Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/24/19

[Rob]

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 11/24/2019 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: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (20.6%), WICKED (10.7%), FROZEN (3.1%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (2.4%), ALADDIN (2.3%), THE LIGHTNING THIEF (2%), FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME (1.5%), AIN'T TOO PROUD (0.6%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.6%), THE ROSE TATTOO (0.3%), HAMILTON (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: THE INHERITANCE (-13%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (-12.3%), BETRAYAL (-7%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-6.7%), JAGGED LITTLE PILL (-6.2%), DERREN BROWN: SECRET (-5.8%), TOOTSIE (-4.2%), CHICAGO (-3.7%), WAITRESS (-2.2%), SLAVE PLAY (-2.2%), THE SOUND INSIDE (-2.1%), BEETLEJUICE (-2%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (-1.1%), OKLAHOMA! (-0.8%), MEAN GIRLS (-0.8%), AMERICAN UTOPIA (-0.4%), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (-0.3%), HADESTOWN (-0.3%), THE LION KING (-0.2%), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (-0.2%),

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[Miles2Go2]

I never would’ve guessed that American Utopia would be doing so well!

[bdn223]

Frozen 2 might actually spark life into its Broadway adaptation after all. For a week where most shows are down, its surprises me Frozen is actually up. Side note I know the move came out on Friday, hence the connection.

[Enjolras5]

I have a feeling Frozen attendance is going to soar up now with the release of Frozen II...

[Jarethan]

Couple of reactions:

1.  Somewhere, with the changes to the grosses charts, I can no longer find yearly gross to date.  It is pretty clear that Chicago's cumulative grosses this year are down (I believe a not-immaterial percent) from last year.  I am beginning to wonder if it will actually close sooner than later.  Does anyone have a clue what its weekly nut is.  (I would imagine that several the creatives would probably forego their cuts to keep it running, and the Ambassador is one of (the???) worst Broadway theatre for viewing a show (oh, those side sections!!) so they may be getting a great deal from the Shuberts, etc., etc.  

2.  TKAM may be reducing their prices a  little, but so far so good.  I personally think the show deserves to run as long as any drama has run in the last 50 years (this is not to say that I think it is the best in 50 years --although I do think it is a great production -- simply that it is time to see a play have an extended run, given the number of musicals that are running for years and decades, and that this seems to have hit the right buttons.

3.  Very disappointed that The Sound Inside and Slave Play are not doing better.  I am sure they are exceeding their weekly nuts, but they are never going to return their investment with those grosses.

 

[Phantom of London]

With both all 5 big Shubert houses tied up, along with all the Jujamcyn houses, these are the default houses that Scott Rudin uses, when he cannot get a Shubert house. The Music Man needs to go somewhere or people are going to be disappointed, so wonder if Rudin would be tempted to take the Lyric instead?

[Joe Mayo]

Phantom of London said: "With both all 5 bigShubert houses tied up, along with all the Jujamcyn houses, these are the default houses that Scott Rudin uses, when he cannot get a Shubert house. The Music Man needs to go somewhere or people are going to be disappointed, so wonder if Rudin would be tempted to take the Lyric instead?"

Why would the Lyric be available?

[SouthernCakes]

I mean it’s a year away, a lot can handle

[David10086]

Broadway Box Office Flat In Pre-Holiday Week; David Byrne, Tina Turner Musical Buck Trend

[David10086]

Since no one asked YET, can I do the honors?

"How much longer can The Lightning Thief" survive, with only 28% of the gross potential and top average ticket price at $57?"

There  -  I asked it, so no one else has to this week! 

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Chicago is not going anywhere.  

[trpguyy]

Jarethan said: "Couple of reactions:

1. Somewhere, with the changes to the grosses charts, I can no longerfind yearly gross to date. It is pretty clear that Chicago's cumulative grosses this year are down (I believe a not-immaterial percent) from last year. I am beginning to wonder if it will actually close sooner than later. Does anyone have a clue what its weekly nut is. (I would imagine that several the creatives would probably forego their cuts to keep it running, and the Ambassador is one of (the???) worst Broadway theatre for viewing a show (oh, those side sections!!) so they may be getting a great deal from the Shuberts, etc., etc."

Chicago has extremely low running costs and no stop clause. It will never close. 

[Jarethan]

trpguyy said: "Jarethan said: "Couple of reactions:

1. Somewhere, with the changes to the grosses charts, I can no longerfind yearly gross to date. It is pretty clear that Chicago's cumulative grosses this year are down (I believe a not-immaterial percent) from last year. I am beginning to wonder if it will actually close sooner than later. Does anyone have a clue what its weekly nut is. (I would imagine that several the creatives would probably forego their cuts to keep it running, and the Ambassador is one of (the???) worst Broadway theatre for viewing a show (oh, those side sections!!) so they may be getting a great deal from the Shuberts, etc., etc."

Chicago has extremely low running costs and no stopclause. It will never close."

I guess the question is what are extremely low running costs.  Between the cast and orchestra, there must be 20 - 25 people on stage.  I can understand the no stop clause; IMO the Ambassador is the worst theatre on Broadway, bar none.

[RippedMan]

What makes it so bad?

[ukpuppetboy]

trpguyy said: "Chicago has extremely low running costs and no stopclause. It will never close."

It closed in London. Twice.

[JSquared2]

ukpuppetboy said: "trpguyy said: "Chicago has extremely low running costs and no stopclause. It will never close."

It closed in London. Twice."

No one's talking about London.  This thread is about the Broadway production.

 

[Marianne2]

RippedMan said: "What makes it so bad?"

I can't speak for anyone else, but I felt like I was watching the show from backstage from the extreme sides of the mezzanine. I was in row D, no indication of partial view on anything. The seats were also in pretty poor condition. However, I haven't been there in 10 years, so I don't know if the seats were fixed. 

[perfectlymarvelous]

I was there a couple of years ago to see Jaime Camil as Billy Flynn and the theatre is legitimately falling apart. We were in the mezzanine and there were holes in the walls, the floors, the ceilings...it's a mess. 

[Wick3]

I don't know Chicago's weekly nut but the costumes and set look minimal to me compared to other long-running shows like Phantom, Lion King, and Wicked. Below is CHICAGO's average weekly grosses the past few years:

2019 (Jan-current): $622,623

2018: $692,091

2017: $644,563

2016: $547,894

2015: $595,423

2014: $549,139

2013: $614,569

2012: $584,846

As you can see, grosses this year has been lower overall compared to 2018, but seeing how the past several years the average weekly gross has hovered between $549k to $692k, I think Chicago is doing fine right now. Back in 2014 its average weekly gross was $549k but there were no notices of closure.

[zainmax]

I'm guessing around $400K?

[Call_me_jorge]

As long as they can keep getting d-list celebrities to join the show for a few hundred bucks above equity minimum Chicago will keep chugging along. You can say the same thing about the broadway show, as well.

[SweetLips22]

Call_me_jorge said: "As long as they can keep getting d-list celebrities to join the show for a few hundred bucks above equity minimum Chicago will keep chugging along. You can say the same thing about the broadway show, as well."

I don't understand your last sentence.

[Jarethan]

RippedMan said: "What makes it so bad?"

I think it is an unattractive theatre; but, more than that, the side sections in the orchestra go on forever.  It is wider than deeper.  This side sections  have a ridiculous number of awful seats.

 

[David10086]

Maybe it's time for this to move to the Marquis? Isn't that where shows go before the graveyard? 

[SouthernCakes]

That’s how I feel about the Winter Garden side seats. They’re so severe. Terrible site lines