Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/10/17

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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%),

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Those are dire numbers for Home For The Holidays.  

Dire, yes, but what other show can boast that they more than doubled their average paid ticket amount? 

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.

 

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???

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.

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.

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.

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.