Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#1
Posted: 11/29/10 at 3:09pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 11/28/2010 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.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#2
Posted: 11/29/10 at 3:19pmWell, the tourist traps certainly had a good week.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#2
Posted: 11/29/10 at 3:26pmWow, this week definitely ran the gamut from big gains to big losses.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#3
Posted: 11/29/10 at 3:26pmI can't figure out why that Vegas lounge act, Million Dollar Quartet, is still playing.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#4
Posted: 11/29/10 at 3:37pm
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET has a small cast and orchestra, and it's a one-set 90-minute show. The operating costs are very low so even with a gross of $400K they are still making money.
It's not a Broadway caliber show...I feel it belongs in a dinner theatre somewhere. But any show that can break-even at $200K to $250K a week can do a lot better in the end than show that has a $1 million weekly nut.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#5
Posted: 11/29/10 at 3:54pmso if spiderman kept that gross for 8 shows... they would have made about 1,600,000 something dollars.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#6
Posted: 11/29/10 at 4:00pm
"Mamma Mia" had a higher Thanksgiving week gross and percent capacity last year. I hope it's not on the verge of closing. I want it to make it to its tenth anniversery and I also hope Lisa Brescia and Clarke Thorell don't have short runs.
Updated On: 11/29/10 at 04:00 PM
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#7
Posted: 11/29/10 at 4:29pmmamma mia will be fine. they don't rely on stunt casting. it seems there were some highs and lows for productions this week. a lot of shows under 50% this week, sad to see time stands still not doing so well. i hope they can find an audience
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#8
Posted: 11/29/10 at 4:53pmThanksgiving grosses should be higher. American Idiot better step it up for Christmas or it'll be the end of them.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#9
Posted: 11/29/10 at 5:41pm
Wow, so Spider-man made more money in it's ONE performance than Free Man of Color, Colin Quinn, Elling, Pitmen Painters, and ALMOST Mrs. Warren's did in 8. Maybe we're underestimating the selling power of this show. It might be a train wreck and get demolished by the critics, but I wouldn't be shocked if it started raking in the dough anyway.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#10
Posted: 11/29/10 at 5:52pm
I have a feeling that AMERICAN IDIOT, as weird as this may sound, may stick around longer than we're expecting it to. Even if they are half-filling the house, they are making back their nut weekly and turning a small profit. I could definitely be wrong, but I won't write it off so fast.
Think, it's had crap weeks for nearly 3+ months now. Don't you think an announcement or even actual closing would have occured by now?
Leading Actor Joined: 5/1/09
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#11
Posted: 11/29/10 at 8:12pmI really don't think AI is making any sort of profit, besides the one week Green Day was in the show. When you factor out gross expenses, like cc fees and house take, it's been losing money most weeks. They will definitely have to pull GD back in or close in Jan.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#12
Posted: 11/29/10 at 8:59pmWOTV seems to be on a slippery slope...
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#13
Posted: 11/29/10 at 9:35pm
Maybe we're underestimating the selling power of this show. It might be a train wreck and get demolished by the critics, but I wouldn't be shocked if it started raking in the dough anyway.
It's one performance of a highly anticipated show that was delayed 9 months. Come back in 2-3 weeks for a real gauge of it's selling power.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#14
Posted: 11/29/10 at 9:44pmWomen On The Verge certainly took a dive. I wouldn't be surprised if Spider-Man grosses more than Wicked soon.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#15
Posted: 11/29/10 at 9:55pmFrom what I understand, there is a very good reason that American Idiot is being kept open into the new year. Though it is sad to sit in that theater, look around, and see how empty it is.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#16
Posted: 11/29/10 at 11:05pm
It's one performance of a highly anticipated show that was delayed 9 months. Come back in 2-3 weeks for a real gauge of it's selling power.
Exactly. It's the first public performance of one of the most anticipated, publicized commercial theater productions of all time. Of course it's going to sell out. That carries no indication of its future potential sales.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#17
Posted: 11/29/10 at 11:26pmI'm suprised some shows didn't do better - Chicago, La Cage, Idiot, In The Heights, Night Music - considering the holiday weekend.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#18
Posted: 11/30/10 at 12:31am
Congrats to WICKED on their over 2 Million dollar week!
Say what you want about the show, but that's fantastic.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#19
Posted: 11/30/10 at 12:41amI know that TheateFan. Still, it doesn't change the fact that people were willing to pay top dollar for it. I'm not saying it's going to recoup in a year. I didn't make a prediction of any kind actually. I just said I wouldn't be surprised if it started making more money than we expect. That's all.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#20
Posted: 11/30/10 at 1:17am
Re: Spider-Man's potential
They aren't playing 8 performances until the week starting AFTER Christmas....and Christmas week is the first week with SEVEN shows...all other weeks are currently at SIX performances. (Not that 1.2 mil is anyting to sneeze at...but that is only production costs for the week.)
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#21
Posted: 11/30/10 at 2:27amAh, thanks dramamama. I hadn't looked at the performance schedule.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#22
Posted: 11/30/10 at 2:34amMillion Dollar Quartet (which I have seen & enjoyed) is probably a damn sight more enjoyable than Spiderman will ever be.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#23
Posted: 11/30/10 at 5:21am
And yet, you couldn't convince me to buy a ticket for MDQ, and morbid curiosity got the better of me to see Spider-Man Christmas night. (That sound you hear is my moral indignation over the outrageous budget being flushed down the toilet.)
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/05
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/28#24
Posted: 12/1/10 at 2:31amHow the hell did Wicked make 2 million when the potential gross is listed at 1.5?
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