Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/5/23

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: FUNNY GIRL (6.2%), PICTURES FROM HOME (0.5%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: SOME LIKE IT HOT (-14.1%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-13.2%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (-11.1%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (-9.7%), WICKED (-9.3%), HADESTOWN (-7.8%), & JULIET (-7.8%), LEOPOLDSTADT (-7.7%), CHICAGO (-6.5%), MJ THE MUSICAL (-6.5%), ALADDIN (-6.1%), SIX (-6%), PARADE (-5.9%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-4.4%), BAD CINDERELLA (-4.2%), THE LION KING (-3.9%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-3.3%), A DOLL'S HOUSE (-2.4%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-0.9%), HAMILTON (-0.8%),

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That seems like a good haul for DANCIN' for only 4 performances (extrapolated to an 8-show week, it would proportionally have made $660K).

BAD CINDERELLA is having a REALLY rough go of it. $568K of a musical that size does not bode well for future prospects. Same for the $663K for SOME LIKE IT HOT.

SWEENEY is really just going to mop everyone up at the box office this Spring...

SWEENEY in the top 5 for its 2nd week of performances – with only 6 shows – is notable.

A super solid number for PARADE, too. This isn't in any way saying that the antisemetic protestors were good, but factually speaking it has generated more press & perhaps more industry goodwill for the show than it would have otherwise received. The producers & Miramontez were savvy in the way they ran with that; lemons/lemonade.

That $65 average ticket for BAD CINDERELLA is, well, bad. Too early to make a prediction, but if numbers don't build substantially it could post closing the day after Tony noms.

We need to stop pretending that Nathan Lane is a draw when there's not a star of equal or greater stature alongside him.

Updated On: 3/7/23 at 01:46 PM

Why do you think & Juliet would be closing? It's still doing over a million in the box office, and I'm sure it'll just get better in the summer. Next winter could be tough but it seems like people have been enjoying the show enough that it wouldn't really need Tonys to keep it going, and the score is fairly popular. I'd guess that it gets a Mean Girls sort of run, maybe slightly shorter, but definitely through the new year.

Those Sweeney Todd numbers are making me happy! Cannot wait to see it this weekend!

If Kimberly were to announce a closing, do we think they'd at least continue through the "tickets on sale" date of early June at this point? I'm about to buy tickets for mid-April.

Since they've made it this far, it seems hard to imagine them not kicking in the extra money to keep it going until then.

People need to understand that throwing in "extra money" isn't a thing, these shows have a set capitalization, and once the show opens by law they can't continue to solicit investment through traditional means.

They can however secure priority loans which we have seen in recent seasons Bright Star and Gentleman's Guide do, which in the case of those shows either REALLY works out for you, or causes more damage

Even more dumbfounding you wouldn't do any research before posting. A Beautiful Noise has been 30% off for weeks now at telechargeoffers. Yikes.

Bad numbers but many shows are opening this month, which will give Broadway that lovely boost needed.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "dwwst12 said: "If Kimberly were to announce a closing, do we think they'd at least continue through the "tickets on sale" date of early June at this point? I'm about to buy tickets for mid-April.Since they've made it this far, it seems hard to imagine them not kicking in the extra money to keep it going until then."

I do not see KIMBERLY closing before the Tony noms. At this point in the season it has the best chance of winning and David Stone understands this biz better than a lot of people. Opening in late fall meant they always knew they'd have to weather the storm of winter.

Assuming it costs about $500K a week to run, this week would have been the first time it lost money since November."

I've been saying since the beginning that Stone knows how to get Akimbo to June. I assume with the winter we've had that they're in a better place than they thought they would be. I do think it's one of the shows that could have issues if the Tonys are significantly delayed, though.

Kimberly Akimbo will win best musical, run for another year at least and make a profit. Not in trouble!!

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "BETTY22 said: "Kimberly and Some Like It Hot are in trouble.Wonder how much money the producer are willing/able to lose?Do you think winning a TONY would be able to make either a hit?"

Of course nobody knows the answer to that, but we can make educated guesses.

If we assume that SLIH costs somewhere around $650K to run each week, it's in a similar situation as KIMBERLY: it has not lost money since December (after sustaining some losses in previews). That means it's treading water, but it's been well above $700K for the past 9 weeks.A musical that expensive will build a healthy reserve into the capitalization for this purpose. If they waive weekly fees & royalties for creative team and service providers, that weekly running cost will decrease even more.

Tony attention and spring/summer tourism could increase the grosses, but time will tell.

For something like SLIH, even if it never becomes whole on Broadway and doesn't last a full year, the longer it runs in NYC the better positioned it will be to tour (where it could make real money) or play London or Australia or other territories, which will all kick some money back to the mother company. This might not be the hottest title for stock & amateur licensing, since it does have racially-specific characters and some communities will not be able to appropriately cast the show if they don't have a wealth of Black, White, and Latino talent."

I would think SLIH's running cost would be somewhere around 850k. They supposedly took out a priority loan to make it to the Tonys and I think they'll mostly likely win some - I think they have a real shot at Leading Actor, Score, Choreography (unless NY, NY is a surprise), and Orchestrations. Maybe more? I doubt they'll pull off Best Musical, however. I think KA has the edge there.

I believe Some Like It Hot will win Best Musical at the Tonys given those involved. And it’s clearly a great solid show.