Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/12/25- Page 2
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/12/25
Ensemble1711444445
Broadway Star Joined: 3/26/24
#25Death Becomes Her will recoup!!
Posted: 10/14/25 at 5:36pm
Great show and holding strong!
Re-do your math and try this formula....just for a more likely scenario.
Running costs are over a million. Plus star bumps for over a million and Tony noms so probably over 1,050,000 running costs.
They most likely spent about 1 million on Tonys that has to be subtracted.
The Gross isn't relevant as you need to subtract the fees. Usually about 10% less. So your starting number should be closer to 57 million less Tonys would be 56 Million.
Which would be a take home of 1,217,000 a week less the running costs of 1,050,000. So weekly profit of 167,000 a week. Good but not going to recoup as quickly as you suspect. More likely 190 weeks.
mridley2 said: "By my calculation, Death Becomes Her SHOULD recoup in early Spring 2026.
They've grossed $63 Million in 46 weeks of performances. Assuming their weekly nut is $900K that is about $450K profit per week ($1.35 Million avg gross per week).
Total profit of $21.6 Million or about 70% of their $31.5 Million CAP. At this rate they would recoup in about 70 weeks total which should be some time around March/April 2026... Assuming they can keep up these grosses which have remained strong. And there could be some higher grossing weeks with the upcoming holiday period but the $63 Million total gross does include Holiday 2024 in these averages.
I assume Hilty & Simardare contracted until the show recoups. And it's not like eitherof them have been in super long running shows... maybe they just stay at the Lunt-Fontanne and earn a good paycheck.I'm sure their salaries increase after the show recoups and they could even gets a % of grosses after investors are paid back.
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Amy Archer
Leading Actor Joined: 7/2/03
#26Death Becomes Her will recoup!!
Posted: 10/14/25 at 5:49pm
Can you all let Liberation get to opening night and reviews before you dance on its grave? The joy around here in pronouncing it DOA after one week of performances, for a show that should engender our support is really alarming.
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#27Death Becomes Her will recoup!!
Posted: 10/14/25 at 6:14pm
mridley2 said: "By my calculation, Death Becomes Her SHOULD recoup in early Spring 2026.
They've grossed $63 Million in 46 weeks of performances. Assuming their weekly nut is $900K that is about $450K profit per week ($1.35 Million avg gross per week).
Total profit of $21.6 Million or about 70% of their $31.5 Million CAP. At this rate they would recoup in about 70 weeks total which should be some time around March/April 2026... Assuming they can keep up these grosses which have remained strong. And there could be some higher grossing weeks with the upcoming holiday period but the $63 Million total gross does include Holiday 2024 in these averages.
I assume Hilty & Simardare contracted until the show recoups. And it's not like eitherof them have been in super long running shows... maybe they just stay at the Lunt-Fontanne and earn a good paycheck.I'm sure their salaries increase after the show recoups and they could even gets a % of grosses after investors are paid back.
There's no such thing as an actor being contracted until recoupment --- since that could easily turn into lifelong servitude! There's always a specified term -- often 52 weeks of performances (but again, that varies from deal to deal).
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#28Death Becomes Her will recoup!!
Posted: 10/14/25 at 6:16pm
Amy Archer said: "Can you all let Liberation get to opening night andreviews before you dance on its grave? The joy around here in pronouncing it DOA after one week of performances, for a show that should engender our support is really alarming."
What has it done so far to "engender our support"?
#29Death Becomes Her will recoup!!
Posted: 10/14/25 at 6:17pm
Chicago's numbers are impressive. For those who have seen the show, has Sorvino improved in her performances?
KrupYou
Stand-by Joined: 7/5/25
#31Death Becomes Her will recoup!!
Posted: 10/14/25 at 6:55pm
Amy Archer said: "Can you all let Liberation get to opening night andreviews before you dance on its grave? The joy around here in pronouncing it DOA after one week of performances, for a show that should engender our support is really alarming."
Discussing the fact it had a very bad first week at the box office and has a tough road ahead is not the same thing as dancing on its grave or rooting for its failure, and absolutely nobody here has done either.
