Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/27/19

[Rob]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 3:07pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 10/27/2019 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 was: THE INHERITANCE (6.7%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (3.7%), BEAUTIFUL (2.1%), AIN'T TOO PROUD (0.7%), HADESTOWN (0.2%), HAMILTON (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: LINDA VISTA (-30.2%), THE LIGHTNING THIEF (-12.9%), TOOTSIE (-10.3%), THE SOUND INSIDE (-9.1%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-8.3%), WAITRESS (-7.4%), FROZEN (-6.5%), THE ROSE TATTOO (-5.5%), MEAN GIRLS (-5.2%), BETRAYAL (-5%), OKLAHOMA! (-4.7%), SLAVE PLAY (-4.3%), BEETLEJUICE (-4%), FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME (-4%), WICKED (-3.3%), ALADDIN (-2.9%), THE LION KING (-2.8%), CHICAGO (-2.1%), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (-1.8%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-1.6%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (-0.3%), MOULIN ROUGE! (-0.1%),

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[JBroadway]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 3:16pm

Pretty crazy that Linda Vista managed to drop 30% in attendance, yet still see their gross go up. I mean, 30% capacity for the Helen Hayes isn't very many seats, but still. 

[Sauja]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 3:18pm

I'm not rooting for people to lose their jobs, but with these numbers, wouldn't closing Lightning Thief just be a mercy killing?

[Kad]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 3:20pm

Lighting Thief has only made a total of $1,352,262 so far during its run... less than Tina made just this week. 

[msmp]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 3:27pm

Is there, like, a major discount code I'm not seeing somewhere for Lightning Thief? How are its average ticket prices at $51?

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 3:28pm

msmp said: "Is there, like, a major discount code I'm not seeing somewhere forLightning Thief? How are its average ticket prices at $51?"

No discount code necessary. They have Orchestra seats for $69. 

[teatime2]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 3:32pm

GreasedLightning said: "msmp said: "Is there, like, a major discount code I'm not seeing somewhere forLightning Thief? How are its average ticket prices at $51?"

No discount code necessary. They have Orchestra seats for $69."

Also the amount of comps they throw out is insane.

[Wick3]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 3:40pm

Kudos to BEAUTIFUL for ending its run on a high note! Gross potential of over 120% and over 100% capacity for the week!

Poor Harry Potter --- 3rd lowest average price this week (after Lightning Thief and Derren Brown) at $77.20. On the bright note it still has 100% capacity so either they're giving away tickets to seat fillers or they're selling a lot of $40 tickets.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 3:42pm

No way Lightning Thief can sustain that through January. Unless they have some rich fool who wants to bankroll it. Even with heavy comps, they're only averaging 421 tickets a night, which doesn't even fill the orchestra! Kind of a disgrace that of all the shows that could have played Broadway and could have employed actors/musicians/writers/stagehands...this is the one that made it.

On a brighter note, what an impressive start for TINA! I wonder if they can continue that momentum or if previews are front-loaded.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 3:43pm

God I love broadway when Hadestown is able to out gross Frozen and Mean Girls. We live in a society....

[JBroadway]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 4:06pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "No wayLightning Thiefcan sustain that through January. Unless they have some rich fool who wants to bankroll it."

 

Obviously some rich fool IS bankrolling it, so yes, there IS a way that it can sustain through January! 

[BritCrit]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 4:21pm

Wick3 said: "Kudos to BEAUTIFUL for ending its run on a high note! Gross potential of over 120% and over 100% capacity for the week!

Poor Harry Potter --- 3rd lowest average price this week (after Lightning Thief and Derren Brown) at $77.20. On the bright note it still has 100% capacity so either they're giving away tickets toseat fillers or they're selling a lot of $40 tickets."

It’s odd that, despite the far superior reviews, Tony Awards win and West End success, Cursed Child is having to deal with the same basic problem as Frozen and Mean Girls - the core fanbase has worn itself out now Because Harry Potter is the oldest and most popular of the three brands, they’re able to sell enough cheap tickets to keep attendance 100%, but falling ticket prices mean less money, and it could fall below it’s nut sooner than expected. Cursed Child will outlast Frozen and Mean Girls (which returned to mediocrity after a poor September and a decent October) but I don’t expect it to run as long as it has on the West End...

[ACL2006]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 4:49pm

msmp said: "Is there, like, a major discount code I'm not seeing somewhere forLightning Thief? How are its average ticket prices at $51?"

 

Comps, $49 rush tickets for anyone that asks, $39 balcony, $39 on TDF, plus low attendance overall. They're averaging just over 400 people per performance. Most shows they're offering anyone with a ticket in the balcony or mezzanine to move to the orchestra. 

 

Updated On: 10/28/19 at 04:49 PM

[quizking101]

Posted: 10/28/19 at 5:15pm

Yikes, LIGHTNING THIEF

I haven’t seen numbers this bad since Head Over Heels, and at least they managed to crack $200K consistently