Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 1:43pm
Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 3/10/2024 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 (% of capacity) was: CHICAGO (15.9%), SPAMALOT (9%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (8.7%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (8.2%), HAMILTON (5.8%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (5.4%), MJ THE MUSICAL (5%), WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (4.9%), SIX (4.7%), & JULIET (4.1%), WICKED (5%),THE BOOK OF MORMON (3.7%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (3.5%), THE LION KING (3.1%), ALADDIN (3.1%), THE NOTEBOOK (2.1%), DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (1.9%), HADESTOWN (1.3%),
Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (-1.9%), DOUBT: A PARABLE (-1.7%), AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (-0.5%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-0.4%),
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#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 1:50pm
Rob said: "Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: WICKED (-93.6%)"
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#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 1:50pm
Nice week for most of the current titles.
Notebook has been holding seats for critics leading up to Thursday's opening, so the numbers are down a bit for them. Expect the same thing to happen next week with Elephants.
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ElephantLoveMedley
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#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 1:52pm
I continue to be blown away by how well Hadestown is faring through the tough winter months. It was truly a brilliant move for them to bring in Lola Tung and Ani DiFranco during this particular time of year.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 2:55pm
Nice to see so much GREEN! All but 5 shows had attendance in the 90th percentile, with 3 of those remaining in the 80s.
I can't imagine how much it sucks to play to an AVERAGE of 50%....knowing their weekends have to be more full, weekday performance of 30% must hurt. Esp for a show like W&R - to work so hard emotionally for so few people.
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#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 3:09pm
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS’ ATP is a little concerning for a musical of that scale. Much like BAD CINDERELLA, if it doesn’t get that up in the coming weeks/months, it may be looking toward an early closing, especially when the April rush happens.
Its also now depressingly clear why DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES pulled the plug.
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#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 3:52pm
Notebook is giving away a lot of press tickets - but after opening night it will need to get those weekly grosses up, up, up.
Weekly running costs are in the high mid 900,000.
It's expensive......
Bobster159
Chorus Member Joined: 12/13/10
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 4:01pm
BETTY22 said: "Notebook is giving away a lot of press tickets - but after opening night it will need to get those weekly grosses up, up, up.
Weekly running costs are in the high mid 900,000.
It's expensive......"
I'm not sure where you got these numbers from, but having seen the offering docs, the running costs are not nearly that high. Even allowing for cost overruns, it's in a smaller theater and isn't that large a show. It has one of the lower capitalizations for a new musical this season as well.
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#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 4:28pm
Bobster159 said: "BETTY22 said: "Notebook is giving away a lot of press tickets - but after opening night it will need to get those weekly grosses up, up, up.
Weekly running costs are in the high mid 900,000.
It's expensive......"
I'm not sure where you got these numbers from, but having seen the offering docs, the running costs are not nearlythat high. Even allowing for cost overruns, it's in a smaller theater and isn't that large a show.Ithas one of the lowercapitalizations for a new musicalthis season as well.
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I would think they are when you actually add in 1) theatre rent percentage and 2) minimum royalties. These are typically shown on separate lines below the weekly operating cost figure. Then 900k doesn’t sound off. Why does everyone forget to add those figures in when looking at “weekly operating costs”? Anyway, hoping it fares better.
Bobster159
Chorus Member Joined: 12/13/10
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 4:37pm
BdwyFan said: "Bobster159 said: "BETTY22 said: "Notebook is giving away a lot of press tickets - but after opening night it will need to get those weekly grosses up, up, up.
Weekly running costs are in the high mid 900,000.
It's expensive......"
I'm not sure where you got these numbers from, but having seen the offering docs, the running costs are not nearlythat high. Even allowing for cost overruns, it's in a smaller theater and isn't that large a show.Ithas one of the lowercapitalizations for a new musicalthis season as well.
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I would think they are when you actually add in 1) theatre rent percentage and 2) minimum royalties. These are typically shown on separate lines below the weekly operating cost figure. Then 900k doesn’t sound off. Why does everyone forget to add those figures in when looking at “weekly operating costs”? Anyway, hoping it fares better."
In general, I agree with you. In this particular case, I am including them when I say the breakeven is quite a bit less than $900K.
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 5:47pm
How heartbreaking for days of wine and roses. The best musical of the season. I really hope they get nominated for best musical and a win for score.
With Sweeney making 1.3 million a week, it’s crazy that they’re closing. Why not just find new broadway stars and keep it going??
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#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 5:53pm
Why does it have to keep going? Sometimes even if it's making money, sometimes it's just the shows decision,. producers decision, etc. Maybe they want to go out on a high note. Even if there are capable people who could be waiting in the wings, maybe they don't want to, maybe that theater has a new tenant coming in.
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 6:27pm
The recoupment schedule offered in Broadway operating papers takes into consideration all finances the production is responsible for. There aren’t hidden expenses not accounted for in the weekly running costs.
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#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 6:30pm
Someone on the sweeney closing thread said the producers wanted it to keep running but ran out of town to get replacements. It’s sad
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 6:35pm
Truly impressive for Hadestown, Chicago and Enemy of the People. Wow.
I know the comp ticket thing for The Notebook but I'm still super underwhelmed by its numbers so far.
Bobster159
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#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 6:58pm
QueenAlice said: "The recoupment schedule offered in Broadway operating papers takes into consideration all finances the production is responsible for. There aren’t hidden expenses not accounted for in the weekly running costs."
They aren't hidden, but BdwyFan is correct that people here frequently quote the break even cost as the fixed weekly cost. In reality, there's the theatre percentage, royalties, and ticket fees on top, which generally add about 20% to give the actual sales gross needed to break even.
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/12/24 at 7:53pm
Is A Beautiful Noise gonna make it to June 30?
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hearthemsing22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/13/24 at 3:05pm
Broadway Flash said: "Someone on the sweeney closing thread said the producers wanted it to keep running but ran out of town to get replacements. It’s sad"
Nah because now other audiences around the country will be able to experience it when the tour happens in 2025-2026 :)
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#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/24
Posted: 3/13/24 at 3:29pm
Bobster159 said: "QueenAlice said: "The recoupment schedule offered in Broadway operating papers takes into consideration all finances the production is responsible for. There aren’t hidden expenses not accounted for in the weekly running costs."
They aren't hidden, butBdwyFan is correct that people here frequently quote the break evencostasthe fixed weekly cost. In reality, there's the theatre percentage, royalties, and ticket fees on top, which generally add about 20% to give the actual sales grossneeded to break even."
There are also expenses that just pop up time to time. Sort of like how if you as a person follow a budget, some weeks you'll spend more or less than others. Positions also get added sometimes (you realize you need to hire an additional Swing or another Wardrobe person), more put-in rehearsals than anticipated, an increase in advertising dollars, a new costume needs to be built, painting touchups, etc etc etc. Especially as a show continues its run, there's inflation to account for.
What's in the offering papers is a goal, but sometimes even the most fiscally-responsible producers can't stick to that goal.
