Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/30/18

[Rob]

Click 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%),

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[ethan231h]

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]

What? 4 million? Is this a record or something?

[ACL2006]

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.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

$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, 

 

[JBroadway]

Ruben and Clays entire gross from this week is less than half of what Hamilton made in a SINGLE performance.

[RWPrincess]

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]

Same with My Fair Lady when Laura Benanti was out sick for most of the week.

[Kad]

I really don't think that Benanti, Altomare, and Simpson are particularly ticket-selling names. 

[haterobics]

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.

[ACL2006]

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.

[haterobics]

ACL2006 said: "I factored that extra show in. 3,514/9 performances comes to 391 per show."

Not a correction. Just piling on!

[Kitsune]

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.

[AEA AGMA SM]

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.

[David10086]

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]

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. 

 

[ACL2006]

also, 14 shows were at or over capacity(SRO) this week.

[chernjam]

Was surprised to see Waitress not higher than it was...

[haterobics]

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.

[Marianne2]

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?

[dramamama611]

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?

[Call_me_jorge]

And of course the illusionists pull out the 16 performances in one of week gimmick. Feel so bad for those performers.

[CapnHook]

Don'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.

[SweetLips22]

and how long their performance time per show.

[Wick3]

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.