Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 3:19pmClick below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/4/2019 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: BARRY MANILOW (6.4%), THE PROM (3.8%), WICKED (1.9%), ALADDIN (1.2%), BE MORE CHILL (1.2%), FROZEN (0.9%), THE LION KING (0.4%), TOOTSIE (0.3%),
Down for the week by attendance was: PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (-5.1%), THE CHER SHOW (-4.1%), SEA WALL/A LIFE (-2.3%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-2.1%), BEAUTIFUL (-1.5%), WAITRESS (-1.3%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-1.3%), KING KONG (-1.2%), CHICAGO (-1.1%), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (-1%), MEAN GIRLS (-1%), BEETLEJUICE (-0.6%), AIN'T TOO PROUD (-0.6%), OKLAHOMA! (-0.5%), COME FROM AWAY (-0.3%), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (-0.3%), HADESTOWN (-0.1%),
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a-mad
Featured Actor Joined: 8/25/11
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 3:28pm
New look to the charts! It will take some adjusting... but I like the changes.
Huss417
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 3:35pm
Chart will take a little while to get use too. Left/Right Up/Down. Was like watching a tennis match. :)
"I hope your Fanny is bigger than my Peter."
Mary Martin to Ezio Pinza opening night of Fanny.
Clyde15
Leading Actor Joined: 5/9/15
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 3:47pmHappy to see Beetlejuice and The Prom up when everything else was down!
massofmen
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/10/04
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 3:52pm
I cannot believe i am saying this but unless a miracle happens, it looks very likely that Tootsie is gone after the winter holidays.
Thats amazing. This is the height of the summer ticket sales and this is the best it can do at this point? $90.00 avg tix price at 75% capacity? Santino's tony win actually seemed to make sales go down...
Jees....
sppunk
Featured Actor Joined: 6/18/16
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 3:52pm
Moulin Rouge set a Hirschfeld box office record.
Not surprising but still.
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 3:54pm
Jujamcyn isnt going to have to worry about tenants for some time by the looks of these numbers for all of their shows.
Come From Away seems to be slipping ever so slightly, but wow I still can’t believe they’ve made it this far.
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 4:02pm
ChildofEarth said: "Jujamcyn isnt going to have to worry about tenants for some time by the looks of these numbers for all of their shows.
Come From Away seems to be slipping ever so slightly, but wow I still can’t believe they’ve made it this far."
I was wondering about Come From Away as well but I think they've made so much money, both on Broadway and globally, that they'll be around for a lot longer.
Happy for Beetlejuice, I hope it keeps up. Too bad about Tootsie but I think the bottom line is that the movie isn't as beloved or relevant as say Pretty Woman or Moulin Rouge.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
Clyde15
Leading Actor Joined: 5/9/15
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 4:12pm
little_sally said: "ChildofEarth said: "Jujamcyn isnt going to have to worry about tenants for some time by the looks of these numbers for all of their shows.
Come From Away seems to be slipping ever so slightly, but wow I still can’t believe they’ve made it this far."
I was wondering about Come From Away as well but I think they've made so much money, both on Broadway and globally, that they'll be around for a lot longer.
Happy for Beetlejuice, I hope it keeps up. Too bad about Tootsie but I think the bottom line is that the movie isn't as beloved or relevant as say Pretty Woman or Moulin Rouge."
I can’t find the article, I think it was Forbes or Washington Post but somewhere they said Come From Away weekly expenses were 450,000, and that was pre-recoupment. It will be around for a long time.
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Posted: 8/5/19 at 4:14pm
Beetlejuice has climbed slightly each week since the Tony Awards. I wonder if their advance also shows this impact.
With the oncoming closings of Kong, Cher, Woman, etc, will Tootsie and Beetlejuice increase? I realize that we are going into a slow period (Sept-Oct), but they may get some of that crowd.
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 4:23pmRE: Come From Away, it had it's first available discount this summer since previews. It's still grossing ~$900k a week and selling out. It also just had it's 1,000 performance. It's easier to get a ticket now and with a discount, but it's not going anywhere anytime soon. I'd fully expect it to reach 2,000 performances.
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.
zainmax
Broadway Star Joined: 1/12/17
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 4:24pm
This article is on point... https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2019/08/01/why-beetlejuice-is-beating-tootsie-at-the-broadway-box-office/#7392dc1018df
Also, re Come From Away, $450K is ridiculously low.
Broadway Joe
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/10
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 4:49pm
zainmax said: "This article is on point...https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2019/08/01/why-beetlejuice-is-beating-tootsie-at-the-broadway-box-office/#7392dc1018df
Also, re Come From Away, $450K is ridiculously low."
Wouldn't surprise me if it is as its the same running cost as Beautiful.
Colin852
Understudy Joined: 7/5/19
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 4:49pm
Broadway Joe said: "This new format is horrible."
THANK YOU!!!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 4:54pm
Colin852 said: "Broadway Joe said: "This new format is horrible."
THANK YOU!!!"
Really? I don't find it to be all that different.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Broadway Joe
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/10
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 4:59pm
dramamama611 said: "Colin852 said: "Broadway Joe said: "This new format is horrible."
THANK YOU!!!"
Really? I don't find it to be all that different.
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Are you on a pc or mobile? On mobile you can only see 2 shows or 2 weeks at a time for an individual show now since you have to scroll left and right. Some of the other new features are nice but this main change is rather terrible to me.
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 4:59pmThe new format takes some getting used to, but I really like it. It’s the same info. I do like that I can scroll easier in my phone’s web browser.
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 5:14pm
bdn223 said: "zainmax said: "This article is on point...https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2019/08/01/why-beetlejuice-is-beating-tootsie-at-the-broadway-box-office/#7392dc1018df
Also, re Come From Away, $450K is ridiculously low."
Wouldn't surprise me if it is as its the same running cost asBeautiful."
Unless things have changed drastically in the last 6 months or so, CFA's weekly operating costs are much higher than $450k per week.
-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."
zainmax
Broadway Star Joined: 1/12/17
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 6:27pm
musikman said: "bdn223 said: "zainmax said: "This article is on point...https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2019/08/01/why-beetlejuice-is-beating-tootsie-at-the-broadway-box-office/#7392dc1018df
Also, re Come From Away, $450K is ridiculously low."
Wouldn't surprise me if it is as its the same running cost asBeautiful."
Unless things have changed drastically in the last 6 months or so, CFA's weekly operating costs are much higher than $450k per week."
I don't think that Beautiful is so low.
KKeller6
Stand-by Joined: 3/10/17
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 7:10pmThere is no way on God's green earth Come From Away's nut is significantly higher than $450 000.
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 7:32pm
LOVE the new format and had no problem adjusting to it.
So good to see Beetlejuice doing well.
Just give the world Love.
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 7:50pmI've been proven wrong frequently, but I think Tootsie could close virtually at any time.
#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/4/19
Posted: 8/5/19 at 7:55pm
KKeller6 said: "There is no way on God's green earth Come From Away's nut is significantly higher than $450 000."
I also don't see how it could be anything over $450k. No super big name actors (Jenn Colella I think is the biggest name), no large changing set pieces (the turn-table seems to be the biggest expense), no property it's based on, and it's only 100 mins total. Besides the cost to rent out the theater, I can't really see what would be more expensive.
