Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 4:44pmClick below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 10/8/2017 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: 1984 (25.4%), BEAUTIFUL (22.8%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (18.2%), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (13.1%), CATS (12.6%), WICKED (10.4%), KINKY BOOTS (9.8%), WAITRESS (9.4%), CHICAGO (9.3%), TIME AND THE CONWAYS (9.2%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (8.9%), THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER (7.0%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (6.5%), PRINCE OF BROADWAY (6.0%), MISS SAIGON (5.5%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (4.9%), ANASTASIA (4.7%), ALADDIN (2.1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.9%),
Down for the week by attendance was: HELLO, DOLLY! (-0.6%), COME FROM AWAY (-0.2%),
Clyde15
Leading Actor Joined: 5/9/15
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 4:49pm
Dang this is an impressive week for the fall! Really surprised to see so many shows rebound. I'm floored by the Springsteen numbers.
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 4:49pm
Impressed and glad to see that so many shows went up! Also nice to know that Dolly didn't drop much
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 4:49pm
Just stared at that Beautiful %. Wow - truly amazing.
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 4:53pm
Great start for the Bands Visit! Hopefully they can keep it up!
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#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 5:01pm
Why is Beautiful up so much? And for Springsteen, that has to be some kind of record. 2 million for only 5 performances? Incredible. So happy to see Broadway thriving.
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 5:02pm
WOW! $496.72 for average ticket paid! Is that a record?!?!? Also, interesting to see that Springsteen is sold out yet still only reached 98.5% potential gross. I'm guessing they had a number of complimentary tickets?
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 5:05pm
I know this is old news, but I'm still constantly impressed by Come From Away's numbers. One Tony win, no celebrities, modest budget, not based on a recognizable source material, and it has untraditional subject matter for a musical. And they just recouped! I'm so impressed and happy for them.
Also, technical question:
Springstein sold out to 100% capacity, and considering the demand, I'm assuming there were no discounts. And we know the premiums are crazy. So why did they come in 1.5% under their potential gross? I know it's a tiny percentage, but for a show this popular, it still strikes me as odd. My only guess is that it's a result of industry comps. But still, it seems like the insane premium prices would offset that and push them over 100% gross potential anyway.
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 5:05pm
LesWickedly said: "Why is Beautiful up so much? And for Springsteen, that has to be some kind of record. 2 million for only 5 performances? Incredible. So happy to see Broadway thriving."
Agreed -- what happened at Beautiful this past week? 115.2% attendance? Is it possible to sell that many SRO per performance? Even DEH/Hamilton/Book of Mormon only manage 102 or 103% max.
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 5:11pm
JBroadway said: "Springstein sold out to 100% capacity, and considering the demand, I'm assuming there were no discounts. And we know the premiums are crazy. So why did they come in 1.5% under their potential gross? I know it's a tiny percentage, but for a show this popular, it still strikes me as odd. My only guess is that it's a result of industry comps. But still, it seems like the insane premium prices would offset that and push them over 100% gross potential anyway."
I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps the $850 ticket price was considered as regular priced tickets and hence if they didnt' have industry comps, it would easily get 100% gross potential. Had they considered those $850 seats as premium priced, then that gross potential percentage would probably be over 175%.
chuckydisc
Broadway Star Joined: 7/28/13
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 5:11pm
Wick3 said: "LesWickedly said: "Why is Beautiful up so much? And for Springsteen, that has to be some kind of record. 2 million for only 5 performances? Incredible. So happy to see Broadway thriving."
Agreed -- what happened at Beautiful this past week? 115.2% attendance? Is it possible to sell that many SRO per performance? Even DEH/Hamilton/Book of Mormon only manage 102 or 103% max."
There HAS to be a typo in the Beautiful numbers somewhere.
Theater3232
Featured Actor Joined: 10/16/10
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 5:28pm
Are COMP tickets included when the average ticket price is calculated? Michael Moore's show had an average ticket price of $44 ?
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 5:29pm
Only two shows down from the prior week, Hamilton and DEH. They're sinking folks, sinking.
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yankeefan7
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 6:26pm
"WOW! $496.72 for average ticket paid! Is that a record?!?!? Also, interesting to see that Springsteen is sold out yet still only reached 98.5% potential gross. I'm guessing they had a number of complimentary tickets?WOW! $496.72 for average ticket paid! Is that a record?!?!? Also, interesting to see that Springsteen is sold out yet still only reached 98.5% potential gross. I'm guessing they had a number of complimentary tickets?"
Hate to ask a dumb question but does his show get reviewed like any other one on Broadway by the critics?
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 6:33pm
yankeefan7 said: ""WOW! $496.72 for average ticket paid! Is that a record?!?!? Also, interesting to see that Springsteen is sold out yet still only reached 98.5% potential gross. I'm guessing they had a number of complimentary tickets?WOW! $496.72 for average ticket paid! Is that a record?!?!? Also, interesting to see that Springsteen is sold out yet still only reached 98.5% potential gross. I'm guessing they had a number of complimentary tickets?"
Hate to ask a dumb question but does his show get reviewed like any other one on Broadway by the critics?
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From my understanding, it won't be reviewed by the critics and they're grumpy they have to pay like everybody else.
Cfried
Broadway Star Joined: 9/15/16
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 6:53pm
A Bronx Tale is pulling fantastic numbers! Continuously surprised at the success of this show!
bear88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/26/16
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 7:03pm
Peter Marks is headed to the show tonight for the Washington Post, according to his Twitter feed. I don't know if the Post is paying. It never really occurred to me that Springsteen's performance couldn't be reviewed like any other concert.
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/17
Posted: 10/10/17 at 7:06pm
chuckydisc said: "Wick3 said: "LesWickedly said: "Why is Beautiful up so much? And for Springsteen, that has to be some kind of record. 2 million for only 5 performances? Incredible. So happy to see Broadway thriving."
Agreed -- what happened at Beautiful this past week? 115.2% attendance? Is it possible to sell that many SRO per performance? Even DEH/Hamilton/Book of Mormon only manage 102 or 103% max."
There HAS to be a typo in the Beautiful numbers somewhere.
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It is a typo. The Broadway league reported 99%, but I find it hysterical Playbill, Broadwaycom and Broadwayworld all reported 115%. https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc/
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