Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/17/19

Ain't Too Proud looks pretty strong. It grossed $950,000 for a seven performance week of previews. 

Great to see Be More Chill have its best gross thus far at $770k. Hopefully it'll break the $800k barrier soon.

 

brdwybound04 said: "poor decision not to make a film out of it, with a cameo from CK..."

I'm not sure how he's connected, but a Louis CK cameo isn't really going to help things.

Be More Chill is the most impressive this week.

bdn223 said: "I think the real question of the week is Why were Frozen's grosses down? Its not a good sign."

In all fairness to Frozen, attendance was pretty good compared to recent weeks. But ticket prices fell pretty sharply, which isn’t great for a show so reliant on high-priced seats. Things will probably get better soon (I don’t think Frozen is in danger until it falls below $1 million) but the fact it has fallen behind Aladdin is not a good sign...

I agree on the CHER SHOW. I saw the show a month ago and noticed the wings of the mezzanine was empty empty. I'm guessing those were priced too high.

I expected Harry Potter to do better this week given it's the original cast's last week. 

Miles2Go2 said: "You mean film the staged version or a new movie adaption of the musical? Either one could further dilute the Broadway show. People would figure they don’t need to see this staged version since they saw the movie. Plus movie musicals are dicey propositions as many don’t recoup not to mention that financing of movies is often separate than financing of Broadway productions. Beautiful has done very well. It recouped a long time ago. It is in the small club of Broadway shows that have actually recouped. Whether it lasts another 9 months or closes tomorrow, it has arguably done very well. And I say this as someone who still hasn’t seen it."

That said, I do agree that a SUCCESSFUL movie version of Beautiful could definitely have a very positive impact.  The reality is that very few of the movies have been good enough to benefit their stage show, with Chicago being the goal.  A good version of Beautiful could be positive.  It will be very interesting to see what impact the movie version of Aladdin will have on the show, which has clearly lost steam at the box office (average ticket price as a good barometer). 

Wick3 said: "I agree on the CHER SHOW. I saw the show a month ago and noticed the wings of the mezzanine was empty empty. I'm guessing those were priced too high.

I expected Harry Potter to do better this week given it's the original cast's last week."

The show did a poor job of advertising the fact imo..

While in line to be let in, there were two women behind me who had gotten tickets awhile back to see the show for the first time. I told them they lucked out as it was the final show of the original cast. They were happy but had no clue. And I know that a lot of others were kind of clueless to the fact (although the hardcore fans were definitely there too)