Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/7/24

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (17.9%), HOME (13.1%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (6.7%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (6.6%), ILLINOISE (5.9%), THE WHO'S TOMMY (4.5%), OH, MARY! (4.2%), THE NOTEBOOK (4%), MJ THE MUSICAL (3.9%), THE WIZ (3%), ALADDIN (2.3%), THE LION KING (1.1%), STEREOPHONIC (0.7%), SIX (0.6%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (0.4%), CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB (0.4%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.3%), HAMILTON (0.1%), WICKED (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: SUFFS (-5%), CHICAGO (-1.8%), & JULIET (-1%), HELL'S KITCHEN (-0.3%), THE GREAT GATSBY (-0.2%), HADESTOWN (-0.1%), THE OUTSIDERS (-0.1%),

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EDSOSLO858 said: "July 4th week taking its toll on Broadway yet again. The numbers should creep back up in the coming weeks, thoughMerrily’s closing may balance things out a bit."

These grosses aren't that bad considering the holiday weekend. Three shows closed the week prior, too. Have to wonder with the heat wave if locals not going down to a beach opted to see a show.

Three less shows played last week compared to the same week last year, and still both attendance figures and cumulative gross are higher now.

Then again, Merrily wasn’t playing this time in 2023, so take this with a grain of salt.

Was Eddie out last week? Why is Cabarets drop so significant?

EDSOSLO858 said: "Three less shows played last weekcompared to the same week last year, and still both attendance figures and cumulative gross are higher now.

Then again,Merrilywasn’t playing this time in 2023, so take this with a grain of salt."

Remove Merrily and you're left with 4 shows less than this time last year and still a higher overall gross and attendance.

If Water for Elephants doesn't pick it up, they might not even bother replacing Grant.

Merrily’s top ticket states $949, but we know some were going for $1299 in the final week. Anyone have insight on the discrepancy?

Ready for some stunt casting for &Juliet. I truly think this show would work wonderfully with some 90s or 00s pop stars.

BAREly_Wicked said:

"Merrily’s top ticket states $949, but we know some were going for $1299 in the final week. Anyone have insight on the discrepancy?"

Top price was actually $1499.

Broadway Flash said: "Ohhhh okay, we will see who’s annoying very soon."

Yeah, and it will still be YOU!

Amy Archer said: "The most reliable figure to look at to judge a show's financial health is the average ticket price. A show that still has an ATP in the $100s, even low $100s, still has life left in it. The musicals that are playing in the 1000-seat playhouses are not really in trouble if they are still commanding a figure in that range. Yes, they have discounts in the market, but they are still commanding enough full price business to keep that average high. They may no longercross the $1 million mark reliably every week, but several of them are budgeted so that they can run quite successfully in the $900K and $800K range. The shows that have ATPs in the $80 range or lower, especially some of the big shows in big musical theatres, are surviving on discounts and are much more in danger of potentially closing."

I wish they would bring back the gross potential. That was always such a fascinating number.

The gross potential is very much known on the producer and landlord's side even with variable pricing.

It was a deliberate choice by the League to omit that information from weekly reports (one of many poor decisions by the League surrounding and following the shutdown).

Updated On: 7/9/24 at 10:29 PM

TaffyDavenport said: "BAREly_Wicked said:

"Merrily’s top ticket states $949, but we know some were going for $1299 in the final week. Anyone have insight on the discrepancy?"

Top price was actually$1499."

We saw the various asking prices on the website (or at the box office) but do we have any idea if anyone actually paid $1,299 or $1,499? The results suggest no, that the top price they actually got was $949 (someone could have paid more from a scalper but I'm not counting that). The information could be wrong, of course, but I wonder if anyone actually paid more than a grand.