Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/5/14

[Rob]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 3:03pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 10/5/2014 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.

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Up for the week by attendance was: LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL (9.2%), ONCE (8.6%), ON THE TOWN (7.5%), LOVE LETTERS (7.0%), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (5.2%), JERSEY BOYS (4.9%), THIS IS OUR YOUTH (3.9%), ROCK OF AGES (3.1%), WICKED (2.2%), MOTOWN THE MUSICAL (1.9%), IT'S ONLY A PLAY (1.0%), MAMMA MIA! (0.7%), ALADDIN (0.5%), BEAUTIFUL (0.3%),

Down for the week by attendance was: DISGRACED (-13.5%), PIPPIN (-7.3%), CABARET (-6.8%), IF/THEN (-5.2%), CINDERELLA (-5.2%), MATILDA (-4.9%), YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (-3.9%), THE COUNTRY HOUSE (-3.0%), CHICAGO (-2.9%), KINKY BOOTS (-2.7%), LES MISÉRABLES (-0.7%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (-0.6%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-0.4%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.1%),

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[Pootie2]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 3:08pm

Ouch, Cinderella, Once, Pippin, IF/THEN... though Once gained a tiny bit. Massive loss for IF/THEN likely due to the huge promotionals for Burns, but they tried to make up Sunday (and doesn't explain the big drop when Menzel was still in full-time last week). Too bad.

[ethan231h]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 3:13pm

Hopefully Pippin and If/Then will improve, maybe Lucie Arnaz could potentially bring in some people?

[Fantod]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 3:16pm

Wow. Les Miz and Cabaret are both surprisingly low. I wonder if the Roundabout will close Cabaret after Emma Stone's run and bring in something else for Studio 54. Cinderella is super low and I'm surprised that they are holding on until January. Pippin and Once are also pretty low and I'd be surprised if they lasted too long.

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 3:23pm

Lucie Arnaz is not going to improve sales for Pippin. Not many people know who she is. The return of the tony winning actress didn't even improve sales. Pippin has no hope

[ethan231h]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 3:23pm

^ you mean didn't last too much longer?

[newintown]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 3:24pm

It appears that one of the easiest things to get in New York today is a free ticket to On The Town or The Last Ship.

[Sauja]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 3:33pm

Yeesh. Looking ever more likely that Pippin, Once, and If/Then will be closing after the holidays. I can't help but wonder if Love Letters will even stick around for the other cast members to come in.

I'm also bummed that It's Only a Play is a hit when You Can't Take It With You and This Is Our Youth are cruising along at much lower levels when they're ten times the play the former is. I'm STILL bitter about how much I spent on that dreadful show. Ah well!

[MNC77]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 3:50pm

With all the talk about how poorly Last Ship is doing, pleasantly surprised to see it's numbers aren't terrible (not great, but doing better than Love Letters, Country House and On The Town). Hopefully it can run for at least a short time

Any guesses on which will close first between the long running shows not named Cinderella? I was thinking Once, but Pippin is dropping down there.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 3:55pm

I'm shocked that Once hasn't posted closing yet.

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 3:58pm

Closing now for any of these shows would be like a florist closing their business the last week in January. If they made it this far, they'll hang on for another 4-5 weeks to start reaping the benefits of the holiday season.

[Pootie2]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 3:59pm

Is now (October) about the time shows would usually post January closing notices in order to drum up holiday ticket sales? Or is this sort of thing really last minute...


Edit: ^I see FishermanBob's comment now...

Updated On: 10/6/14 at 03:59 PM

[Phantom4ever]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 4:24pm

The holiday season is not an extended time of high grosses. There will be a huge bump at Thanksgiving, a huge bump at Christmas, and an insanely huge bump at New Year's. But otherwise.....the early weeks in December are usually weeks of struggle for most shows.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 5:55pm

Nobody will close before the holidays. And Cinderella will see some pleasant grosses during the holidays which is why they're hanging on.

And I feel like Love Letters isn't doing as poorly as we think. Sure it's low, but it's two people at a table. Excluding the stars salaries, which I would imagine is pretty low too, then their running budget is tiny. No need for a huge crew, etc. But imagine when they originally had the Nederlander. Ouch.

[TFMH18]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 6:08pm

Honestly, the If/Then drop this week was to be expected. Idina missed 3/8 performances. Jackie Burns, talented as she may be, was not going to sell tickets. Will be interesting to see how it does next week, but just further proves that the show is a black hole without Menzel (not that we needed further proof).

[Pootie2]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 6:19pm

Yeah, it was expected with Menzel out... Although they ended up giving steep discounts, I think, to get more butts in seats for Burns. This time seems to be somewhat experimental (oh yeah, forgot about the Jewish holiday), which makes me wonder if they'll continue with the November slated Burns week.

[helvizz]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 6:27pm

Forgive my ignorance: how did Lady Day sell at more than 100% of its capacity? I've always assumed it meant that the house was full the whole week and they got some sales for future performances, but that does not make any sense for Lady Day, since it was its last week. If anybody could expalin to me what it means to sell at more than 100%, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks :)

Updated On: 10/6/14 at 06:27 PM

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 6:31pm

^ Standing room was sold which is not considered part of the theater's seating capacity. Happens with BOM every week.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 6:31pm

^^ standing room.

Capacity is based on seats. Standing room locations are admissions that aren't counted in the capacity number.



ETA: FishermanBob was quicker to the draw. I raise my pistols in salute to his superior reaction time.

Updated On: 10/6/14 at 06:31 PM

[helvizz]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 6:34pm

Thanks, FishermanBob and jnb9872 :)

[ACL2006]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 9:08pm

I think ONCE is indeed done by the end of the year. PIPPIN has some "names" coming into the show in the winter(Jan/Feb), so I don't think the producers are looking to close up just yet. I'd still give PIPPIN another year, if not more.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 10:32pm

The sale of premium seats is probably more a factor than the sale of standing room. 100% of capacity does not include premium seating. So, if a $150 seat sells for $300, it's like two people bought the same seat. The more premium seats that are sold, the higher the percentage becomes. This is not to say that standing room is not a factor also.

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 10:35pm

"PIPPIN has some "names" coming into the show in the winter(Jan/Feb), so I don't think the producers are looking to close up just yet. I'd still give PIPPIN another year, if not more."

I love Pippin to death but realistically, given how much ticket sales have slowed lately, unless the names coming in are Justin Timberlake to play Pippin and Beyoncé to play Leading Player, I can't see Pippin having anything even close to another year left in it. The much beloved Andrea Martin came back for 3 weeks and it didn't move the needle in the slightest.

[averagebwaynut]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 10:36pm

The sale of premium seats is a factor in percentage of Gross being over 100%.

The prior answers given correctly address the question of attendance being over 100% capacity. It's not either/or -- it's two different things.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 11:11pm

That's right, broadwaynut. I read one of the prior posts too quickly.