Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/4/2007

[Rob]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 5:07pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 11/4/2007 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.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

[StageFan2]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 5:14pm

WOW! Bad week.

I'll bet there's alot of people who are glad Halloween week is over.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 5:25pm

The August: Osage County numbers really smart - here's hoping great reviews on Nov 20th change that...

Also, considering there was no one at Hairspray on Wednesday, that 80% is pretty impressive.

Updated On: 11/5/07 at 05:25 PM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 5:37pm

Wow. With only two performances, The Little Mermaid made more than Rent did for the entire week.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 6:01pm

Legally Blonde is still holding steady, i think this one will be around awhile

Xanadu however ....ouch

[jake6970]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 6:03pm

OUCH spelling bee.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 6:06pm

Xanadu has an avergae ticket price of $77, which isn't bad. It means the producers still believe there is some wiggle room should they feel the need to increase attendance by discounting my heavily.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 6:11pm

You might consider Legally Blonde's numbers as "holding steady" but they lost 153k from the previous week.

Serious ouch for Drowsy. Does anyone think it's possible that Drowsy's producers might have the production re-reviewed in the hopes of boosting numbers a bit?

[timrobb]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 6:13pm

go RENT - one of only a handful with an increase!

[Smaxie]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 6:17pm

>You might consider Legally Blonde's numbers as "holding steady" but they lost 153k from the previous week.<

The most startling thing with Legally Blonde is the show's average ticket price, which went down $16.00 from the week before.

[chad2]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 6:57pm

Anyone have any idea of how Young Frankenstein is doing? Is Little Mermaid kicking its green butt?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 7:00pm

Seafarer is nearing Davy Jones locker

What a shame for such a very good show.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 7:03pm

Davy Jones' Locker? The Seafarer just started previews last Tuesday.......

Updated On: 11/5/07 at 07:03 PM

[Smaxie]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 7:04pm

Variety estimates $1.6 million for the week for Young Frankenstein.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 7:14pm

Ouch, Drowsy.

[keybowvio]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 7:20pm

ouch the most for Curtains!!

at least in terms of % of seats filled, it went down the most from last week to this week

[Tkt2Ride]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 7:32pm

I think Drowsy's Advertising went too far out of sync with what the show really is.

Bob Saget has fans but does he have enough of them who want to see a Musical? It is still a little early to tell. The advertising for Saget may help the Tour some though? Just by getting the name out there.

There is a lot of good stuff though opening up right now. I wish they did a bigger number for Broadway on Broadway. It's testing time to see if this Bob S. can sell the show.

[jeffrey1dog]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 7:40pm

I'm sorry... I'm a Fanadu & that's 'just wrong'
I have yet to bring somebody to "Xanadu" (7 times now) that didn't love it.
Is it just the name "Xanadu" that keeps people away... or the cost? You're probably right Mr Matt... time for a big discout.

[localonecrew]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 1:31am

those numbers mean nothing. i still cant get over how you all pour over these meaningless numbers.
the numbers they report are minus all of the royalty payments. that mean sfter the producers, the writers, the music director, the scenic designer, the lighting designer, the sound designer, the production heads, etc. have been paid.
how on earth can you make any judgements on the reported grosses if you have no clue as to what those numbers mean?

being a fan of theater doesnt mean that you have any idea about the business side of it.

[StageFan2]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 6:19am

Thanks for your input localonecrew - but as a business person (even though not in the theatre) I well understand the difference between 'Gross Earnings' and 'Net Earnings', as do the the largest percentage of the people posting here. The thread is Broadway Grosses not Broadway Nets, that indicates to me that the numbers listed would be 'before' any deductions are made. Maybe it's different with theatre, but what's left after deductible costs, salaries, etc in my business is my 'Net'.

But thanks anyway for assuming we don't know what we're talking about because we comment about the weekly grosses.
Updated On: 11/6/07 at 06:19 AM

[Smaxie]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 6:54am

The Broadway figures that are reported are indeed the show's net gross, after the deductions have been made.

[StageFan2]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 7:18am

Thank you Smaxie. I appreciate your clarifying it in a tasteful manner as opposed to insulting and rude. Guess I'm just a theatre fan and no more.

My apologies localone, you were correct. However, I still think you could have made your point in a less insulting manner. Updated On: 11/6/07 at 07:18 AM

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 9:51am

Is it even possible for Mermaid to kick YF's green a$$? The Hilton is larger than Mermaid's theatre.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 9:54am

It's possible, but would be very hard. You correctly mentioned the disparity in the number of seats. YF's base price for orchestra and dress circle is 120, while Little Mermaid's is 110. Also the cheapest priced seats for YF are 50 and LM's are 40.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 6:15pm

localonecrew - I work on business models all day every day. I do know what those numbers represent, which is why I analyze a variety of factors before I comment. I don't presume to know whether or not it means a show will close or even if it is in danger, but I can get a general idea of a show's progress based on the trend of just a few variables and hypothesize strategies in which they might improve based strictly on the presented data.