Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/27/19

[Rob]

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 1/27/2019 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 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (14%), KING KONG (10.7%), FROZEN (9.9%), CHOIR BOY (9.2%), KINKY BOOTS (7.5%), CHICAGO (7.4%), WICKED (6%), MY FAIR LADY (5.5%), ALADDIN (5%), TRUE WEST (5%), BEAUTIFUL (3.2%), AMERICAN SON (2.4%), THE WAVERLY GALLERY (1.2%), THE LION KING (0.7%), ANASTASIA (0.6%),

Down for the week by attendance was: THE PROM (-7%), THE FERRYMAN (-2.7%), THE BAND'S VISIT (-2.1%), MEAN GIRLS (-1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-1%), NETWORK (-0.7%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (-0.7%), THE CHER SHOW (-0.7%), COME FROM AWAY (-0.2%), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (-0.2%),

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[barcelona20]

Band's Visit, The Prom, King Kong.  All in trouble sadly.

[quizking101]

Keep in mind that The Bands Visit sold a large block of tickets around Christmas for half price or less through these lean winter months. Considering how much the houses are still filling, and how the grosses and such have only really dropped recently, I would say its doing fine and will pick back up.

[quizking101]

Also, mad props to AMERICAN SON for dropping the Netflix news. It packed every house in its last week and was the highest capacity for a play and second highest overall.

[ACL2006]

COME FROM AWAY's first week below $1 million since previews.

[Mike Barrett]

I was hoping to potentially book The Prom for March or May, looks like March may be the safer bet. Hopefully things pick up in February! 

[Scoot3]

Bump. Where is the usual flame war in this thread?

[MadsonMelo]

Just a question that I should know, but I can remember for sure.

Over 100%+ capacity means premium tickets and SRO or just one of these two kind of tickets?

[HogansHero]

MadsonMelo said: "Just a question that I should know, but I can remember for sure.

Over 100%+ capacity means premium tickets and SRO or just one of these two kind of tickets?"

premium affects price, SRO affects capacity. 

re "flame war" -- what would it be about? We are at slow winter weeks, the old absurdities have packed up and the new ones have not materialized yet.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Anything over 100% capacity would be due to standing room tickets, as premium tickets are included in the standard house count.

[Miles2Go2]

I believe over 100%+ capacity would indicate they sold a ticket to every seat plus SRO.

[RippedMan]

I saw The Prom tonight and it seemed pretty well sold for a random Tuesday in January. Lots of younger people, so I doubt lots of Premium Tickets, but I'd recommend it for the cast. The 4 "older" vets are really slaying it and Bob Martin's book is pretty hilarious. The music was eh and the story was pretty bland, but happy the message is getting out there.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

RippedMan said: "I saw The Prom tonight and it seemed pretty well sold for a random Tuesday in January. Lots of younger people, so I doubt lots of Premium Tickets, but I'd recommend it for the cast. The 4 "older" vets are really slaying it and Bob Martin's book is pretty hilarious. The music was eh and the story was pretty bland, but happy the message is getting out there."

I was there last night as well, and thought the show was thoroughly entertaining. I'm wondering why it has struggled since it opened, given the fact that the reviews were generally terrific. The only week it was out of the low 50% if gross potential was Christmas week, and even then it did only 75% when moist shows were hitting 90%. Good/great reviews plus good word of mouth usually bring success, so what is it with this show?  

 

[Mike Barrett]

RaisedOnMusicals said: "I was there last night as well, and thought the show was thoroughly entertaining. I'm wondering why it has struggled since it opened, given the fact that the reviews were generally terrific. The only week it was out of the low 50% if gross potential was Christmas week, and even then it did only 75% when moist shows were hitting 90%. Good/great reviews plus good word of mouth usually bring success, so what is it with this show?"

