Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/13/16

[Rob]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 3:14pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 11/13/2016 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: SOMETHING ROTTEN! (19.7%), KINKY BOOTS (14.3%), THE COLOR PURPLE (13.6%), ON YOUR FEET! (13.5%), WICKED (13.4%), CATS (13.2%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (11.3%), HOLIDAY INN (11.3%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (11.1%), JERSEY BOYS (10.5%), MATILDA (9.5%), THE CHERRY ORCHARD (9.3%), CHICAGO (8.7%), WAITRESS (7.7%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (7.4%), OH, HELLO ON BROADWAY (6.9%), BEAUTIFUL (4.8%), MY LOVE LETTER TO BROADWAY (4.3%), THE HUMANS (4.0%), ALADDIN (3.8%), PARAMOUR (2.6%), THE LION KING (2.6%), HEISENBERG (2.2%), NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 (2.1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.3%), FALSETTOS (0.3%), HAMILTON (0.2%),

Down for the week by attendance was: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (-3.9%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (-2.9%), THE ENCOUNTER (-1.4%), THE FRONT PAGE (-1.1%),

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[Willie4316]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 3:16pm

Overall a good week. Happy for Great Comet and A Bronx Tale's numbers, concerned for In Transit though. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 3:17pm

Not a strong start for in transit.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 3:27pm

Yay Rotten!!! Really hoping it goes out with a bang. 

And...yikes. Could In Transit be done by New Year's? How terribly anemic, even with only five performances under their belt. 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 3:39pm

The $57 average ticket price is not a good sign.

[Cfried]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 3:43pm

I have to say...13 years on Broadway and WICKED still sold 99.8% capacity this past week! Impressive. 

Updated On: 11/14/16 at 03:43 PM

[_IrisTInkerbell]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 5:14pm

In Transit played to good capacity, so I guess they just gave out a TON of comps, probably to get the word of mouth going? Maybe it'll succeed...

So happy Kristin grossed over $1m in only 6 shows, so good!

[RippedMan]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 5:34pm

Surprised by Kristen's #!!! Good for her! Too bad they can't extend her through the holidays!

[Cupid Boy2]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 5:35pm

I'm glad A Bronx Tale is pulling decent numbers. I'll admit I was skeptical of how it would perform, but I'm glad to be proven wrong as it's nice not to be rushed to see it before that dreaded first week or two of January with how jam packed this fall is.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 5:37pm

Is Papermill a producer on Broadway for A Bronx Tale or Bandstand?

[Cupid Boy2]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 5:41pm

Also, does anyone know if the Longacre has space for standing room? It looks like A Bronx Tale is coming close to selling out a lot of its weekend performances.

[South Florida]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 5:51pm

What kind of attendance does Wicked have to have to be profitable?  For them to be up 13% means they were in the low 80's.  Is it time to shut it down?

 

[Cupid Boy2]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 5:53pm

South Florida said: "What kind of attendance does Wicked have to have to be profitable?  For them to be up 13% means they were in the low 80's.  Is it time to shut it down?"

Even so, they still made $1.4 million last week and $1.7 million this week.

[curel1]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 6:01pm

South Florida said: "What kind of attendance does Wicked have to have to be profitable?  For them to be up 13% means they were in the low 80's.  Is it time to shut it down?

 

 

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Lol

 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 6:20pm

Every ****ing week.

[gypsy101]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 6:30pm

South Florida said: "What kind of attendance does Wicked have to have to be profitable?  For them to be up 13% means they were in the low 80's.  Is it time to shut it down?"

WHY DO YOU CONSTANTLY BRING THIS UP

[South Florida]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 6:32pm

Asked a question, sorry I'm not informed as to the break even point and when the movie comes, 83% at the Gershwin sounds lame.

 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 6:58pm

Guess Todrick Hall is bringing in his fans for KINKY BOOTS. Two great weeks for them since he joined.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 8:45pm

South Florida said: "Asked a question, sorry I'm not informed as to the break even point and when the movie comes, 83% at the Gershwin sounds lame."

The show netted a million dollars last week. Now you are informed, and now perhaps you can understand why people scoff at your suggestion. If that's lame, I'll happily take lame every week.

[broadwayguy91]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 11:27pm

even if Wicked drops severely in the grosses for a period of time, they have UNIVERSAL STUDIOS as an investor/producer LOL.

[veronicamae]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 11:50pm

Cupid Boy2 said: "Also, does anyone know if the Longacre has space for standing room? It looks like A Bronx Tale is coming close to selling out a lot of its weekend performances"

Definitely not orchestra level. There's space at the back of the balcony for sure, and maybe the mezz but my memory is hazy. I don't know that they've used it before as SRO?

[_IrisTInkerbell]

Posted: 11/15/16 at 1:06pm

South Florida said: "Asked a question, sorry I'm not informed as to the break even point and when the movie comes, 83% at the Gershwin sounds lame."

In terms of being profitable, it doesn't matter so much to what capacity they are playing, but more how much money they are making. I don't think they have ever made less than $1mil, and as long as that's the case they have absolutely nothing to worry about.

The other thing with Wicked is, that is has made its investment back (a LONG time ago), so they only have to worry about bringing in their weekly nut in order to keep the show running. Sure, it's a biggish cast but still... Massive shows might cost up to $800k (please correct me if I'm wrong), so even in their lower-grossing weeks, they are WELL above that high estimate. They don't have any stars in the show most of the time, so it might well be lower, despite the large cast.

The next thing is, even if they were to play a week that's only on the order of their weekly nut, it doesn't matter as long as they are just exceptions. The show has made SO much money over the years, they can totally balance it out. It's still selling out during the summer and the holidays, and playing to over 90% capacity most other weeks.

 

That all goes to say: Wicked is not closing anytime soon.

[Jonwo]

Posted: 11/15/16 at 2:17pm

Even at 83%, Wicked is still selling on average 1600 seats a show and they're making a profit even in the low weeks, Most shows unless they're the top five shows would kill for the sort of numbers Wicked makes. 

 

 

[gypsy101]

Posted: 11/15/16 at 2:35pm

suffice it to say we can expect Wicked to be around for a long time