Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/4- Page 2

[littlebutterfly10]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 12:37am

^ I certainly understand that a show's success comes down to selling seats, and am interested in understanding the data reported with the grosses each week a little better. I interpreted the show's numbers this week to mean that even though their gross went down, they are not nearly close to their potential gross, and the average ticket price is pretty low, those numbers were partially watered down due to comped tickets, because they sold at 90% seating capacity. If that is incorrect, would you mind explaining to me where I went wrong?

[massofmen]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 1:04am

follies costs more than 600k to run.

and there are going to be a few open theaters in about 3 weeks.

[binau]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 2:47am

I mean the figure quoted was 600k. Even if it's a tiny bit higher only the last two weeks were they probably really losing money, right? I think now is the point where they risk losing a lot of money if things don't improve...(on top of the capitalization of course)

Updated On: 12/6/11 at 02:47 AM

[AnythingGoes2]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 3:04am

Follies costs $625000 to run weekly. Their marketing is those who want to see it will pay the full whack, as seen by its avg ticket being 110. Its still making a tiny profit that way.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 9:24am

littlebutterfly10, all of the opening night comps for BONNIE AND CLYDE are also factored into the 90% attendance figure, so that number is artificially inflated.

[massofmen]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 10:16am

that also the GROSS GROSS before fees.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 10:55am

And Bonnie and Clyde is heavily comping seats anyway, not just for opening night.

[krispy kreme]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 11:18am

Other than BOM, does it seem like this holiday season's box office is down over last year? I don't remember it seeming this slow. Any insight?