Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/8/24

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: SWEPT AWAY (20.4%), A WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG MUSICAL (18.3%), WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (10.3%), TAMMY FAYE (8.9%), THE NOTEBOOK (8.1%), OUR TOWN (7.9%), CULT OF LOVE (7.2%), MJ THE MUSICAL (5.6%), SUNSET BLVD. (3.8%), SUFFS (3.6%), DEATH BECOMES HER (3.5%), HELL'S KITCHEN (2.5%), THE ROOMMATE (2.4%), GYPSY (2.2%), THE LION KING (2%), THE GREAT GATSBY (1.6%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (1.5%), EUREKA DAY (0.7%), CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB (0.7%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-7.6%), ELF (-7.6%), & JULIET (-6.7%), HADESTOWN (-5%), HAMILTON (-4.6%), SIX (-3.5%), ROMEO + JULIET (-3.1%), CHICAGO (-2.6%), THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA (-2.4%), STEREOPHONIC (-1.7%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-1.4%), ALADDIN (-1.2%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (-0.8%), LEFT ON TENTH (-0.3%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.3%), THE OUTSIDERS (-0.2%),

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Drops were to be expected for most shows post-Thanksgiving weekend, but some of them weren't too drastic and a stronger than expected week arose. We're now on track for a full season north of $1.7 billion at this rate!

Who had SUFFS reaching seven figures - at any time - when it announced its Broadway transfer?

It's as much of a shocker that ROMEO + JULIET fell out of the million-dollar club. They should bounce back, no big deal.

Strong end for WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, and it looks like THE NOTEBOOK is heading there too. TAMMY FAYE went out, once more, with a whimper.

Credit CABARET and MAYBE HAPPY ENDING for holding rather firm this week.

Great week for Death becomes her! But MHE is still struggling, I see a closing announcement soon, it won't survive the winter.



Ps: bye Tammy!

Updated On: 12/10/24 at 04:43 PM

I had the same thought about MHE - I expected grosses to be higher given they sold out the entirety of last weekend. However I actually view this week’s grosses as a win (or at least not as a loss). They managed to keep relatively stable numbers compared to the prior week which was a holiday week! Obviously a little dip but not tremendous.That means Thanksgiving weekend was just a fluke and it wasn’t a one off. You have to especially compare it to the last non-holiday week from a week before Thanksgiving. It indicates momentum. Question is, is it enough? Trust me I want more than anything for it to stay open so that more people get to experience this beautiful show.

Tammy didn't even reach 50% capacity for it's final week. Yeesh.

Crossing my fingers that Maybe Happy Ending can hold steady. I don't know how it makes it past February, but damn does it deserve to.

binau said: "Do we think Maybe Happy Ending is making a profit? If this was 10 years ago I would suggest it would be and the show had legs, but now I am concerned. I’ll admit, I am super impressed at the turnaround and it’s more than I ever would have predicted but is it enough? And the dead of January is imminent.

Now they’re surviving to stay afloat and I can imagine sharks swarming around the theatre for something in the spring."

To be fair, just from looking at the MHE ticket maps, their advance sales for January are looking a good bit better than they were just say…two weeks ago? Hopefully January won’t be as dead as feared for the show.

Also, there’s nothing announced for spring that doesn’t have a theater now outside of a Ragtime transfer. The only possibilities now for going into the Belasco are shows we don’t even know are ready to transfer like Dead Outlaw, Motive & the Cue or Gun & Powder which is going through a name change it seems so there’s gonna be a lack of recognition issue there. So, who’s to say that’s for sure a better option for the Belasco than MHE?

Updated On: 12/10/24 at 04:58 PM

TigerBait88 said: "binau said: "Do we think Maybe Happy Ending is making a profit? If this was 10 years ago I would suggest it would be and the show had legs, but now I am concerned. I’ll admit, I am super impressed at the turnaround and it’s more than I ever would have predicted but is it enough? And the dead of January is imminent.

Now they’re surviving to stay afloat and I can imagine sharks swarming around the theatre for something in the spring."

To be fair, justfrom looking at the MHE ticket maps, their advance sales for January are looking a good bit better than they were just say…two weeks ago? Hopefully January won’t be as dead as feared for the show.

Also, there’s nothing announced for springthat doesn’t have a theater now outside of a Ragtime transfer.The only possibilities now for going into the Belasco are showswe don’t even know are ready to transfer like Dead Outlaw, Motive & the Cue or Gun & Powder which is going through a name change it seems so there’s gonna be a lack of recognition issue there. So,who’s to say that’s for sure a better option for the Belasco than MHE?"

Shows switch theaters all the time.

TigerBait88 said: "binau said: "Do we think Maybe Happy Ending is making a profit? If this was 10 years ago I would suggest it would be and the show had legs, but now I am concerned. I’ll admit, I am super impressed at the turnaround and it’s more than I ever would have predicted but is it enough? And the dead of January is imminent.

Now they’re surviving to stay afloat and I can imagine sharks swarming around the theatre for something in the spring."

To be fair, justfrom looking at the MHE ticket maps, their advance sales for January are looking a good bit better than they were just say…two weeks ago? Hopefully January won’t be as dead as feared for the show.

Also, there’s nothing announced for springthat doesn’t have a theater now outside of a Ragtime transfer.The only possibilities now for going into the Belasco are showswe don’t even know are ready to transfer like Dead Outlaw, Motive & the Cue or Gun & Powder which is going through a name change it seems so there’s gonna be a lack of recognition issue there. So,who’s to say that’s for sure a better option for the Belasco than MHE?"



Didn't I read here that Ragtime is being produced at LCT next season?

EDSOSLO858 said: "Mr. Wormwood said: "Is there an explanation for the jump for A Wonderful World or did it just have a good week?"

Most of its core audience was out of the city for the Thanksgiving holiday. Remember that this was also the case with A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, their numbers would typically rise after holiday weeks."

AWW's next few weeks look fairly solid. Who knows if that'll carry into January though. IMO, like A Beautiful Noise, their matinees are their best sellers and should be doing a matinee on Wednesdays instead of an evening performance.