Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/25/18

[Rob]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 4:57pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 2/25/2018 in BroadwayWorld'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.

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Up for the week by attendance was: LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS (7.7%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (7.7%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (4.8%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (4.8%), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (4.2%), THE BAND'S VISIT (4.1%), JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART (3.6%), BEAUTIFUL (2.8%), HELLO, DOLLY! (1.9%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (1.8%), WAITRESS (1.6%), WICKED (1.5%), COME FROM AWAY (0.2%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (-15.5%), KINKY BOOTS (-10.6%), CHICAGO (-6.9%), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (-6.5%), FARINELLI AND THE KING (-5.0%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-0.7%), ANASTASIA (-0.1%), HAMILTON (-0.1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.1%),

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[LesWickedly]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 4:58pm

Frozen almost broke a million with four shows.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:00pm

Nice to see Hello, Dolly! up for their reopening

[ethan231h]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:02pm

interesting grosses for sure this week....i know many schools were off, but also many were not. 

[TheatreRocks]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:02pm

How did A Bronx Tale go up in capacity but down in money?

[binau]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:04pm

So happy that Dolly has hit a million yet again!

[a-mad]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:08pm

Frozen and AiA both with great starts!

Waitress doing well, but surprised it didn't hit capacity with Sara healthy for all shows...?

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:09pm

TheatreRocks said: "How did A Bronx Tale go up in capacity but down in money?"

Sold more tickets at a cheaper price. Obvs. 

[little_sally]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:12pm

I thought the grosses would be better since the area schools were closed. But glad Spongebob went up.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:12pm

Wow, Margaritaville isn't doing nearly as bad as I expected it'd be doing.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:28pm

That FROZEN number is insane.

[binau]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:33pm

I find the Hamilton number to be insane. It's just not THAT good. And I felt incredibly ripped off when the performance I saw had a bunch of mediocre understudy performances in the lead roles. It felt a bit stale/theme-park like rather than a genuine piece of art. 

Updated On: 2/26/18 at 05:33 PM

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:35pm

a-mad said: "Frozen and AiA both with great starts!"

Angels (I assume that's what that ridiculous acronym referred to) most certainly did NOT do well. Hopefully it will improve but this seems like a potentially major miscalculation. 

[ethan231h]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:37pm

When i was picking up my tickets to angels the other night, there was a LONG line at the box office, of all TDF ticket holders. 

[a-mad]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:54pm

HogansHero said: "a-mad said: "Frozen and AiA both with great starts!"

Angels (I assume that's what that ridiculous acronym referred to) most certainly did NOT do well. Hopefully it will improve but this seems like a potentially major miscalculation."

Apologies on the "ridiculous" acronym - I didn't realize typing "AiA" would cause such a freak-out.  Let me know if there's a better acronym, or if I should just type "Angels" when referring to this production.  Didn't realize there were certain rules around acronyms when posting a quick message on this board...

 

[lemiz3001]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 6:06pm

Don't worry, Hogan's just being his usual know it all self.

Angels did fine for their first week of previews. They have a healthy advance and they should build as the weeks go on and they get into their usual performance schedule. 

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 6:47pm

@a-mad, sorry for the freak out. It's just that Angels is kinda hallowed ground for me and a lot of others and has been called that pretty much from the beginning, and isn't THAT hard to type. Also AIA is the well known acronym of a major professional organization. 

@lemiz3001, if I can inquire of YOUR know it all self, a few questions: (1) on what planet are the Angels' numbers fine? They look scary bad to me, what with the low avg price, and the pretty darn high nut. And (2) where are you getting this healthy advance nonsense? This is not a hard thing to prove unfounded, even if you start out knowing nothing at all. Now yes, it can turn around, and as I said I hope it does, but there are a lot of very nervous people right now, who probably thought they knew it all too. If you want to have a more detailed and reality based discussion of the show's numbers, I am happy to do that with you.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 7:05pm

a-mad said: "HogansHero said: "a-mad said: "Frozen and AiA both with great starts!"

