Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/24/24

[Rob]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 1:48pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 11/24/2024 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 (% of capacity) was: YELLOW FACE (9.9%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (8.5%), ELF (4.7%), MJ THE MUSICAL (4.2%), THE GREAT GATSBY (4.1%), ONCE UPON A MATTRESS (3.9%), & JULIET (1.8%), THE LION KING (1.8%), HAMILTON (1.2%), ALADDIN (1.1%), DEATH BECOMES HER (0.5%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: TAMMY FAYE (-22.1%), A WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG MUSICAL (-20.3%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-13.8%), LEFT ON TENTH (-12.9%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (-10.3%), SWEPT AWAY (-9%), THE ROOMMATE (-8.7%), WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (-7.7%), OUR TOWN (-7.1%), CHICAGO (-4.2%), HADESTOWN (-4.2%), SIX (-4.1%), HELL'S KITCHEN (-3.4%), SUFFS (-3.3%), CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB (-3.3%), STEREOPHONIC (-2.7%), SUNSET BLVD. (-2.6%), ROMEO + JULIET (-1.4%), THE NOTEBOOK (-0.8%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-0.7%), THE OUTSIDERS (-0.2%), THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA (-0.1%),

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[TigerBait88]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 1:51pm

I’ll take this as a win for Maybe Happy Ending. Up about 150k and (according to multiple sources with their operating costs) a nearly profitable week. Lots of shows took dips in attendance this week. Not gonna sweat that since about 60% of shows took an attendance hit. Hoping this is the start of a good holiday season for the show!

Updated On: 11/26/24 at 01:51 PM

[DCDrama2]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 1:57pm

A nice average ticket price bump for MHE. The trajectory of the past two weeks are promising after a paltry and flat first four.

LFG MHE!

[Bobster159]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:01pm

TigerBait88 said: "I’ll take this as a win for Maybe Happy Ending. Up about 150k and (according to multiple sources with their operating costs) a profitable week even if it’s slim. Lots of shows took dips in attendance this week. Not gonna sweat that if they did finally make a profit this week. Hoping this is the start of a good holiday season for the show!"

a great uptick but that is nowhere near their break even. Despite cast size MHE is not a cheap show to run.

 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:03pm

Daaaaaaaaaamn, Tam. 

[carolinaguy]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:03pm

Oof, those Tammy Faye numbers. It's like watching another guy get kicked in the nards and you have sympathy pains.

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:03pm

Sunset Blvd. is a full blown hit with Tuesday nights taking the biggest hit to their grosses.  Elf took a huge jump into the million dollar club.

MHE is still far under running costs due to creative team overshooting the production costs despite small cast.  They have a huge hole of initial to dig out from.

Will Left on Tenth make it through its full run?

ALL shows will have a big uptick in sales this week with Thanksgiving audiences.  The weeks between Thanksgiving and Xmas are looking drab in the seating charts forTammy,  MHE, Left On Tenth and Swept Away. 

Updated On: 11/26/24 at 02:03 PM

[Ravanne_1]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:05pm

MHE certainly did better in the grosses now that the average ticket price isn't bottom basement, but the decrease in capacity is really troubling. They're still bringing in less than their operating costs, but hopefully the increase in ticket prices will give them more time. They need to stop with the discounts and start bringing in enough to cover their costs. Right now, they're still just barely treading water.

DBH seems to be doing well, with good capacity and ticket revenues. As for Cabaret... ouch!

[TigerBait88]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:11pm

Bobster159 said: "TigerBait88 said: "I’ll take this as a win for Maybe Happy Ending. Up about 150k and (according to multiple sources with their operating costs) a profitable week even if it’s slim. Lots of shows took dips in attendance this week. Not gonna sweat that if they did finally make a profit this week. Hoping this is the start of a good holiday season for the show!"

a great uptick but that is nowhere near their break even. Despite cast size MHE is not a cheap show to run.

"

It’s been verified by several outlets that the show has a full operating cost of 540k. Take away fees and they’re at least near even if they didn’t quite make it. This week is selling better than last too. Let us have this one…

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:15pm

Happy trails, McNeal and Yellow Face!

A pleasant surprise how many shows increased their box office intake for the week before Thanksgiving. Big, big, big rise for Elf especially.

All the buzz and positive reviews for "Wicked: Part One" have likely increased its Broadway counterpart's lifespan by another eleventy billion years. :)

Maybe Happy Ending inching towards the profitability marker? I guess there is still hope left in the world.

Swept Away should probably pack it up sooner rather than later. Reviews were decent but it's just too dark and eerie and has probably shut a lot of people off.

Bring on the holiday week!

