Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/4/12

[Rob]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 3:57pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 3/4/2012 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.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 4:10pm

That's a great first week for ONCE

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 4:25pm

Ouch for my favorite show "Chicago." But fear not, Spring is almost here...and better box office receipts for Broadway all around. from Roman in Austin, Texas... five days and counting until my arrival in NYC. : )

[AnythingGoes2]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 5:25pm

Priscilla and Sister Act can't last much longer...

[singtopher]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 7:20pm

Apparently (according to an insider) it was a bizarrely slow week all around. However, sales for this week have been in good shape.

[After Eight]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 7:27pm

"That's a great first week for ONCE"

What's great about a 55% potential gross?

[Jonwo]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 7:40pm

A lot of shows dropped off as last week was boosted by President's Day Monday, H2S is looking iffy but it's still doing better than Prisicilla and Sister Act.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 7:46pm

Given the amount of comping that happens during a first week of previews the act that ONCE still out grossed Priscilla, Sister Act and Memphis is pretty good in my book. A lot were worried The show might suffer the same fate as Lysistrata Jones (Off broadway hit with no stars or advance) but Once looks like it has some real potential- gross percentage will hopefully rise with word of mouth.

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 9:20pm

After Eight - 55% gross potential is a very solid week for a first preview. Many long running shows (Phantom, Mamma Mia, Mary Poppins, Chicago, etc.) frequently have weeks below 55% gross potential. Even so, previews are heavily comped and 55% is actually quite high. If you'll remember a few months back, Lysistrata Jones was performing in the teens and Bonnie and Clyde was hovering around 30%.

Also, I think it's ridiculous to make any judgments on grosses for only 8 performances when there has been no chance for word of mouth to spread and there are no reviews out. You can take your pessimism and unjustified hatred for new musicals back to the Once preview thread. It's really missing your commentary.

[After Eight]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 9:46pm

^
bd,

I have no hatred of new musicals. Just bad ones.

No one wants any more of my commentary on the Once preview thread, and indeed, I said all I needed to say. And what I wrote there sent people into such a frenzy that I was, quite frankly, astonished. Can't believe how some people go ballistic when someone dares veer from the party line. You, evidently, are one such.

As to waiting for the word of mouth to spread, what if that word is.........

bad?

[AGermano]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 10:01pm

Updated On: 3/5/12 at 10:01 PM

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 10:03pm

I'm sorry you feel that way but you're certainly entitled to your opinions. I was commenting on how you seemed to reject anyone who said they liked something including other musicals.

To make this post relevant, I completely agree word of mouth could be bad. However, I've heard mostly good things. Still, I said "it's ridiculous to make any judgments on grosses for only 8 performances" which goes both ways. The show could certainly be a huge success, a colossal failure, or somewhere in between but one week of performances in a preview period isn't going to give you much insight either way.

[After Eight]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 10:03pm

^

If you want someone to stop, don't provoke.

[bk]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 10:10pm

Why is it when shows have a mediocre week there's always an excuse for it? But when shows have great weeks, that means that all is well and it's GREAT. Sometimes shows have bad weeks. Some shows have bad weeks every week and no amount of excuse is going to change that.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 3/5/12 at 10:39pm

When you take into account the amount of comps Once had for that week, 55% & $525K is pretty damn good. for a small set & cast, it's weekly nut must be pretty low.

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 3/6/12 at 1:53am

hmm JCS might have an issue, but the gross is super low because of the special there running during previews....

[AGermano]

Posted: 3/6/12 at 2:44am

^ They were at 92.3% capacity and only had 4 performances......

...For their first 4 previews, I don't see how they might "have an issue" with those numbers... Updated On: 3/6/12 at 02:44 AM

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 3/6/12 at 4:34am

^ keep in mind those 4 performances were over the weekend.... lets see how it fairs over a full week

And also keep in mind godspell was in the 80%-90% their first few weeks and we see how thats playing out.... papering is a magical thing..... Updated On: 3/6/12 at 04:34 AM

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 3/6/12 at 8:04am

Yes, it's too early to tell for Superstar, what with only four performances, but even when Godspell was papering like crazy to get up to 80-90% capacity their gross potential percentage never reached up in the 70s like Superstar did for this weekend.

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 3/6/12 at 8:27am

I could see Superstar papering like crazy. I was there last night and the entire casts of Spider-Man and Godspell were there, and I'm pretty sure they got comped, so it's hard to say who else did too.