Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/6/20 at 3:06pmClick below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 1/5/2020 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: SLAVE PLAY (6.5%), THE INHERITANCE (3.3%), THE LIGHTNING THIEF (3%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (2.6%), FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME (2.3%), OKLAHOMA! (0.8%), WAITRESS (0.7%), MEAN GIRLS (0.5%), MOULIN ROUGE! (0.3%), COME FROM AWAY (0.1%), HADESTOWN (0.1%), HAMILTON (0.1%),
Down for the week by attendance was: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (-18.6%), AIN'T TOO PROUD (-13.2%), GRAND HORIZONS (-11.6%), THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS (-9.8%), CHICAGO (-7.7%), A SOLDIER'S PLAY (-4.8%), TOOTSIE (-2.3%), THE SOUND INSIDE (-2%), DERREN BROWN: SECRET (-0.9%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.8%), THE LION KING (-0.8%), WICKED (-0.3%), JAGGED LITTLE PILL (-0.3%), ALADDIN (-0.3%), TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL (-0.2%), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (-0.1%), FROZEN (-0.1%),
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#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/6/20 at 3:17pmWay to go out with a bang, Waitress! Will definitely miss this show.
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/6/20 at 4:16pm
Great numbers for many of the shows. Now, the winter months will prove to be a challenge for those shows which are struggling. Erika Jayne starts her run today as Roxie, until March 29th. Since I don't know much about her, I wonder if she'll be a plus for the box office at the Ambassador.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Updated On: 1/6/20 at 04:16 PM
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/6/20 at 7:23pm
Now that 'Tootsie' and 'The Lightning Thief' had their final curtain, which show will be on everyone's target next for the question : "How much longer can this show last?"
Asking for a friend...LOL
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/6/20 at 7:50pm
David10086 said: "Now that 'Tootsie' and 'The Lightning Thief' had their final curtain, which show will be on everyone's target next for the question : "How much longer can this show last?"
Asking for a friend...LOL"
We still have The Inheritance for a few more months....
Or do we? After all, with these grosses, how much longer can this show last?
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/6/20 at 7:51pm
David10086 said: "Now that 'Tootsie' and 'The Lightning Thief' had their final curtain, which show will be on everyone's target next for the question : "How much longer can this show last?"
Asking for a friend...LOL"
Looking at the grosses, I'd have to say none as of now. But let's see what the winter brings. The Marquis is the only available theater and I'm surprised nothing has been announced to go in there for the Spring. Of course, this will make it that much more difficult for Beetlejuice to move to another theater.
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.
gibsons2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/26/19
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/6/20 at 8:13pm
David10086 said: "Now that 'Tootsie' and 'The Lightning Thief' had their final curtain, which show will be on everyone's target next for the question : "How much longer can this show last?"
Asking for a friend...LOL"
My prediction is Diana... I got my ticket though.
trpguyy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/6/20 at 8:18pm
ACL2006 said: "Looking at the grosses, I'd have to say none as of now. But let's see what the winter brings. The Marquis is the only available theater and I'm surprised nothing has been announced to go in there for the Spring. Of course, this will make it that much more difficult for Beetlejuice to move to another theater."
The Marquis is getting a jukebox musical, as if it worked so well the last time.
Emmaloucbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/11
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/6/20 at 8:19pm
trpguyy said: "ACL2006 said: "Looking at the grosses, I'd have to say none as of now. But let's see what the winter brings. The Marquis is the only available theater and I'm surprised nothing has been announced to go in there for the Spring. Of course, this will make it that much more difficult for Beetlejuice to move to another theater."
The Marquis is getting a jukebox musical, as if it worked so well the last time."
This season?
SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/6/20 at 9:07pmProb the Heart of Rock n Roll? Or whatever it was called
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/6/20 at 10:01pmFrozen and Mean Girls are due for some “when are they closing” speculation...its been a good 6 months, since we had a predicted closing for either.
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Posted: 1/6/20 at 10:08pm
SouthernCakes said: "Prob the Heart of Rock n Roll? Or whatever it was called"
The Huey Lewis Musical, The Heart of Rock and Roll with Matt Doyle and Katie Rose Clarke?
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.
SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/6/20 at 10:19pmThat’s the only jukebox musical that’s been going around that I can think of? Unless it’s the Britney one? But that’s not ready I don’t think.
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/7/20 at 8:30am
I thought several shows that had 9 performances the week before would only have 7 performances this past week. However, Wicked, Lion King, Frozen and probably a few others all had 8 performances this past week (with 9 the week before.) Ain't too Proud had 9 performances this week and 8 the week before. That's crazy! I'm guessing they're paid overtime?
Great to see Waitress finish very strong! I agree Inheritance numbers needs to get better. BTW, what's next for the Lyceum?
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/7/20 at 9:30am
some shows did 7 performances the week before Christmas, did 9 the week of Christmas, then 8 the week of New Year's.
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.
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/7/20 at 9:31am
JBroadway said: "David10086 said: "Now that 'Tootsie' and 'The Lightning Thief' had their final curtain, which show will be on everyone's target next for the question : "How much longer can this show last?"
Asking for a friend...LOL"
We still have The Inheritance for a few more months....
Or do we? After all, with these grosses, how much longer can this show last?"
LOL!
Ok - "The Inheritance" it is!
We'll also keep an eye on 'Mean Girls' and 'Frozen', too !
Impossible2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/31/18
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/7/20 at 9:40am
Mean Girls has already been copping it the last couple of months.
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/7/20 at 10:02am
ACL2006 said: "some shows did 7 performances the week before Christmas, did 9 the week of Christmas, then 8 the week of New Year's."
If I remember correctly a few years back there were changes made in the union rules allowing producers to do 2 weeks with 9 performances each without having to do 7 performances the previous or following week. If I had to guess there likely is a time and a half bump in pay for that 9th performance and principals are not required to perform, but considering when these 9 performance weeks are placed (Christmas and Easter) the premium pricing more then covers the bump in overhead. It’s typically the weird mid-summer 9 performance week that requires a show to do 7 performances the week before or after.
The argument that a new show struggling to reach its nut will likely be able to use the 9th performance during the most profitable week of the year to build a nest egg for the winter weeks that a show will struggle to break even before awards season. It makes sense, but the irony is that its mostly the SRO shows that utilize the 9th performance.
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/5/20
Posted: 1/7/20 at 10:38am
bdn223 said: "The argument that a new show struggling to reach its nut will likely be able to use the 9th performance during the most profitable week of the year to build a nest egg for the winter weeks that a show will struggle to break even before awards season. It makes sense, but the irony is that its mostly the SRO shows that utilize the 9th performance."
lol indeed. I noticed both Lion King and Wicked each decreased its weekly gross by $1 million compared to the week before primarily because of the 9th performance and premium tix sold. Regardless, both shows still grossed over $2 million each!
