Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 3:10pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 12/4/2011 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.
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 3:19pmOmg Lyssie only fulfilled 13.84% of its potential gross.
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 3:29pmAs much as I hate to say it and see it close, Godspell has to post their notice soon. They just aren't making the money to make sense to stay open much longer past the new year.
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 3:30pm
At least Follies is making money. Does anybody know what is happening Wednesday because the matinee is selling unusually well?
Updated On: 12/5/11 at 03:30 PM
BorisIgor
Chorus Member Joined: 12/4/11
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 3:31pm
Now Godspell closing makes more sense.
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 3:43pm
Whoa, why the huge drop for How to Succeed...? Did I miss something?
Also, can someone explain to me why there is an article saying that The Book of Mormon broke it's own record this week when according to the grosses it is down $300,000 from last week?
Updated On: 12/5/11 at 03:43 PM
musicalperson17
Understudy Joined: 9/2/10
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 3:47pmbook of mormon played 9 performances last week so the record is different for that im assuming
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 3:56pm
As I try to predict whether my tickets for LJ performance #5 will be useless, I did a non-scientific survey to try to find a show that did as poorly in its first three weeks.
The only relatively recent show I could find that was as bad or worse in terms of % gross potential was Urban Cowboy. Its first three weeks were: 20.24%, 8.23% (yikes), 16.92%.
High Fidelity was in the high 20%'s to low 30's. Lennon was higher. Shows with disappointingly short, but not *ridiculously* short runs like title of show, Scottsboro Boys, Ragtime, Finian's Rainbow and the like were all at or above 30% in the early going.
Even 'Oldest Confederate Widow' was around 25% in its three weeks of previews and one regular performance.
Obviously I didn't check more successful shows to see if any of them started that poorly and bounced back, because that would be way too time-consuming. And also unlikely. :)
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 4:02pm^^High comes close. 21.91%, 17.67%, 18.50%, and 19.76%.
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 4:10pmSo... Only 9 more days to catch Lysistrata Jones?
mrweasel2
Swing Joined: 5/21/11
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 4:24pmThe reason everything dropped was because last week was Thanksgiving so there was a surge of people seeing shows
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 4:37pmIs Bonnie & Clyde going to survive until Spring 2012?
broadway7117
Understudy Joined: 9/13/11
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 4:40pm
^ the better ticket sales could increase good word of mouth..but it's going to be really really hard. Doesn't look too good. Some discounts will be ending soon though
Updated On: 12/5/11 at 04:40 PM
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 5:10pmI saw that Flavorpill on Facebook is giving away 150 pairs of free tickets to LJ for this Thursday. Ouch.
Stephen: "Could you grab me a coffee?"
Me: "Would you like that with all the colors of the wind?"
thismyshow
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/11
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 8:09pmI will bet anyone on this board any amount of money that Godspell last past January 1st
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 8:40pm
On A Clear Day increased a lot, Venus in Fur is selling really well, think it could justify a transfer to a commercial theatre although it does depend on the availabilty of Hugh Dancy and Nina Arianda although I think it could transfer with just Nina.
Mary Poppins' grosses pales in comparison to Lion King and Wicked but it's not going anywhere until Disney have their next big show ready for Broadway.
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 9:01pmI find it amazing that L.J. is still around....but not for long I'm thinking. 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)
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 9:22pm
Pleased that Sister Act was one of only a few shows to see an increase in grosses. And Sister Act's average ticket has gone from $68 in September, to $81 now.
I think bets should be placed for which show closes first: Lysistrata Jones, Godspell, Chinglish or Bonnie & Clyde.
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bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 9:31pm
"At least Follies is making money. Does anybody know what is happening Wednesday because the matinee is selling unusually well?"
Well, here on Earth, a show doing under fifty percent WITH comps and discounts (closer to 40% of its potential gross) cannot be making money. In fact, it's not making money in a large way. Sorry, it's following the pattern that every production of Follies will inevitably follow - start strong because the kiddies and the Sondheads will be there time and time again, and then, when that stops, reality kicks in and it becomes the show that people just aren't that interested in seeing. I wish it were otherwise, but thus it has been, thus it is, and thus it will be.
It's not a criticism of the show (which I love), the production (which I like okay), or the cast (many are friends) - it's the reality of Follies.
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 10:26pmFollies cost 600,000 dollars to run.
littlebutterfly10
Understudy Joined: 5/3/09
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 10:38pmCorrect me if I'm wrong, but I'd think that B&C's grosses this week would be very understated due to a lot of tickets for opening/pre-opening shows being comped.
broadway7117
Understudy Joined: 9/13/11
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4
Posted: 12/5/11 at 10:46pm^ I thought that too. It's why i'm a bit encouraged by their attendance improvement.
bobbybaby85
Featured Actor Joined: 8/3/11
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