Angels (I assume that's what that ridiculous acronym referred to) most certainly did NOT do well. Hopefully it will improve but this seems like a potentially major miscalculation."

Apologies on the "ridiculous" acronym - I didn't realize typing"AiA" would cause such a freak-out. Let me know if there's a better acronym, or if I should just type "Angels" when referring to this production. Didn't realize there were certain rules around acronyms when posting a quick message on this board...

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Why apologize...it really doesn't matter. No worries dude.

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 8:08pm

HogansHero said: "a-mad said: "Frozen and AiA both with great starts!"

Angels (I assume that's what that ridiculous acronym referred to) most certainly did NOT do well. Hopefully it will improve but this seems like a potentially major miscalculation."

I thought Angel’s numbers were horrible too, but as someone who has just started following box office numbers in the last few months, I wasn’t sure if that was the percentage compared to an eight show week or prorated as they only played 3 shows. If it’s the latter, those numbers are horrible. I guess can I see why it could be hard sell (a straight play, a two parter with long time commitment, not exactly tourist friendly), but I expected this to be one of hard to get tickets of the year, especially based on its recent popular run in London and its revered status. . 

[comets]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 8:10pm

Anyways, who was the target audience for the John Lithgow show? Shocked it did as well as it did. 

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 8:22pm

comets said: "Anyways, who was the target audience for the John Lithgow show? Shocked it did as well as it did."

Yeah. I’m not sure. I’m a fan of his acting, but this doesn’t hold much appeal to me. I’m guessing it appeals to the bridge and tunnel crowd any maybe baby boomers standing in line at TKTS.  

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 10:07pm

Miles2Go2 said: "I thought Angel’s numbers were horrible too, but as someone who has just started following box office numbersin the last few months, I wasn’t sure if that was the percentage compared to an eight show week or prorated as they only played 3 shows. If it’s the latter, those numbers are horrible. I guess can I see why it could be hard sell (a straight play, a two parter with long time commitment, not exactly tourist friendly), but I expected this to be one of hard to get tickets of the year, especially based on its recent popular run in London and its revered status. ."

The gross percentage is the ratio of actual to potential gross for the 3 performances. (You can see the potential is $618,435 for the 3 shows, yielding the percentage of just over 50%. That is 3/8 of what it will be in a normal week.) 

The telling number to me is the average ticket price of $77.23, which tells us that they did not sell a lot of tickets at full price much less premium. (In fact, based on the lines at half-hour at the box office, it's clear that they sold a heck of a lot of TDF tickets that had to be picked up then.) That is a cause for great concern. I expect things to improve but it is from a position of weakness. I didn't expect that and obviously neither did the producers. Hopefully they can right this ship. 

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 10:13pm

Thanks, HogansHero. I knew you’d know. Hope things improve for this show. Not sure I’ll make it back to NYC during its run, but I want it to do well.

[222disneyland]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 10:17pm

qolbinau said: "I find the Hamilton number to be insane. It's just not THAT good. And I felt incredibly ripped off when the performance I saw had a bunch of mediocre understudy performances in the lead roles. It felt a bit stale/theme-park like rather than a genuine piece of art."

 

I am Australian too. I really did love it. But 3M dollars wtf???

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 10:31pm

222disneyland said: "qolbinau said: "I find the Hamilton number to be insane. It's just not THAT good. And I felt incredibly ripped off when the performance I saw had a bunch of mediocre understudy performances in the lead roles. It felt a bit stale/theme-park like rather than a genuine piece of art."



I am Australian too. I really did love it. But 3M dollars wtf???"

It’s my favorite show so I don’t begrudge it its success. As someone who has to travel to NYC and never knows a year or 9 months ahead of time, I do wish it was easier to get tickets closer to trips without paying exorbitant re-sell prices. That’s why I’ve only seen it twice. Once in 2015 with the OBC cast in the last row of rear mezzanine at hotel concierge resell prices. Then last year in Chicago when I was there for a quick work trip. Also, at resell prices, but much more affordable. But what are you gonna do? Whether you agree that it should be or not, it’s a phenomenon that’s not likely to subside anytime soon.