Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/5

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 12/5/2010 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

Those are looking to be some great numbers for Spider-Man. They are almost at a million in only a 5 show week. They could have a long run if it continues like this.

I'm hoping Spider Man falls flat on its ass one day...but it probably won't happen.

For the most part, consistency all around.

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I'm hoping Spider Man falls flat on its ass one day...but it probably won't happen.

What a malicious thing to say, why would you even post that?

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i think people are more curious about Spiderman than anything else. Once the reviews come out and word of mouth starts to get around, I'd expect it's numbers to fall. The show also doesn't start a regular 8 show a week schedule until January, which is suprising considering the Christmas holiday coming up where most shows make a ton of money.

It's performance schedule is:
Dec. 6-12: 5 shows
Dec. 13-19: 5 shows
Dec. 20-26: 6 shows
Dec. 27 - Jan. 2: 8 shows
Jan. 3-9: 8 shows
Jan. 10-16: 7 shows(Jan. 11 opening night)
Starting Jan. 17: 8 shows each week.

I don't understand the need for Rain to continue past the holidays. Will it really make money in the dead of winter?? And why is Colin Quinn extending?? He'll be performing to 50 people a night in the winter. Everyone's numbers should continue to get better as Christmas/New Year's gets closer.

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Spiderman would extrapolate to $1.47mm with 8 shows. If they are running a standard theater and royalty agreement, that would mean about 1.29mm after gross expenses and theater cut. Sub out the $1mm operating expenses. Then pay out ~40% of the profit to the royalty pool, and you've got about $175K for investors. At that rate, they'd recoup in about 7 years.

Of course, since they are licensing the character from Marvel/Disney, and have U2 writing the music, and Taymor doing the book/directing, I'd imagine the royalties are more expensive than usual.

Hopefully the money that came in late was smart enough to make sure Bono & friends don't get paid until they do.

I'm sorry but the statement that only the people on these boards are negative about the show is a bit much. I have a lot of close friends/family in NYC and the ones who have seen it hated it, and that diagnosis of the show has been repeated on many sites, and even on TV/radio. So to say that the majority of people seeing it love it is kinda out there considering that at every performance alot of people are walking out saying how incoherent the 2nd act is and how lackluster the score is.
I hope the show picks up the pace in terms of fixing the book and score...right now that's where the problems are. IT seems like for the most part they have worked out the big kinks in the technical aspect...now to move onto the REAL heart of the show.

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I can't wait to see this show.. or any show for that matter.. FINALLY dethrone the 'almighty' WICKED for top gross.

Really bummed that La Bete isnt doing that well...and that the numbers for BBAJ weren't higher - here's to hoping that folks mobilize to see this show before it closes

Here's an interesting way to look at the grosses:

http://andrewasnes.typepad.com/theater_advisor/2010/12/broadway-grosses-nov-29-dec-5-2010-and-why-revenue-per-seat-matters.html

A different way of looking at things.

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fingerlakessinger, while I hate overgeneralizations on this board as much as the next person, I am only stating the mere fact of the matter, from MY observations, in my post. I work at large luxury hotel in Midtown and have no heard one negative thing about the show from a guest. Now, mind you, I feel like all I do is work, so I may live in a bubble. I was merely stating that between this board and my interaction with tourists, these were the only negative comments that I had heard. Sheesh.

Sundaymorning, it's never as simple as that.

1) Any "jobs lost" in the theatre are jobs expected to be lost eventually. Nothing runs forever, particularly any theatre job. To hope for such a thing is antithetical to the ephemeral nature of art. You want job security? Go into a more stable discipline (although, in this economy, who knows what that is?). Out-of-work artists always move on to the next job (if they can get one - if not, they transition).

2) Anyone who hopes for Spiderman to fail is probably doing so out of a love for theatre that appeals to be something more than just a mindless tourist diversion. We already have a glut of that (Phantom, Mamma Mia, Lion King, Million Dollar Quartet, etc.) as opposed to Broadway fare that aims to be something more (Scottsboro Boys, Catered Affair, Light In The Piazza, etc.).

You may find the sentiment repellent, but make an effort to explore what may be behind it before jerking the knee.

^^^
Hear, hear!

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