Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/22/19

[Rob]

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 12/22/2019 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 LIGHTNING THIEF (11.2%), DERREN BROWN: SECRET (7.9%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (5.9%), THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS (5.6%), FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME (4.2%), FROZEN (2.8%), ALADDIN (2.6%), WICKED (2%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (0.8%), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (0.4%), BEETLEJUICE (0.4%), THE LION KING (0.4%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (0.3%), HAMILTON (0.2%), HADESTOWN (0.1%), WAITRESS (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: TOOTSIE (-17.3%), CHICAGO (-10.7%), SLAVE PLAY (-8.1%), THE INHERITANCE (-6.8%), HARRY CONNICK, JR. - A CELEBRATION OF COLE PORTER (-6.4%), JAGGED LITTLE PILL (-5.8%), OKLAHOMA! (-4.6%), THE SOUND INSIDE (-3.2%), AIN'T TOO PROUD (-3.1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-1.3%), AMERICAN UTOPIA (-0.6%), MOULIN ROUGE! (-0.6%), COME FROM AWAY (-0.5%), MEAN GIRLS (-0.4%), TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL (-0.4%), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (-0.1%),

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[ModernMillie3]

Oh my, those numbers for The Inheritance. I was going to see it again in March, I hope it survives that long

[Wick3]

CHRISTMAS CAROL broke the record again this week (not surprising though!) I really hope the show recoups and the producers will bring the play back again on Broadway in the future (most likely different cast but that's fine!)

[EthelMae]

Wow. For most of the shows, let it always be Christmas!

[hveasey]

ModernMillie3 said: "Oh my, those numbers for The Inheritance. I was going to see it again in March, I hope it survives that long "

I wasn’t planning on seeing it again for a little while longer but with the ticket deals they’ve been offering and those grosses, I decided to see it again in the next two weeks as I’m concerned the plug might get pulled sooner rather than later.

On the other hand, they did just release a whole new block of tickets and I’d be surprised to see it not run at least until the Tonys. This really isn’t a show that appeals to the holiday tourist crowd so I wouldn’t expect it to be doing great grosses during this period anyways.  I think the Inheritance made a big mistake not opening in February/March when awards hype might carry them for longer and then they could’ve done a big marketing push during Pride month.

[laurensambrose]

I know it'll be fine since it has less than a month left on Broadway, but Oklahoma's grosses are making me so sad  

[SomeOtherMe]

On the other hand, they did just release a whole new block of tickets and I’d be surprised to see it not run at least until the Tonys.

Assuming they stay open until the Tony's, do we think that chances of them winning "Best Play" is high, though?

 

[Kad]

SomeOtherMe said: "On the other hand, they did just release a whole new block of tickets and I’d be surprised to see it not run at least until the Tonys.

Assuming they stay open until the Tony's, do we think that chances of them winning "Best Play" is high, though?"

It'll likely be nominated, but the spring is bringing heavy hitters like Hangman, The Lehman Trilogy, and The Minutes. The Sound Inside was a critical darling, and Slave Play will still loom large. 

 

[goodlead]

I remember when the weeks before Christmas were dead because everyone was shopping or at parties.  But what a change this week's grosses represent.

[InTheBathroom1]

Producer of Christmas Carol says they plan to bring it back next year.

[trpguyy]

Wick3 said: "CHRISTMAS CAROL broke the record again this week (not surprising though!) I really hope the show recoups and the producers will bring the play back again on Broadway in the future (most likely different cast but that's fine!)"

It will recoup only if/when mounted again next year.

[LexiGirl]

InTheBathroom1 said: "Producer of Christmas Carol says they plan to bring it back next year."

I was hoping so. I really wanted to see it on my Christmas trip this year, but couldn’t fit it in. I’d make it a priority for next year if they brought it back.

[msmp]

Anyone know why MR dropped over 400k last week? Not that it's performing poorly or anything, it was just an eye-catching dropoff.

[ucjrdude902]

msmp said: "Anyone know why MR dropped over 400k last week? Not that it's performing poorly or anything, it was just an eye-catching dropoff."

They only did 7 shows. 

[Jarethan]

goodlead said: "I remember when the weeks before Christmas were dead because everyone was shopping or at parties. But what a change this week's grosses represent."

In the 60s and 70s, Broadway was a ghost town in December for all but Christmas week. The week before Christmas week was as I recall probably the worst week of the year.  I can remember once seeing Funny Girl fairly late in its run the week before Christmas in a Majestic Theater orchestra that was literally 20% full.   The result for me was a sad performance regardless of what was actually happening on-stage.  
 

Christmas week was great, but never like it is today, where we can anticipate that almost 20 shows will sell out or be above 95% capacity.