Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/10/13

[Rob]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 3:03pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 3/10/2013 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.

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Up for the week by attendance was: ANN (10.1%), CHICAGO (6.9%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (5.3%), ONCE (4.5%), THE LION KING (3.4%), CINDERELLA (3.1%), THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (1.3%), MAMMA MIA! (1.0%), NEWSIES (0.7%), ROCK OF AGES (0.6%), JERSEY BOYS (0.5%),

Down for the week by attendance was: ANNIE (-14.6%), HANDS ON A HARDBODY (-9.9%), CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (-5.6%), KINKY BOOTS (-3.2%), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (-2.0%), LUCKY GUY (-1.9%), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-1.7%), WICKED (-1.0%),

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[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 3:11pm

Without raves I don't see how HANDS ON A HARDBODY will last very long.

Also, am I the only one who thought Johannson would've meant bigger grosses for CAT?

[kyl3fong2]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 3:12pm

Great start for Matilda! And glad to see Cinderella & Newsies doing well too!

[Pammylicious]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 3:13pm

Cinderella continues it's million dollar per week run.

Hands on a Hardbody is doomed.

Tom Hanks is very loved. I've never seen over a million for a play.

Kinky Boots did half of what the could.

Interesting wee.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 3:15pm

Congrats to "Chicago" for a nice little increase from the previous week. Plenty of other shows need some box office love. from RC in Austin, Texas (in NYC from June 7-10)

Updated On: 3/11/13 at 03:15 PM

[brotherhoodofman]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 3:38pm

Holy cow, the average ticket to Hands on a Hardbody was $28.45?! Ouch.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 3:38pm

The fact that Cinderella trailed only BOM, Wicked and The Lion King among musicals is pretty impressive to me. It even out grossed, wait for it, Spiderman.

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 3:51pm

I ask once more...Will HARDBODY even open? Or will it become the next GLORY DAYS?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 3:55pm

I love it when people state the obvious. Yawn.

Though I didn't enjoy "hands on a hardbody" I respect their courage in bringing a new work to broadway and it was evident their(cast) passion for the project. I admittedly cringed at those numbers.

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 5:12pm

Am I the only one getting very tired of Patti Lupone FANatic? Everytime Chicago makes a tiny increase this is greeted with a tiresome ***congratulations post***, if anyone dares to ciritc Chicago in a way that this poster doesn't like, he is the first to jump down their neck.

This poster needs to get a healthy life balance.

[Blockhead24]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 5:24pm

^ No. No you're not.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 5:36pm

It doesn't hurt anyone, and considering the show is often derided around these parts for various reasons, it's heartening that at least he's cheering for it.

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 5:41pm

As a 30+ year Keith Carradine fan, it's really sad to see these numbers for Hands on a Hardbody. Sounds like there is no chance of it still being around for my next NYC trip in late August. How DOES a show get a $28.45 ave. ticket price. I genuinely would like to understand. Are 1/2 the audience comps? Is everything a rush ticket? I am trying to figure out how this could even be achieved.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 5:45pm

Discounts and comps galore. It's called papering, where they give tickets away just to have an audience.

Very sad.

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 5:53pm

Sad indeed. Thanks for the info.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 6:42pm

Phantom, Phantom, Phantom.... In the back of my mind, I kind of expected someone to comment on my little gif. I do this sort of thing to amuse myself, to enliven this thread a bit and also to recognize "Chicago"...the Energizer Bunny musical of Broadway (with due recognition to Phantom of the Opera). The fact that such an inocuous display bothers you, says more about you than me. Most people see it for what it is....just a simple display of fan devotion. Stop being a bitter so-and-so. "This poster needs to get a healthy life balance. " (Physician...heal thyself. Do follow your own advice.) from RC in Austin, Texas P.S. A big hug and thanks to Smaxie, for your kind words.

Updated On: 3/11/13 at 06:42 PM

[Jonwo]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 7:09pm

Lucky Guy will probably recoup fairly quickly, are they doing 8 performances a week or like Death of a Salesman and Glengarry Glen Ross, just seven.

Updated On: 3/11/13 at 07:09 PM

[ACL2006]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 10:13pm

Nice numbers for Cinderella. Would be nice to see The Broadway Theater have a hit there for once(I think Miss Saigon was the last successful show there).

[dramamama611]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 10:18pm

8 shows -- although I'm not sure if that's the case DURING previews.

[Playbilly]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 10:24pm

Hardbody proves that some shows shouldn't go beyond regional productions. This might have even been a promising off-Broadway show.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 3/12/13 at 11:14am

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 1,500 or so not the full capacity of the Broadway? Don't they have the option of opening more seats in the back? If so, I can't tell if I'd rather open more seats or keep it closed off and increase demand.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 3/12/13 at 11:31am

>8 shows -- although I'm not sure if that's the case DURING previews<

Lucky Guy played seven shows last week. They start performing eight shows a week this week,

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 3/12/13 at 11:35am

JNB9872, I believe that during previews, Rows K-R of the rear mez were curtained off at the Broadway for Cindy, but as of last week those seats were being sold at about $35 each. If I'm correct, the numbers posted in last week's chart were off, as they didn't reflect the change in seating capacity.

[James885]

Posted: 3/12/13 at 12:41pm

Would be nice to see The Broadway Theater have a hit there for once(I think Miss Saigon was the last successful show there).

Wasn't The Color Purple a hit at the Broadway? I could've sworn it recouped its investment.