Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 9/16/2018 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section.
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I mean Aladdin doesn’t seem to be losing money, but it certainly isn’t doing the same business it once had. Didn’t Disney close Little Mermaid and Mary Poppins when they were still doing relatively well? I wonder how much time aladdin has. Though. I guess they aren’t in hurry since there doesn’t seem to be a show ready to replace it.
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Call_me_jorge said: "I mean Aladdin doesn’t seem to be losing money, but it certainly isn’t doing the same business it once had. Didn’t Disney close Little Mermaid and Mary Poppins when they were still doing relatively well? I wonder how much time aladdin has. Though. I guess they aren’t in hurry since there doesn’t seem to be a show ready to replace it
Little Mermaid Grosses Closing was announced on or about 30 June. From a BWW article: "Thomas Schumacher, producer and president of Disney Theatrical Productions, said, "Director Francesca Zambello, our creators, designers and cast conjured a world unlike any Broadway has seen before, and audiences have been captivated by it at every explosive performance. We are tremendously proud of the show and are confident we'll have an excellent summer but it would be fiscally irresponsible to our shareholders to risk operating losses with such a big show in the historically challenging fall months. We are closing the Broadway production to concentrate on the long future life of this title - beginning with next year's national tour and upcoming international productions."
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
MERMAID and POPPINS aren't great comparisons for ALADDIN. Mermaid struggled for its final year and was at the Nederlander-owned Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Poppins closed to make room for Aladdin, but Disney was also splittingprofits with Cameron Mackintosh (so it was probably less lucrative).
I think ALADDIN will be around for at least another year or two. When it does close... I wonder if Disney would return LION KING to the New Amsterdam? They've been paying rent to the Nederlanders for the past 12 years, and the New Am has more seats (but the Minskoff has more orchestra seats). Disney doesn't seem to have another big stage property in development, unless they want to musicalize Moana or Coco.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
ACL2006 said: "But seriously, how is HEAD OVER HEELS still open?"
as reported in another thread, some idiot invested additional money to keep it open. It seems like another one of the plague of shows we've had in the last few years (Once on This Island being another) that inexplicably runs notwithstanding losses until kicked to the curb (or in the case of OOTI, the sewer lines underneath 50th Street).
But what is OOTI's weekly cost? It's not busting the roof of the place, but based on the theatre it's in. The Avg ticket price and occupancy aren't anywhere near the horror of HEAD OVER HEELS
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BobPopa said: "But what is OOTI's weekly cost? It's not busting the roof of the place, but based on the theatre it's in. The Avg ticket price and occupancy aren't anywhere near the horror of HEAD OVER HEELS"
Between the water, the animal care, the child actor care, the sand maintenance, plus all the rest of the standard high expenses of running a Broadway show, I can't imagine OOTI is making its weekly nut.
BobPopa said: "But what is OOTI's weekly cost? It's not busting the roof of the place, but based on the theatre it's in. The Avg ticket price and occupancy aren't anywhere near the horror of HEAD OVER HEELS"
it was reported to be high 400s and its net gross is high 300s. It is definitely not at HOH's level of absurdity, but it's been losing money a lot longer.
My guess: OOTI's break-even is well over $500K per week. Of the 37 weeks in 2018, it's been in the $530s or below for 23 weeks and $500k or below for 13 weeks.