 

I think they slowly rolled their marketing out which likely didnt help. Not everyone looking at what show to see reads all the reviews, and 2 lesbians prom being saved by washed up broadway stars may not be everyones first choice for a broadway show, at least not with premium prices. I however am quite excited to see it, but as a member of the LGBT community I really want to support this show. 

 

[Wick3]

I liked the Prom as well when I saw it a few weeks ago. I'll admit though that when I heard that the Prom will be going to Broadway, I first thought it was the off-bway Awesome 80s Prom (did any of you watch that years ago?) that has been changed to simply, The Prom. lol

Anyways, I do hope the Prom will last through Tony season. 

[RWPrincess]

I have heard a few of the songs played on SiriusXM and I have not enjoyed them that much. I will probably end up seeing The Prom at some point but I have other shows I consider bigger priorities.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

RWPrincess said: "I have heard a few of the songs played on SiriusXM and I have not enjoyed them that much. I will probably end up seeing The Prom at some point but I have other shows I consider bigger priorities."

I agree with the assessment of the score. it's certainly not R&H, Lerner & Loewe or Pasek & Paul. I guess I'd describe it as serviceable, performed exceptionally well. But Beth Leavel does stop the show with this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awVR5kEaJco

[RippedMan]

To me it’s worth seeing for Beth Level alone. Her 2 numbers are great and brilliant. The rest of the score is pretty generic - it’s the same people behind Elf which is pretty blah as well. I thought the main lesbian character was pretty damn boring and their attempt to give her some Dear Evan Hansen style songs failed. She doesn’t seem to change at all throughout the show. She’s still meek at the end.

But I’m still happy I saw it and supported it. And the titles is doing nothing to make anyone excited. Why not throw some gaudy streamers up outside the theater etc.

[Wick3]

I need to return and watch it with Beth. I saw the show right after it opened and the understudy Kate Marilley was on --- but I dont' look at the playbill before the show so I had no idea and thought Kate was Beth (I've never seen Beth perform before). Kate was fantastic!!!

http://www.papermag.com/kate-marilley-the-prom-2623219578.html?rebelltitem=10#rebelltitem10

 

[haterobics]

RaisedOnMusicals said: "I'm wondering why it has struggled since it opened, given the fact that the reviews were generally terrific."

No names onstage, original story, original music, and no names writing the story or the music. You know, the thing everyone says they want to see... heh

RaisedOnMusicals said: "even then it did only 75% when moist shows were hitting 90%."

Which shows are moist? Frozen if it gets too warm, and the pies in Waitress?!

[HogansHero]

^nicely done

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

haterobics said: "RaisedOnMusicals said: "I'm wondering why it has struggled since it opened, given the fact that the reviews were generally terrific."

No names onstage, original story, original music, and no names writing the story or the music. You know, the thing everyone says they want to see... heh

RaisedOnMusicals said: "even then it did only 75% when moist shows were hitting 90%."

Which shows are moist? Frozen if it gets too warm, and the pies in Waitress?!"   LOL

 

[treblemakerz]

The Prom is expected to stay open until the Tonys, at least. Overheard from a cast member. I don't know how they'll do it, but I'll be so pleased to see it happen.

[Wick3]

RaisedOnMusicals said: "The only week it was out of the low 50% if gross potential was Christmas week, and even then it did only 75% when moist shows were hitting 90%. Good/great reviews plus good word of mouth usually bring success, so what is it with this show?"

Personally I'm not a big fan of looking at solely gross potential percentages because it's really dependent on the producers' original pricing of seats (my understanding is gross potential is the money received if all seats were sold at regular pricing.) Given how The Prom's gross percentage is roughly 51% but around 80% attendance, it seems like a lot of the tickets sold were discounted.

By no means am I an expert on this stuff but I do hope The Prom eventually succeeds. As always, it also depends what the weekly nugget is (hopefully less than $500k/week given the recent gross numbers.)

 

[RippedMan]

Do we suspect they will get a lot of noms? Can see the 3 main adults getting nominated. With Beth being a contender.