 

 

 

[pablitonizer]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:16pm

TigerBait88 said: "Bobster159 said: "TigerBait88 said: "I’ll take this as a win for Maybe Happy Ending. Up about 150k and (according to multiple sources with their operating costs) a profitable week even if it’s slim. Lots of shows took dips in attendance this week. Not gonna sweat that if they did finally make a profit this week. Hoping this is the start of a good holiday season for the show!"

a great uptick but that is nowhere near their break even. Despite cast size MHE is not a cheap show to run.

"

It’s been verified by several outlets thatthe show has a full operating cost of 540k. Take away fees and they’re at least near even if they didn’t quite make it. This week is selling better than last too. Let us have this one…"

 

It's been reported several times that weekly operating cost are around $680k/week

[Bobster159]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:17pm

TigerBait88 said: "Bobster159 said: "TigerBait88 said: "I’ll take this as a win for Maybe Happy Ending. Up about 150k and (according to multiple sources with their operating costs) a profitable week even if it’s slim. Lots of shows took dips in attendance this week. Not gonna sweat that if they did finally make a profit this week. Hoping this is the start of a good holiday season for the show!"

a great uptick but that is nowhere near their break even. Despite cast size MHE is not a cheap show to run.

"

It’s been verified by several outlets thatthe show has a full operating cost of 540k. Take away fees and they’re at least near even if they didn’t quite make it. This week is selling better than last too. Let us have this one…"

Can you link to these? Because their operating docs had numbers very different from this and no amount of trimming would have got them to anything like this number.

[chernjam]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:22pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "Happy trails,McNealandYellow Face!

A pleasant surprise how many shows increased their box office intake for the week beforeThanksgiving. Big, big, big rise forElfespecially.

All the buzz and positive reviews for "Wicked: Part One" have likely increased its Broadway counterpart's lifespan by another eleventy billion years. :)

Maybe Happy Endinginching towards the profitability marker? I guess there is still hope left in the world.

Swept Awayshould probably pack it up sooner rather than later. Reviews were decent but it's just too dark and eerie and has probably shut a lot of people off.

Bring on the holiday week!

Yeah I was thinking the same thing re: Wicked.  When POTO movie released (2004) the stage counterpart had shown signs of winding down a bit, that after the movie, which nowhere near did the b.o. that Wicked has - just the attention spurred a great rejuvenation at the box office that made it a top grossed for almost another 20 years.  

The theatre owners of the Gershwin have to be very relieved that they have such longevity in that massive house



"

 

[TigerBait88]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:29pm

Bobster159 said: "Can you link to these? Because their operating docs had numbers very different from this and no amount of trimming would have got them to anything like this number."

All I know is that this show has been discussed to no end on r/broadway as well as other blogs and the operating cost was revised from 680k to 540k last week both on there and elsewhere I saw it mentioned so I took it as gospel. I’ll take a look at where this number comes from so I’m not talking out of my a*s but I saw no pushback to that new number last week. 

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:31pm

TigerBait88 said: "Bobster159 said: "Can you link to these? Because their operating docs had numbers very different from this and no amount of trimming would have got them to anything like this number."

All I know is that this show has been discussed to no end on r/broadway as well as other blogsand the operating cost was revised from 680k to 540k last week both on there and elsewhere I saw it mentioned so I took it as gospel. I’ll take a look at where this number comes from so I’m not talking out of my a*s but I saw no pushback to that new number last week."

Unless no one is taking royalties that number is impossible for any musical re: operating weekly costs

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:31pm

The increase for Maybe Happy Ending makes me unspeakably happy. I don't know how much they've increased their advertising and pr budget to get there, but there is at least now some hope that this incredible show can have more of a life.

Average ticket price of $160 for Gypsy is nuts! It will be very interesting to see just how frontloaded this production is, or not. 

Cabaret is really in trouble. If memory serves, they have only had one profitable week in the Adam/Auli'i run. Now they are in a period where the two stars have planned absences. They've tried to stagger them so only one is out at a time, but even that plan results in a loss of over 150K. Planned absences run all the way through March for both stars. Unless they have someone truly major booked after this pair, we have seen what the ceiling is for this production, and it ain't covering operating costs.

Cult of Love...does Second Stage just not believe in advertising at all? Surely there are a decent amount of people who might pay decent money to see Zachary "Spock" Quinto in a play. But this thing has ZERO presence. Which is par for the course with this company's Broadway offerings. I don't get it.

[BdwyFan]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:33pm

TigerBait88 said: "Bobster159 said: "Can you link to these? Because their operating docs had numbers very different from this and no amount of trimming would have got them to anything like this number."

