Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/29/24- Page 2

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/31/24 at 4:00pm

Happy holidays everyone! Revel in these numbers. 

[soxboy22]

Posted: 12/31/24 at 5:15pm

InTheBathroom1 said: "I think Wicked just beat the record for highest-grossing week EVER on Broadway."

It did.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/wicked-highest-grossing-week-in-broadway-history-1236097340/

 

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 12/31/24 at 5:19pm

Oh, Mary! finally crossing the $1.3 million mark for its best week ever.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 12/31/24 at 6:02pm

Actors equity should be fighting The Outisders producers tooth and nail over the tours contract. The fact that it’s going out on anything but a level 1 agreement is shameful.

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 1/1/25 at 3:19am

If you wonder why actors have been demanding profit sharing in recent years, weeks like this are why.

[KKeller6]

Posted: 1/1/25 at 9:34am

Terrible shame the Broadway model doesn't work anymore.  

[Bwaygurl2]

Posted: 1/1/25 at 9:53am

KKeller6 said: "Terrible shame the Broadway model doesn't work anymore."

What do you mean?

[GoldenGiggery]

Posted: 1/1/25 at 10:10am

Why is Left on Tenth even bothering to stay open? If in the most profitable week of the year, the best you can manage is a less than half full theatre and barely over 300K (the 3rd lowest gross next to 1 performance of Gypsy and a subscriber house show), then just pack it up. 

[KKeller6]

Posted: 1/1/25 at 10:26am

https://www.newser.com/story/334098/andrew-lloyd-webber-is-worried-about-broadway.html

These guys kill me.  All the way to the bank.

[Kad]

Posted: 1/1/25 at 12:04pm

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "If you wonder why actorshave been demanding profit sharing in recent years, weeks like this are why."

But weeks like this are few and far between during a year. Just a couple of months ago, these weekly gross posts were full of people wondering if a number of these productions were in trouble.

[Wick3]

Posted: 1/1/25 at 8:16pm

GoldenGiggery said: "Why is Left on Tenth even bothering to stay open? If in the most profitable week of the year, the best you can manage is a less than half full theatre and barely over 300K (the 3rd lowest gross next to 1 performance of Gypsy and a subscriber house show), then just pack it up."

Why not? Clearly they have money to burn (and ok with it) and if it’s employing ushers and actors during the holidays then that’s great. 

[raddersons]

Posted: 1/2/25 at 8:40am

MHE breaking $1mil… maybe Americans do have good taste sometimes.

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/2/25 at 9:58am

Re: LEFT ON TENTH

Exactly what the above said. Clearly it’s cheap to run and keeping people employed. Theres nothing to be gained by kicking them out early when they are already gonna be gone in time for the next tenant.

Re: MHE

I do think there has been an amazing groundswell of support for this show, but we must remember this is a holiday week and so the grosses will not necessarily speak to long term success. There is still a long road ahead but at least it’s trending the right way. It will have some breathing room during the winter slump, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the Spring season dogpiles and drowns out this show - especially with more hotly anticipated shows (Old Friends, Mincemeat, etc)

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 1/2/25 at 10:30am

A good week is a good week, but I’m sure team MHE is still verrrrrrrry cautious. At a minimum, the’ve had at least 3 profitable weeks, and that momentum + reviews could be enough to encourage whoever is keeping the show financially afloat to keep sending money. Or maybe they’ll land somewhere around the breakeven when the dust settles later in Jan. I’d love to know what their advance is like or if most of these sales are happening week to week.

I’m less optimistic about WONDERFUL WORLD, which is treading water and isn’t a small show. It targets a similar demographic to GYPSY (old people and Black buyers), which now has more of a “must see” air. It’s also competing with elements of the demos for Sunset, MHE, and DBH.

Updated On: 1/2/25 at 10:30 AM

[DaveyG]

Posted: 1/2/25 at 10:40am

MHE is a show worth fighting for and I'm sure their producers are ready to weather Jan/Feb with a priority loan. The danger they face is that they will be old news by awards season, so Dead Outlaw and/or Operation Mincemeat could steal their thunder. It will be very interesting to see how it all pans out. 

 

Updated On: 1/2/25 at 10:40 AM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 1/2/25 at 10:46am

To me, MHE feels like a very strong frontrunner at the moment in a number of categories.

Mincemeat and Outlaw are interesting because they’re both scrappy musical comedies. They’ll be fighting each other, and fighting MHE, for the coveted audience of Original Musical fans + nominators/voters.

The temperature of the moment in May/June may indicate whether voters go for earnest vs funny.

