Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/8/23

[Rob]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 5:21pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 1/8/2023 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: TOPDOG / UNDERDOG (12.4%), OHIO STATE MURDERS (10.8%), FUNNY GIRL (4.9%), THE COLLABORATION (2.4%), A STRANGE LOOP (1.1%), THE LION KING (0.7%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (0.6%), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (0.3%), MIKE BIRBIGLIA: THE OLD MAN & THE POOL (0.3%), BEETLEJUICE (0.2%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: LEOPOLDSTADT (-13.5%), INTO THE WOODS (-9.4%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (-7.7%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (-7%), CHICAGO (-7%), 1776 (-6.5%), BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY (-5.7%), ALMOST FAMOUS (-5.6%), TAKE ME OUT (-4.3%), SIX (-1.9%), THE MUSIC MAN (-1.2%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-1%), HAMILTON (-0.9%), & JULIET (-0.9%), ALADDIN (-0.8%), WICKED (-0.7%), HADESTOWN (-0.4%), THE PIANO LESSON (-0.4%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-0.3%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-0.1%),

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[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 5:25pm

Those Akimbo numbers continue to make me happy. 

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 5:30pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Those Akimbo numbers continue to make me happy."

It’s probably the best original piece of theatre this season in my opinion! Hopefully it continues to gross well each week! 

[bdn223]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 5:31pm

Outside of 1776, Between Riverside and Crazy, and Ohio State Murders, none of these numbers are terrible...and in truth I would have to guess all shows excluding those three mentioned actually turned a profit last week. 

 

 

[binau]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 5:31pm

Is Akimbo on track to be the next Gentlemen’s Guide or Fun Home? If they maintain these numbers they should reach the Tonys and what other show could win Best Musical?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 5:38pm

binau said: "Is Akimbo on track to be the next Gentlemen’s Guide or Fun Home? If they maintain these numbers they should reach the Tonys and what other show could win Best Musical?"

From your lips…

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 5:43pm

I'm pleasantly surprised most shows didn't plunge after New Year's Day. Good for Broadway!

[akhoya87]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 5:51pm

Are those Beetlejuice numbers accurate?  I could have sworn the top-dollar tickets that they released for the final show topped out at $500+.  (People bought them, too.)

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 6:09pm

akhoya87 said: "Are those Beetlejuice numbers accurate? I could have sworn the top-dollar tickets that they released for the final show topped out at $500+. (People bought them, too.)"

Also, the Marquis doesn't have SRO, so how are they able to be well over 100% capacity?

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 6:12pm

Do box seats count as over capacity?

Also I'm sure the subscriber model/possible papering is accounting for low grosses in Between Riverside and Crazy but I'm so happy people are going to see it.

And I saw & Juliet recently put another block of tickets on sale, so if they keep up these numbers, they'll probably run for a good while.

[BETTY22]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 7:15pm

A very solid week. 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 7:17pm

Two questions:

--Was weather in NYC balmy last week?

-- Is the first week of the year still the calm before the winter storm...I don't remember that being the case, but these grosses are generally solid, a lot better than what I was expecting.  Hell, 13 shows were at 99%+ capacity.  Pretty amazing, especially considering that 6 and Funny Girl just missed the cut.  Wonder how much FG would be grossing if LM did 8 shows a week, probably another $150K a week.

Good to see that SLIH is doing better than before Christmas...maybe it is s l o w l y turning a curve?  I doubt it, but hope so, since I won't be able to see it until May.  On the other hand, are we seeing the start of A Beautiful Noise's descent?  Seems like a pattern we have seen before...very high early grosses, quickly diminishing as the advance sales wind down??

Were Riverside and A Strange Loop hit with Covid?  

Despite better grosses, still a sad time for 'non-event' straight plays.  I guess that has always been the case...just seems more extreme, perhaps because of the contrast against themusicals selling lots of premium tickets.

 

 

Updated On: 1/10/23 at 07:17 PM

[little_sally]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 7:40pm

Between Riverside cancelled shows on Wednesday, Thursday, and I think Sunday. I had tickets for one of those shows

[Broadway Buddy]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 8:05pm

ACL2006 said: "akhoya87 said: "Are those Beetlejuice numbers accurate? I could have sworn the top-dollar tickets that they released for the final show topped out at $500+. (People bought them, too.)"

Also, the Marquis doesn't have SRO, so how are they able to be well over 100% capacity?"

Apparently they do! They sold them for the last week only for $40 and were at the back of the mezz.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 8:21pm

Interesting. Honestly didn't think the Marquis had the space for SRO. Probably the first show to offer it in about 20 years.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 8:38pm

I used to do standing room at the Marquis, behind the last row I’d the mezz. I remember them saying something like if you’re under 5’10 you won’t be able to see anything. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 9:22pm

Jarethan said: "Two questions:

--Was weather in NYC balmy last week?

It was warm this week. Currently, NYC is in a bit of a warm front through Saturday.

-- Is the first week of the year still the calm before the winter storm...I don't remember that being the case, but these grosses are generally solid, a lot better than what I was expecting. Hell, 13 shows were at 99%+ capacity.Pretty amazing, especially considering that 6 and Funny Girl just missed the cut. Wonder how much FG would be grossing if LM did 8 shows a week, probably another $150K a week.

Good to see that SLIH is doing better than before Christmas...maybe it is s l o w l y turning a curve? I doubt it, but hope so, since I won't be able to see it until May. On the other hand, are we seeing the start of A Beautiful Noise's descent? Seems like a pattern we have seen before...very high early grosses, quickly diminishing as the advance sales wind down??

Were Riverside and A Strange Loop hit with Covid?

Despite better grosses, still a sad time for 'non-event' straight plays. I guess that has always been the case...just seems more extreme, perhaps because of the contrast against themusicals selling lots of premium tickets.

Yes, Riverside had 4 canceled shows and A Strange Loop had 3 cancelations. 

"

On another note, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE was sold-out all weekend but their weeknight shows were around 60%. Maybe they should alter their schedule? Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday & Thursday @ 2pm, Friday at 8pm, Saturday @ 2pm & 8pm, Sunday @ 1pm & 7:30pm?

[JudyDenmark]

Posted: 1/10/23 at 11:38pm

Jarethan said: "Two questions:

--Was weather in NYC balmy last week?

It was particularly warm for January but also dreary and rainy and gross

 

[Lot666]

Posted: 1/11/23 at 8:38am

Phantom at #2 

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 1/11/23 at 12:19pm

ACL2006 said: "Interesting. Honestly didn't think the Marquis had the space for SRO. Probably the first show to offer it in about 20 years."

I saw Me and My Girl from standing room in 1987 at the Marquis.  I paid $5!