Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
#0Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/9/06 at 6:01pmClick below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 1/8/2006 in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.
#1re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/9/06 at 6:10pmWow, those numbers are a lot better than I thought they'd be.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#2re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/9/06 at 6:27pmI don't understand how shows like Doubt can be up 13% but still make less money than they did the previous week? How does that work?
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#3re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/9/06 at 6:32pmDoubt played nine performances the week ending 1/1, eight performances the week ending 1/8.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#4re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/9/06 at 6:48pmOh, thanks Smaxie. Did most shows play more performances the last week?
#5re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/9/06 at 6:52pm
Those numbers are much better than I expected. I hope everything can stay pretty stable throughout the winter season.
#6re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/9/06 at 8:43pmWoman in White 70%,that's really not good. I wonder if they're gonna try to come up with some marketing campaign because if the show is forced to close anytime soon it will probably lose all its investment.
#7re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/9/06 at 11:14pmEh... well, if you realize that on the Christmas week it was doing 77% (as I recall?) that's not a TERRIBLE fall-off. January is the month I expect much larger number falls than 7%...
Kay, the Thread-Jacking Jedi
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#8re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/9/06 at 11:18pmFor a show as big and costy as Woman in White doing 77% capacity is bad news, so 70% is pretty bad, I doubt the show is breaking even.
#9re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/9/06 at 11:20pm
Why isnt Avenue Q on the list?
EDIT: As I posted there was a Woman in White commercial...
Updated On: 1/9/06 at 11:20 PM
#10re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/9/06 at 11:26pm
No, I wasn't disagreeing that the show is still definately lagging, I was just pointing out that the fallout wasn't as bad as *I* had expected. I totally agree that a consistant 70% attendance ain't the way to make it through the season.
Kay, the Thread-Jacking Jedi
Quando omni flunkus moritati (When all else fails, play dead...)
"... chasin' the music. Trying to get home."
Peter Gregus: "Where are my house right ladies?!"
(love you, girls! - 6/13/06)
BWAYboi_yes
Featured Actor Joined: 1/29/05
#11re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/9/06 at 11:40pmI think the worst of it for Woman in White is the fast that, yes, 70% of the audience was full, but look at their average ticket price-- ouch! Less than $60.00. That means most of the ticket they sold were either the cheap seats, or seats at TKTS. If they're already selling that poorly, I don't think they'll make it another month. It's too risky. It's pretty sad, actually. I loved it.
#12re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/10/06 at 12:48amI think it's hard to judge whats going on with WIW because you see 77% but that theatre is huge. Especially in comparison to theatres like where Avenue Q plays.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#13re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/10/06 at 1:03am
But Avenue Q has a third the running cost and capitalization of WIW. Not to mention, Avenue Q has already recouped, so every week above break even is just pure profit in the investors' pockets for them.
WIW has barely begun to even begin to repay cost at this point, will have trouble doing so during the coming winter months and with an average ticket price under $60 has a troubling-looking future. It's 70.8% attendance last week and $542K gross means they probably broke even, but little more.
Given its deep pocket investors, the show will surely make it to the Tony telecast. If it gets nominated and has a chance to perform, it'll make it though summer and beyond, but if it doesn't win a few major awards and the box office begins to slip, we'll see where it stands financially a year from now and whether it can brave another winter.
#14re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/10/06 at 1:19amI'm no big Broadway guru or anything, but this show looks like it's following the same path of Sunset Boulevard.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#15re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/10/06 at 3:01amWell Sunset was a soldout hit its first year (and only later lost millions). WIW isn't remotely even that.
#16re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/2006
Posted: 1/10/06 at 3:10amIt will be interesting to see the changes in B/O both this week and next week of DRS with Norbert out this week and John leaving Sunday. WiW though...wow. It does not look good.
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