but by the time you know that, you've already paid for it - or you weren't looking for creativity in the first place, just a rehash of a movie you loved.

[natashalost]

According to her website, Abby Mueller will be playing Carole King from August 7, 2018 to December 30, 2018.

In case anyone wanted a projected closing date for the show, December 30, 2018 seems like the likely option.

[zainmax]

Re. Dolly, if not, then very, very, very CLOSE!

[haterobics]

Call_me_jorge said: "Okay. Hold up. Am I the only one who finds it strange that Pretty Woman is exceeding expectations, but Spomgebob is struggling to find any kind of audience? Like sure spongebob might not be Shakespeare, but at least it has some sort of imagination."

You're confusing the actual shows with the number of people interested in seeing theatrical interpretations of both properties...

[Impossible2]

EJ24642 said: "Stage Door Sally said: "I may have missed it, but do we know if Hello, Dolly! recouped?"

I don't think so, since there was no official announcement like there was for The Boys in the Band"

It recouped last year and there was an official announcement or at least people were talking about it on here.