All I know is that this show has been discussed to no end on r/broadway as well as other blogsand the operating cost was revised from 680k to 540k last week both on there and elsewhere I saw it mentioned so I took it as gospel. I’ll take a look at where this number comes from so I’m not talking out of my a*s but I saw no pushback to that new number last week."

You gotta account for theater rent percentage and minimum royalties.  That gets added to the weekly operating costs.  Why does everyone forget those costs?  

Updated On: 11/26/24 at 02:33 PM

[TigerBait88]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:36pm

GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "TigerBait88 said: "Bobster159 said: "Can you link to these? Because their operating docs had numbers very different from this and no amount of trimming would have got them to anything like this number."

All I know is that this show has been discussed to no end on r/broadway as well as other blogsand the operating cost was revised from 680k to 540k last week both on there and elsewhere I saw it mentioned so I took it as gospel. I’ll take a look at where this number comes from so I’m not talking out of my a*s but I saw no pushback to that new number last week."

Unless no one is taking royalties that number is impossible for any musical re: operating weekly costs"

The 540k number is the number listed again this week. If someone wants to ask this guy where that number is coming from go ahead because I’m not gonna create a Reddit account just to do that…haha

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:36pm

I’ve also been told “Cabaret” is planning to close up shop sometime first quarter of next year and the amount of money that will be lost by that production (if true) is just staggering. 

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:41pm

TigerBait88 said: "GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "TigerBait88 said: "Bobster159 said: "Can you link to these? Because their operating docs had numbers very different from this and no amount of trimming would have got them to anything like this number."

All I know is that this show has been discussed to no end on r/broadway as well as other blogsand the operating cost was revised from 680k to 540k last week both on there and elsewhere I saw it mentioned so I took it as gospel. I’ll take a look at where this number comes from so I’m not talking out of my a*s but I saw no pushback to that new number last week."

Unless no one is taking royalties that number is impossible for any musical re: operating weekly costs"

The 540k number is the number listed again this week. If someone wants to ask this guy where that number is coming from go ahead because I’m not gonna create a Reddit account just to do that…haha"

Read the comments... that's the number that person is taking AFTER rentals and guarantees, which, are still costs the production fronts. If I remember correctly, the person that writes these posts on Reddit is a college student (Ken Davenport went and interviewed him). So I'd take anyone reporting outside of NYC without the experience with a grain of salt... 

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:41pm

TigerBait88 said: "Bobster159 said: "Can you link to these? Because their operating docs had numbers very different from this and no amount of trimming would have got them to anything like this number."

All I know is that this show has been discussed to no end on r/broadway as well as other blogsand the operating cost was revised from 680k to 540k last week both on there and elsewhere I saw it mentioned so I took it as gospel. I’ll take a look at where this number comes from so I’m not talking out of my a*s but I saw no pushback to that new number last week."

The person who posts grosses on the r/Broadway reddit with estimated weekly operating costs is routinely wrong. They have their own methodology for estimating it....and it simply doesn't take everything into account. I don't claim to know the exact numbers for every show running, but I have seen the offer papers for Back to the Future, Gypsy, and Cabaret and can say with 100% certainty that the estimates provided in that subreddit are too low. Weekly costs are not static of course, but several (like BTTF and Cabaret) are at least 100K off.

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:41pm

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "Cabaret is really in trouble."

Auli'i ended out all of last week for Moana 2.  
 

Updated On: 11/26/24 at 02:41 PM

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:45pm

This cabaret was a dud (minus Bebe) and everything was just exhausting once you entered that theater. I wish them the best and like I said before I guess the $30 cocktails didn’t help them 

[TigerBait88]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:45pm

BdwyFan said: "You gotta account for theater rent percentage and minimum royalties. That gets added to the weekly operating costs. Why does everyone forget those costs? "

Pretty sure the college student who does the grosses breakdown on r/broadway DOES account for that. Again, I’m just trying to be positive about MHE posting their best financial week yet even if that’s a low bar. If someone wants to go argue the MHE operating number with the guy on Reddit, then please do. It seems some already are. Some sort of operating cost change or adjustment seems to have occurred two weeks ago. I’m not sure what that was or the reason for it. I don’t have access to that kind of info (I don’t think) and I’m not going to pretend like I do.  
 

 

 

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 11/26/24 at 2:49pm

CoffeeBreak said: "MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "Cabaret is really in trouble."

Auli'i endedout all of last week for Moana 2.
"

I know. And as I mentioned, both she and Lambert have many more planned absences through the rest of their run. Unless the production can score an A-List casting coup, there is a high chance the production closes with these two. And at a truly staggering loss.