Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/24/11 at 3:00pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 1/23/2011 in BroadwayWorld.com'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.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/24/11 at 3:03pm
Ouch "Billy Elliot!" I've never seen its gross that low. I know this is a week where grosses are usually bad, but to see numbers like that for "Billy Elliot" is surprising.
Updated On: 1/24/11 at 03:03 PM
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/24/11 at 3:05pm
Lot's of shows dropping this week
American Idiot's gross is pretty good though, high priced average ticket sales.
Spider- Man fell in attendence slightly but they still made a nice amount of money.
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WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/24/11 at 3:08pm
Kinda shocked at how steeply MAMMA MIA fell.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/24/11 at 3:11pm
"Kinda shocked at how steeply MAMMA MIA fell."
It grossed $591,889 the same week last year. So its not very surprising.
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/24/11 at 3:41pmTalk about drops look at 'The Lion King', I had to do a double take 68.8%, must be its lowest average ever, not worried though as I know it be back on its game soon.
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/24/11 at 7:08pm
Billy Elliot has been slowly declining. Its Playbills are in B&W (which I know isn't saying much, but Jersey Boys is still in color), and it's been on TKTS for 50% nearly every day. I don't think it did as poorly last year this time, but it is declining.
You really can tell which shows are tourist traps by looking at the rapid declines- Mamma Mia, Chicago, etc.
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/24/11 at 9:11pmI marvel at the durability of "Chicago". It always seems to withstand the difficulties of the winter months. I plan to see it on Thursday, March 17th. Jason Sands is cuute. from RC in Austin, Texas
"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)
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/24/11 at 10:40pmIt was also freezing all week. I doubt many people from New York/New Jersey decided to take a last minute trip into the city to see a show.
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.
dramarama3
Stand-by Joined: 2/13/09
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/24/11 at 10:50pmBelieve it or not, each week I look at this and every single time I get a little shock when I see that Chicago's still open.
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NotSinceCarrie2
Swing Joined: 12/22/10
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/24/11 at 11:59pmI feel like Chicago is staying around (A) to make it into the top 5 long-runners (within a month or two) and (B) to retroactively "beat" A Chorus Line (within this year).
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/25/11 at 5:52amWhy the surprise? Chicago has become a tourist trap, and just so happens, it is so cheap to produce.
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/25/11 at 7:08am
CHICAGO (and many of the big tourist shows) do so well in teh summer and holiday seasons that they can coast through some lean weeks in the winter.
A show that has had a long profitable run is far less vulnerable than new shows struggling to recoup.
I do think it's healthier to have a rotation of new shows coming in all the time and every time there are stories about "booking jams" and no theatres available for the new product I can't help but wish the theater owners would look to close productions that have outlived their appeal.
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ace33
Stand-by Joined: 8/9/10
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/25/11 at 9:26amI dont understand the percentages for MEMPHIS... the gross went down but the % went up?
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/23
Posted: 1/25/11 at 10:47amAce33, attendance for Memphis was higher than last week, but the average ticket price was about nine dollars lower.
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