Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 3:53pmClick below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 12/30/2018 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: BEAUTIFUL (28.3%), HEAD OVER HEELS (26.3%), KINKY BOOTS (23.3%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (22.4%), SUMMER (22.2%), THE FERRYMAN (21.1%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (19.9%), AMERICAN SON (19.5%), CHICAGO (19.4%), THE PROM (18.3%), WAITRESS (17.6%), KING KONG (15.4%), MY FAIR LADY (14.4%), THE NEW ONE (13.1%), THE BAND'S VISIT (13%), ANASTASIA (12.5%), THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT (11.4%), THE CHER SHOW (10.6%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (10%), TORCH SONG (6.8%), THE WAVERLY GALLERY (5.2%), CHOIR BOY (4.7%), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (4%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (3.1%), ALADDIN (1.7%), NETWORK (1.5%), FROZEN (1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.9%), MEAN GIRLS (0.5%), WICKED (0.4%), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (0.3%), THE LION KING (0.1%), HAMILTON (0.1%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (0.1%), COME FROM AWAY (0.1%),
Down for the week by attendance was: RUBEN & CLAY'S FIRST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAROL FAMILY FUN PAGEANT SPECTACULAR (-8.3%), THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS (-7.3%),
ethan231h
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/11
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 4:02pm
28 shows made at least a million, damn.
If The Prom's average ticket price was a littttle hire they would've been there
MadsonMelo
Broadway Star Joined: 3/24/14
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 4:07pm
What? 4 million? Is this a record or something?
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 4:19pm
Also note that most shows did 9 performances Christmas week. So next week expect most shows to see a large dip in their grosses.
Ruben and Clay's numbers are just sad. They averaged under 400 people per show.
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.
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 4:25pm
$1,247,277 ! Great grosses for Chicago this particular week. Looking at the grosses, I am saddened that "Torch Song" figures weren't higher. I really enjoyed the play when I saw it. Now that we're in January 2019,
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#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 4:33pmRuben and Clays entire gross from this week is less than half of what Hamilton made in a SINGLE performance.
RWPrincess
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/18
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 4:33pm
Anastasia had a good week with Cody out most of it and Christy out one show. I realize people buy tickets in advance but it's just interesting to see.
Glad Summer had a decent final week.
Emmaloucbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/11
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 4:37pmSame with My Fair Lady when Laura Benanti was out sick for most of the week.
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 4:39pm
I really don't think that Benanti, Altomare, and Simpson are particularly ticket-selling names.
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#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 4:47pm
ACL2006 said: "Ruben and Clay's numbers are just sad. They averaged under 400 people per show."
Actually, they added a show AND played to less people than the previous week.
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 4:50pm
haterobics said: "ACL2006 said: "Ruben and Clay's numbers are just sad. They averaged under 400 people per show."
Actually, they added a show AND played to less people than the previous week."
I factored that extra show in. 3,514/9 performances comes to 391 per show.
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.
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 5:04pm
ACL2006 said: "I factored that extra show in. 3,514/9 performances comes to 391 per show."
Not a correction. Just piling on! 
Kitsune
Broadway Star Joined: 12/29/06
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 5:09pm
I know it's probably the busiest week of the year for Broadway, but I'm really happy to see The Prom increase in gross capacity. I had a blast when I saw it last week, and I really hope it hangs on, at least through the Tonys.
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#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 5:36pm
Kitsune said: "I know it's probably the busiest week of the year for Broadway, but I'm really happy to see The Prom increase in gross capacity. I had a blast when I saw it last week, and I really hope it hangs on, at least through the Tonys."
Look at it this way. While it's not all that notable to post a good business week during this week between Christmas and New Year's, at least it didn't have a sub-par week, which IS notable and signs that there is little to no chance for the show to ever recover at the box office.
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 5:44pm
I'm glad SUMMER went out with a bang ($1M+), just as it started out it's run back in April.
I wonder if Ruben and Clay will be invited back for a "Second Annual" show, or is their "First Annual" the same as their "Final" ?
Yelliphant2
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#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 6:16pm
David10086 said: "
I wonder if Ruben and Clay will be invited back for a "Second Annual" show, or is their "First Annual" the same as their "Final" ?"
I heard they are touring it next year.
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 6:28pm
also, 14 shows were at or over capacity(SRO) this week.
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.
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 6:29pm
Was surprised to see Waitress not higher than it was...
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 7:28pm
chernjam said: "Was surprised to see Waitress not higher than it was..."
Unless you were only in town for the holiday, you'd probably hold out for Gavin, Sara, or Joey at this point.
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 10:41pmI see they played an extra performance, but how did Wicked earn an extra million because of that? Or were the prices for tickets just that high?
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#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/2/19 at 11:34pm
Marianne2 said: "I see they played an extra performance, but how did Wicked earn an extra million because of that? Or were the prices for tickets just that high? "
Most shows increase ticket prices for the holiday week. Ridiculous, isnt it?
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#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/3/19 at 12:07amAnd of course the illusionists pull out the 16 performances in one of week gimmick. Feel so bad for those performers.
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#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/3/19 at 12:20amDon't feel sad for them. They're doing what they love to do and I'm sure they made a bucket of money in just 7 days.
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#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/3/19 at 12:54am
and how long their performance time per show.
#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18
Posted: 1/3/19 at 12:54am
Patti LuPone FANatic said: "$1,247,277 ! Great grosses for Chicago this particular week. Looking at the grosses, I am saddened that "Torch Song" figures weren't higher. I really enjoyed the play when I saw it."
I enjoyed Torch Song too and have my ticket for its final performance on Sunday.
