Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/27/16

Happy to see Something Rotten hit $1 million again.

This seemed to be a great week for everyone. Spring Break tourists I guess

Glad to see Bright Star played at 95% capacity this week! They aren't making a lot of money atm, it's encouraging. The more people see it, the more people will hopefully talk it up to other people and they can raise the prices/comp less than they do now. Fingers crossed, I loved that show!

So much for the predicting the imminent demise of Finding Neverland . This million dollar week alone probably made up for those couple of leaner weeks in February.

What a great week! So good to see so many shows above $1 million.

Waitress did really, really well for just a weekend of performances. American Psycho look to be starting strong too. Very exciting.

What happened with Eclipsed? That seems like a pretty sharp drop, especially in a week where almost every other show seemed to do better just by the sheer power of spring break. Did they miss a performance or something?

Alex10 said: "What happened with Eclipsed? That seems like a pretty sharp drop, especially in a week where almost every other show seemed to do better just by the sheer power of spring break. Did they miss a performance or something?"

I was a little surprised by this too. But I will say that the theatre district was crawling with spring breakers (lots of teenagers on class trips, families, college kids) which certainly attributed to the boost overall. Of all the musicals and plays, I think Eclipsed would likely be low on their list, putting it in a comparably lower position. Though in general almost 20% is big drop off for one week.

little_sally said: "neonlightsxo said: "Eclipsed doesn't seem to be catching on.

I was wondering how big of a draw Lupita Nyong'o would be and I guess she's not a very big one. I'm not surprised; I don't think she's a house-hold name, regardless of her Oscar win."



Not to mention she's only doing 7 shows per week.

nasty_khakis said: "Well, when you don't offer rush or discounts...lol"

There have been discounts available for a while now. Though it does seem like much of this opening weekend sold far in advance, even before the discounts came out.

A good week for Broadway. A great week for Waitress!

By open, you mean begin previews? Because lots of stuff has yet to open.

Happy to see the nice start for Psycho.

Blackbird's numbers continue to seem disappointing. Anyone have any thoughts why? Is it the subject matter?

10086sunset said: "Happy to see the nice start for Psycho.

Blackbird's numbers continue to seem disappointing. Anyone have any thoughts why? Is it the subject matter?"



No, I don't think it's the subject matter. The subject matter is not clear from the marketing. I just think Jeff Daniels & Michelle Williams aren't big box office stars, as wonderful as they may be.