Best Director of a Musical is shaping up to be a more interesting race, imo, between Lloyd and Arden and Wolfe and others.

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 1/2/25 at 11:02am

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "To me, MHE feels like a very strong frontrunner at the moment in a number of categories.

Mincemeat and Outlaw are interesting because they’re both scrappy musical comedies. They’ll be fighting each other, and fighting MHE, for the coveted audience of Original Musical fans + nominators/voters.

The temperature of the moment in May/June may indicate whether voters go for earnest vs funny.

Best Director of a Musical is shaping up to be a more interesting race, imo, between Lloyd and Arden and Wolfe and others."

I think you are overselling MHE's Tony chances. It feels like a very weak frontrunner at the moment and very vulnerable to a spring show stealing its thunder. It doesn't feel as strong as Kimberly did at this point a couple years ago and Kimberly ended up not getting a ton of spring competition to take its crown (its biggest threat, Some Like It Hot, was a fellow fall opener). I think Dead Outlaw or Operation Mincemeat could and will easily push MHE out of frontrunner status. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 1/2/25 at 11:27am

You might be right! Though I think a lot of us felt that way about DEH, too, and while a number of great spring shows emerged, they weren’t winners  

Maybe MHE is the Great Comet of this year…

[SingingEachtoEach]

Posted: 1/2/25 at 11:27am

I've seen Operation Micemeat in the UK and it's great but it's very British so I'm torn on whether it'll be as strong of a contender in the US.

I don't know Dead Outlaw but I'm intrigued for sure.

I do think Maybe Happy Ending is a strong contender based on what has currently been released but that conditional is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

[blaxx]

Posted: 1/2/25 at 8:59pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "To me, MHE feels like a very strong frontrunner at the moment in a number of categories.

Mincemeat and Outlaw are interesting because they’re both scrappy musical comedies. They’ll be fighting each other, and fighting MHE, for the coveted audience of Original Musical fans + nominators/voters.

The temperature of the moment in May/June may indicate whether voters go for earnest vs funny.

Best Director of a Musical is shaping up to be a more interesting race, imo, between Lloyd and Arden and Wolfe and others."

I don't think there is a universe where Jamie Lloyd doesn't take the award. 

I agree that MHE came in too early and it's too late to make it anywhere 

[Voter]

Posted: 1/2/25 at 9:24pm

blaxx said: "ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "To me, MHE feels like a very strong frontrunner at the moment in a number of categories.

Mincemeat and Outlaw are interesting because they’re both scrappy musical comedies. They’ll be fighting each other, and fighting MHE, for the coveted audience of Original Musical fans + nominators/voters.

The temperature of the moment in May/June may indicate whether voters go for earnest vs funny.

Best Director of a Musical is shaping up to be a more interesting race, imo, between Lloyd and Arden and Wolfe and others."

I don't think there is a universe where Jamie Lloyd doesn't take the award.

I agree that MHE came in too early and it's too late to make it anywhere"

 

 

I absolutely loved Maybe Happy Ending. If it looses Best Musical or does not win any Tony’s at all, it will close September or January 

[carlisle14]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 1:34pm

I recall when Wicked the movie was announced, there was some speculation that the movie might negatively impact theater attendance.  The thinking was that some patrons will not venture to NYC (or the touring shows) since they saw the story on screen.  CLEARLY, that is not the case.  $5 million in a week?!?!  The movie at $650 mil and growing,  Geez.  Unreal!  

[hayleyann]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 2:19pm

Hi there,

Can I get another copy of the gross report? Mine appears to have a typo, because I know damn well that's not supposed to say 5 million.

Thank you in advance!

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 3:59pm

I think, with all three musicals mentioned as frontrunners being smaller and scrappier shows, DEATH BECOMES HER is being underestimated! It's doing surprisingly well at the box office, the winter will be a good test of strength, as will spring with BOOP and SMASH pulling a similar demographic. It got solid reviews, it's splashy and funny, and the leads are pretty universally beloved by the theatre community.

[Ensemble1698878795]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 4:02pm

Brave Sir Robin2 said: "I think, with all three musicals mentioned as frontrunners being smaller and scrappier shows, DEATH BECOMES HER is being underestimated! It's doing surprisingly well at the box office, the winter will be a good test of strength, as will spring with BOOP and SMASH pulling a similar demographic. It got solid reviews, it's splashy and funny, and the leads are pretty universally beloved by the theatre community."

Yes, but splashy and fun is not typically awarded with the Best Musical prize. Moulin Rogue was a very weak exception. Nonetheless it will be a very exciting Broadway Spring.