Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/11/18

[Rob]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 4:22pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 11/11/2018 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: THE NEW ONE (30.6%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (17.4%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (12.8%), WAITRESS (12.2%), KINKY BOOTS (10.5%), THE NAP (10.0%), THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT (8.3%), SUMMER (7.4%), HEAD OVER HEELS (6.7%), AMERICAN SON (5.6%), MY FAIR LADY (5.4%), WICKED (4.4%), FROZEN (4.3%), THE PROM (3.9%), BERNHARDT/HAMLET (3.9%), CHICAGO (2.7%), MEAN GIRLS (1.9%), ALADDIN (1.7%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (1.1%), KING KONG (0.4%), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (0.3%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (0.2%),

Down for the week by attendance was: TORCH SONG (-6.5%), THE FERRYMAN (-4.6%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-4.3%), ANASTASIA (-3.2%), THE CHER SHOW (-1.8%), BEAUTIFUL (-1.3%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (-0.9%), THE BAND'S VISIT (-0.4%), COME FROM AWAY (-0.3%), THE WAVERLY GALLERY (-0.3%),

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[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 4:28pm

Incredibly impressive starts for Mockingbird and Network.

Updated On: 11/12/18 at 04:28 PM

[BroadwayBen]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 4:37pm

I was hoping word of mouth would help Prom, but I guess not...

[InTheBathroom1]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 4:50pm

Hoping that positive reviews of The Prom will help to boost sales or holiday overflow from Mean Girls will bring some business. Even though it’s not making tons of money, at least it’s filling up the Longacre.

[barcelona20]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 4:55pm

How long does King Kong last? Close in January or make it through Tony season?

[Sauja]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 4:56pm

BroadwayBen said: "I was hoping word of mouth would help Prom, but I guess not..."

The numbers are still a long way from good, but it's worth noting that it was up a teeny bit over last week even though it actually had one less performance. I haven't seen it yet, but for some reason, the positive buzz has me thinking this could still have a chance of finding an audience--maybe not a huge one, but enough to have a respectable (if not profitable) run.

[Sauja]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 4:59pm

barcelona20 said: "How long does King Kong last? Close in January or make it through Tony season?"

Head Over Heels is still running. I believe anything is possible. :)

[HogansHero]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 5:10pm

barcelona20 said: "How long does King Kong last? Close in January or make it through Tony season?"

ask in January. For now it has hit a target. (That said, I don't think the Tony season is something that is on their calendar, both because they are beyond unlikely to get much love and they are obviously not going to be bringing their only asset on the show. 

[Daddy Warbucks]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 5:25pm

HogansHero said: "barcelona20 said: "How long does King Kong last? Close in January or make it through Tony season?"

ask in January. For now it has hit a target. (That said, I don't think the Tony season is something that is on their calendar, both because they are beyond unlikely to get much love and they are obviously not going to be bringing their only asset on the show."

Hogan, I'm confused about something.  It says 8 shows this last week for King Kong, but opening night was Thursday night.  Did they perform 9 shows (8 + opening), or are they counting opening night as one of the 8?   

If the latter, then in terms of ticket sales, it was a 7 performance week and getting close to $1m gross.  Heading in a positive direction.  It will be interesting to see where it goes from here.

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 6:12pm

I’m pleasantly surprised that we received the grosses today on a holiday (Veterans Day). I’m encouraged to see so many plays doing so well although my heart breaks for Torch Song. I might just have to take a quick one or two night trip to NYC before it closes.

Updated On: 11/12/18 at 06:12 PM

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 6:13pm

I know there is probably a reason but I forget why "Hamilton" is not listed in the grosses.

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 6:20pm

Hamilton is listed.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 6:22pm

yankeefan7 said: "I know there is probably a reason but I forget why "Hamilton" is not listed in the grosses."

Yeah, hamilton is listed if you click on the link. But I believe it’s not listed in the post, because there was no change in attendance percentage.

[Trish2]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 7:08pm

Nice to see THE CHER SHOW in the millionaire club right out of the gate. Reminds me a bit of ON YOUR FEET doing the same thing for the first year, but unfortunately that slowly declined. Perhaps more people will want to see Cher versus Gloria. Only time will tell.

[markypoo]

Posted: 11/12/18 at 7:48pm

Pretty Woman isn't exactly selling its body to get business.

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 11/13/18 at 10:09am

I want Cher Show to be a hit, good the start is this good.

Cranston and Daniels are filling their theaters with those plays, damn it!

Happy that Waitress is up.

Sad that TBVisit is already in their 70%

King Kong... yay

[RippedMan]

Posted: 11/13/18 at 11:51am

The Band’s Visit reminds me of Fun Home. Played for a year or so, made its money back. I don’t think anyone thought it would be come a blockbuster simply because it doesn’t have an angsty teen.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 11/13/18 at 12:13pm

RippedMan said: "The Band’s Visit reminds me of Fun Home. Played for a year or so, made its money back. I don’t think anyone thought it would be come a blockbuster simply because it doesn’t have an angsty teen."

I think Fun Home’s run was just short of a year and a half, but I think your comparison might be pretty apt. It seems likely that TBV will run about 1 1/2 - 2 years. 

[OKBroadwayFan]

Posted: 11/13/18 at 12:23pm

The Band's Visit would have lost to Come From Away or Waitress for Best Musical if either of them would have opened this year.   Those two musicals are still around along with the juggernauts that beat them.  

 

[Danielle0314]

Posted: 11/13/18 at 12:38pm

According to this, looks like HPCC has fully recouped it's initial Broadway investment. Well done! :) (as if there was any doubt I know, just happy for it to happen)

[InTheBathroom1]

Posted: 11/13/18 at 12:42pm

They would’ve announced a recoup, they’ve still got a ways to go. I imagine running costs are very high for this one.

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/13/18 at 12:43pm

Danielle0314 said: "According to this, looks like HPCC has fully recouped it's initial Broadway investment. Well done! :) (as if there was any doubt I know, just happy for it to happen)"

That's not really how math works. I mean, sure, if they didn't have rent to pay the theater, weekly operating costs, salaries, etc., then sure... but the entire weekly gross doesn't get applied toward the investment.

You can read last week's grosses thread, where you advanced the same theory to have it debunked more thoroughly, no need to do it weekly here, I wouldn't think.

Updated On: 11/13/18 at 12:43 PM

[InTheBathroom1]

Posted: 11/13/18 at 12:46pm

Also, I thought this was discussed in last week’s grosses.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 11/13/18 at 12:47pm

Danielle, perhaps you'd like to explain how you came to that conclusion, so we can sort things out for you. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/13/18 at 12:49pm

HogansHero said: "Danielle, perhaps you'd like to explain how you came to that conclusion, so we can sort things out for you."

Its cumulative weekly grosses have surpassed $65M.