Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:30pmClick below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 12/10/2017 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section.
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Up for the week by attendance was: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (11.7%), MISS SAIGON (8.7%), THE CHILDREN (8.4%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (8.3%), CATS (8.1%), ANASTASIA (6.5%), WAITRESS (5.5%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (5.1%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (4.8%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (4.6%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (4.0%), CHICAGO (3.9%), WICKED (3.5%), M. BUTTERFLY (3.1%), HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (3.0%), LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS (1.7%), HELLO, DOLLY! (1.4%), BEAUTIFUL (1.4%), METEOR SHOWER (1.3%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.6%), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (0.4%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (0.3%), COME FROM AWAY (0.3%),
Down for the week by attendance was: JUNK (-6.1%), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (-4.3%), KINKY BOOTS (-1.7%), ALADDIN (-0.8%), THE LION KING (-0.2%),
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:32pm
Heard home for the holidays was extending through last years holiday season
In our millions, in our billions, we are most powerful when we stand together. TW4C unwaveringly joins the worldwide masses, for we know our liberation is inseparably bound.
Signed,
Theater Workers for a Ceasefire
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Updated On: 12/11/17 at 03:32 PM
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:34pm
Those are dire numbers for Home For The Holidays.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:36pm
Home for the Holidays appears to be playing to empty houses on comps.
Do you suppose anyone actually bought a $397 ticket?
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:37pm
Dire, yes, but what other show can boast that they more than doubled their average paid ticket amount? 
barcelona20
Broadway Star Joined: 1/19/08
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:40pm
OOTI had standing room, yet only $98 average ticket? Comps given by the producers to make it seem like it was SRO?
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:46pm
Those are good numbers for OOTI. I see them continuing to climb throughout the holidays.
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS must be getting the gullible tourists to pay the 50% off at TKTS that want to see a Christmas show. Feel bad for them. If they want to see a Christmas show, they should have gone down to MSG and see ELF.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:53pm
Less than 400 seats filled per performance.....and since we know the imbalance of weekday to weekend audiences....what does Tuesday night look like? 200 seats? How awful for the performers and audience.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Broadway Joe
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/10
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:55pmHome for the holidays still hasn't hit the 100k mark. This board could do a go fund me and put on a show and at least hit the 100k mark every week lol
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 4:10pm
Anyone else challenged/bothered/concerned by the numbers for Spongebob?
52% gross potential, sub $60 average paid, and a gross below Saigon for a show with a large cast.
I have heard so so so many delightful comments from friends and I'm excited to see it (especially because it sounds like wonderful escapism from our current reality). Late fall openings that don't hit the ground running can have a challenge getting to the summer. Thoughts?
Dallas Theatre Fan
Stand-by Joined: 3/10/13
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 4:21pm
TheyCallMePoppa said: "Anyone else challenged/bothered/concerned by the numbers for Spongebob?
52% gross potential, sub $60 average paid, and a gross below Saigon for a show with a large cast.
I have heard so so so many delightful comments from friends and I'm excited to see it (especially because it sounds like wonderful escapism from our current reality). Late fall openings that don't hit the ground running can have a challenge getting to the summer. Thoughts?
You forget that Spongebob's opening night was last week and I'm willing to bet there were a lot of comps that night from the producers.
Sondheim_Geek
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/07
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 4:21pm
The show opened last week, so this is a seven performance week (but all the comps from opening pulling down the ATP).
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 4:43pm
Amazing week. I find it so hard to believe that there was a time when the weeks leading to Christmas were the absolute worst of the year, even worse than summer. Now, they are incredible. Is this all due to tourism?????
Hopefully, Spongebob and OOTI will see their grosses go up in the coming weeks. OOTI may have sold out, but it is never going to have a chance of returning its investment if it can't increase its average ticket price, i.e., sell more tickets at full price, not raise the prices. Re Spongebob, I don't have a clue what to expect in the coming weeks / months, but clearly a major increase in business is needed to survive.
Wonder how long The Play That Goes Wrong will run Its recent grosses are better than they were through most of its run. Wish I liked it, so I cold be happier for the crew. I wonder what the breakeven is...does this have any chance of returning its investment???
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 6:11pm
Yes, but the open was at the front of the week, and the paid percentage is low. Moreover, jump onto Ticketmaster and try to buy seats for any performance from tomorrow to February. And January is wide open.
I'm rooting for this special piece, but the lack of sell-through is really problematic, I think.
I really hope to see next week's numbers pop!
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 6:13pm
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG has tickets on sale through Feb. 25. I'd guess and say that's when it'll close. It will be launching a North American tour starting in the Fall 2018. I can't see it surviving through the winter.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 7:23pm
OOTI's numbers are worrying. It doesn't seem to be getting the bump it should have gotten from excellent reviews.
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 8:35pm
poisonivy2 said: "OOTI's numbers are worrying. It doesn't seem to be getting the bump it should have gotten from excellent reviews."
This was its best week yet. Everyone needs to chill.
hamiltonstradition
Stand-by Joined: 5/17/17
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 9:05pm
poisonivy2 said: "OOTI's numbers are worrying. It doesn't seem to be getting the bump it should have gotten from excellent reviews."
The next couple of weeks are before the influx of tourists, and school break. Numbers should go up, and it is running at 100% capacity.
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 9:09pmThe grosses for this week posted and this current week are the calm before the storm. Mostly getting some tourists and a lot of locals now. The biggest week of the year is Christmas week. If a show can't make money that week, they should post a closing notice.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
wicked4l
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/06
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 11:30pm
I'm told Home for the Holidays is closing Sunday FYI.
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 11:47pm
Wow. It's been a long time since I've seen numbers as abysmal as Home for The Holidays. Hell, The Story of My Life at least broke six figures once in previews.
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 11:51pm
ACL2006 said: "THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG has tickets on sale through Feb. 25. I'd guess and say that's when it'll close. It will be launching a North American tour starting in the Fall 2018. I can't see it surviving through the winter."
If it makes it to the end of February, hasn't it survived winter?
Clyde15
Leading Actor Joined: 5/9/15
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/12/17 at 1:26amOOTI made 69% of its gross potential this week. It’s doing fine, and probably well above the red. It can’t be that expensive of a show to run.
raddersons
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/14/13
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/12/17 at 10:02am
newintown said: "Home for theHolidaysappears to be playing to empty houses on comps.
Do you suppose anyone actually bought a $397 ticket?"
I asked this the first week the show started grossing. $397 is the top ticket price available, not necessarily paid.
#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17
Posted: 12/12/17 at 11:03am
OOTI is almost certainly still in the red. Circle is a tricky venue to make work, because it is small (hence the gross potential is not as good a metric as usual). This is not a small show, and it is not selling tickets at a viable price point right now. That said, it is too early to say it can't, though it is hard to see how it will survive long past the holidays, even if there are a few gangbuster weeks.
Another exhibit in support of the notion that those who can, do, and those who can't, teach.
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