Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/4

[Rob]

Posted: 10/5/09 at 4:04pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 10/4/2009 in BroadwayWorld.com'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.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 10/5/09 at 9:03pm

Shrek is a goner.

[jo]

Posted: 10/6/09 at 12:59am

Variety reports on A STEADY RAIN's rare feat at the box office.

http://www.variety.com/article...15&cs=1&ref=bd_legit


quote:
Fresh blood boosts Broadway
'Rain' tops $1 mil mark while 'Donuts' opens strong

By DAVID ROONEY

'A Stready Rain' hits the $1 million mark and lands in the top five
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Broadway maintained its momentum last week, with a slew of new productions in previews, plus some major openers. Total grosses climbed to $17,947,578 for the 28 shows on the boards, up a little more than $90,000 from the previous session.

Final press nights and the comp-heavy opening caused a 5% drop for Daniel Craig-Hugh Jackman starrer "A Steady Rain," but the cop drama still managed to hurdle the $1 million mark and land in the top five -- a rare occurrence for a straight play...


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I wonder when A STEADY RAIN will recoup? Variety earlier reported that it has a capitalization of $ 2.5 million, Michael Riedel says each actor is paid approx $ 100,000 per week, and Liz Smith quotes a $ 12 million advance sales in her column.

Has a show, musical or non-musical, ever sustained a $ 1 million per week at the box office from previews to end of run? How did Three Days of Rain do? Billy Elliot perhaps?

Jo


Updated On: 10/6/09 at 12:59 AM

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 10/6/09 at 1:16am

Wow, Hair went through a large capacity drop. At least their grosses aren't horrible.

I hate to say it, but I have a hunch that Shrek will announce a closing soon. With the constant ticket promotions (Shrekcation, Shrektember and now Shrektober), they seem to be really desperate to sell tickets.

[Barney Stinson]

Posted: 10/6/09 at 1:25am

Yeah, unless the investors just want to bankroll this thing, Shrek has to decide if the $$ from the holiday season will be greater than the massive losses they are incurring right now, and likely will incur for the next 6 weeks before the holiday season starts.

[massofmen]

Posted: 10/6/09 at 2:03am

alright ROA!