GottaGetAGimmick420
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/23
#32Death Becomes Her will recoup!!
Posted: 10/14/25 at 7:10pm
Can someone change the title back
Ensemble1698878795
Broadway Star Joined: 11/1/23
#33Death Becomes Her will recoup!!
Posted: 10/14/25 at 7:10pm
Amy Archer said: "Can you all let Liberation get to opening night andreviews before you dance on its grave? The joy around here in pronouncing it DOA after one week of performances, for a show that should engender our support is really alarming."
No one is dancing on anyone's grave. We're studying trends and looking at the data in front of us. Why should it engender our support? Especially if we saw it because of all the hype and didn't think it was very good.
Cockeyed Optimist
Swing Joined: 9/29/25
#34Death Becomes Her will recoup!!
Posted: 10/14/25 at 7:43pm
Everyone is certainly entitled to their opinion. It’s interesting to me how John Proctor took off when I thought that play was pedestrian and seemed like some coming of age movie I’ve seen a million times over. Mundane, dull and boring. Liberation is amazing to me in all of its three dimensional glory
MemorableUserName
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
#35Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/12/25
Posted: 10/14/25 at 7:54pm
GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "Can someone change the title back"
You can always change it in the Subject box above where you enter your comment.
CoffeeBreak
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/30/17
#36Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/12/25
Posted: 10/14/25 at 8:19pm
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#37Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/12/25
Posted: 10/14/25 at 8:41pm
There's really not much to say about this week. Everything doing really well aside from a few new plays. Even with the holiday, I feel like this is an exceptionally good October week for numbers
Cockeyed Optimist
Swing Joined: 9/29/25
#38Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/12/25
Posted: 10/14/25 at 8:55pm
The last week of October is usually pretty terrible. It’s a good week to get a good deal with you wanted to plan something.
#39Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/12/25
Posted: 10/15/25 at 12:38am
Amy Archer said: "Can you all let Liberation get to opening night andreviews before you dance on its grave? The joy around here in pronouncing it DOA after one week of performances, for a show that should engender our support is really alarming."
LIBERATION literally JUST transferred from an off-Broadway run with complete reviews and everything available online. Considering the cast is the same, unless Wohl changed some script or White changed direction, nothing in those reviews will move the needle.
I supported the play by seeing it and I issued my honest critique of the production. I’m not dancing on the show’s grave by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m also not going to be raving about it to my friends. Additionally, if you go back to the transfer announcement, there was quite a large amount of confusion as to if this was really suitable for a transfer and the numbers straight out of the gate are not looking good.
Honestly, the only unadulterated loathing I have in my bag this season is for QUEEN OF VERSAILLES
#40Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/12/25
Posted: 10/15/25 at 12:16pm
Liberation may struggle with grosses. But even if it does, I don't expect it to post an early closing notice. Sometimes producers go in to a project knowing that they likely won't make any money, but they believe the show deserves to be seen on a Broadway stage. It's likely this is a passion project for the all-female producing team (Daryl Roth, Eva Price, Rachel Sussman and Jenny Gersten). All of whom are quite experienced with the Broadway landscape, quite wealthy, and likely under no allusions that this play would somehow start printing them money.
mridley2
Understudy Joined: 1/6/12
#41Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/12/25
Posted: 10/18/25 at 2:12pm
Thanks for the additional info. Agreed with Tonys cost and the fees BUT I don't think the stars get any bumps if the show grosses over $1 Million. I doubt any bumps kick in until after the show has recouped. But anyway fair enough on the rest. Well maybe one day it will be profitable.
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#42Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/12/25
Posted: 10/18/25 at 5:27pm
quizking101 said: "Amy Archer said: "Can you all let Liberation get to opening night andreviews before you dance on its grave? The joy around here in pronouncing it DOA after one week of performances, for a show that should engender our support is really alarming."
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Honestly, the only unadulterated loathing I have in my bag this season is for QUEEN OF VERSAILLES"
Love your choice of words in the last sentence. Having seen it in Boston, I can assure you that your opinion is entirely justified. I will never understand why Stephen Schwartz chose to devote so much time to such a horrible story and lead character (s, if you count F Murray's character).
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