Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 3:09pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 10/5/2008 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.
purpleprince101
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
sgv123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
barcelona20
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#3re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 3:20pmGoodbye many shows if the economy keeps up the way it is.
sgv123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
#4re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 3:22pmoh, and it looks like Mary Poppins is picking up a little.
#5re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 3:24pm[Title of Show] is over 40% AHHHHHHHHH! So exciting, even though it wills till close.
Sondheim_Geek
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/07
#6re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 3:27pmThese grosses are much than I anticipated them being.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#7re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 3:45pmBye Spamalot...
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#8re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 3:59pm
Equus bounced back very well after a heavily-papered opening week.
I guess posting a closing notice really is good for business... both [title of show] and Legally Blonde were up in attendance and in grosses.
What happened to that supposed "box office bump" that A Tale of Two Cities received? They're DOWN this week.
Huge dip for Avenue Q and ridiculously low numbers for Spamalot... how much longer will they last?
I'm shocked at how well The Seagull did this week, especially considering it was their opening week... congratulations to them. And to the folks at Billy Elliot... those grosses are INSANE!
#9re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 3:59pm
Interesting that most shows see a moderate drop in grosses/capacity during their opening week. Yet, THE SEAGULL saw an increase in both while 13 had quite the drop. To me that seems rather telling.
SPAMALOT might be in trouble, guess we'll see during the holidays.
So glad to see a few plays holding up, as well as shows like IN THE HEIGHTS and GYPSY.
#10re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 4:03pm
Nice to see Wicked at 100 again and title of show at above 30%!
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#11re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 4:15pmInteresting that In the Heights is doing only 76% -- for a show that won a handful of Tonys, the grosses speak to me. Puts me in mind of Passion -- NOTHING could spark interest in that lousy show.
#12re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 4:29pm"Tale" is only down a tad and still did better numbers than several estabished "hit" musicals. Considering they are not advertising a lot and have to rely on word of mouth to sell the show (which ordinarily takes months to really begin to yield results) I'd say they are doing fine.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#13re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 4:46pm
>Considering they are not advertising a lot and have to rely on word of mouth to sell the show<
They are advertising heavily on TV, which costs a lot. I also see their ads on buses, which is another huge expense.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#14re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 4:57pm
'Nice to see Wicked at 100 again and title of show at above 30%!'
You are SO easily pleased.
#15re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 5:17pm
Well, I consider my self an optimist.
SO much bitterness and snippiness on here.
And pick on someone your own size!
#16re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 6:05pm
Hope that [title of show] picks up a little bit in this final week. Doubts.
And oohhh sheeeet 13.
#17re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 6:28pmBut compared to other musicals, new and old, they are not advertising a lot. They are not spending anywhere near the money other shows are spending.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#18re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 6:38pmI don't know how you are justifying that statement... As I mentioned, TV is very expensive and I see that ad a LOT.
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#19re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 6:38pm
Regardless of whatever speculation you may have regarding how much or little they are advertising (I see ads on Yahoo! daily for this show, by the way), there was an article published last week saying that Tale had a box office bump. You'd never know based on the fact that its grosses and attendance both fell this past week.
And if you think the producers aren't advertising as much as other musicals... maybe they SHOULD. Those grosses need to be better if it's going to last.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#20re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 6:58pmI meant that if 30% excites you, you are easy to please. Not if you liked the show.
#21re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 7:01pmHow does wicked practically sell out every week for five years? That blows my mind.
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#22re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 7:46pmAmen to that, Fordy. There are more stupid people out there that bright ones and a stupid show will fill it to the rafters every time.
dg22894
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
#24re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5
Posted: 10/6/08 at 8:03pm
<< Amen to that, Fordy. There are more stupid people out there that bright ones and a stupid show will fill it to the rafters every time.
>>
"Wicked" is tied into one of the most famous books/movies of all time, and appeals to a very wide range. (like it or not)
Ed... are you saying that all people (or the majority of people) that go to see "Wicked" are stupid?
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