Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 3:05pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 3/8/2015 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: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (9.0%), ON THE TOWN (7.9%), LES MISÉRABLES (6.9%), CHICAGO (4.1%), WICKED (3.8%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (3.6%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (3.5%), MATILDA (1.8%), ALADDIN (1.7%), CONSTELLATIONS (1.5%), JERSEY BOYS (1.2%), CABARET (1.1%), MAMMA MIA! (1.0%), HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (0.4%), THE AUDIENCE (0.3%), THE LION KING (0.1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.1%),
Down for the week by attendance was: IT'S ONLY A PLAY (-4.2%), THE HEIDI CHRONICLES (-4.2%), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (-3.1%), KINKY BOOTS (-1.9%), BEAUTIFUL (-0.7%), ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (-0.3%), FISH IN THE DARK (-0.2%), IF/THEN (-0.1%),
Pootie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/14
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 3:14pmIF/THEN actually went up since the week before? And Menzel was out for 4 shows. Wow.
#BoycottTrumplikePattiMurin
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 3:16pm
Congratulations to HONEYMOON for going above $300K again. Now it can run forever 
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 3:38pmI think Honeymoon also deserves congratulations for again being the lowest-grossing show on Broadway, even being beat out by a revival of a less-than-classic play in previews with a less than "big-star" cast.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 3:43pm
^^ I was just about to post something similar newintown.
Even if they had announced something crazy like they were going to close in a month and go straight out on tour in the Summer/fall, I could see them trying to stay open, but man, I really need these producers to fund my living expenses. A "Best Musical" nomination couldn't save Leap of Faith... so I have no clue what they are thinking.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 4:02pmThey're also making less than On the 20th Century, which is at a subscriber house & in previews.
Up In One
Broadway Star Joined: 5/27/04
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 4:22pmThat should be the end of the weather related ticket sales issues for awhile. Interesting to see what shows are relying on week-of or day-of sales to make their high numbers. Also interesting to see what shows on the high and low end that are not affected by weather. Does the TKTS boot publish weekly volumes? Got to imagine much of the difference is in their numbers too.
Up In One
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 5:15pm
A "Best Musical" nomination couldn't save Leap of Faith.
Nor most shows that were nominated and flopped, which is a big number.
They are consciously losing the money at this point. Their prerogative, I suppose. Their chances of winning anything are slim to none. I really don't think think they are naive to think they will get anywhere with this.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 7:56pmWow On the 20th Century is not off to a great start. I assumed Kristin would be a bigger box office draw!
Pootie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/14
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 8:07pm^But it's still in previews.
#BoycottTrumplikePattiMurin
Updated On: 3/9/15 at 08:07 PM
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 8:31pmAnd Peter Gallagher has been out for a quite a few shows.
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 8:44pmOTTC might also be hurting from Peter Gallagher's absences.
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 8:54pmPeter Gallagher is a box office draw? I don't mean for that to sound snarky, I'm actually wondering.
mc1227
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/07
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 9:05pmI received a discount promo in today's mail for On The Town. The tickets were $99-109 on weekends. I don't remember ever getting this kind of mailing for a show that's been open for months, only shows about to begin previews. Did anyone else receive the same offer?
The only review of a show that matters is your own.
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 9:11pmYes. shows do it all the time. Les Mis, Kinky Boots, Matilda are just some of the ones recently that sent one out. It's not uncommon for a show to send out a mailer into their run
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 9:52pm
"Peter Gallagher is a box office draw? I don't mean for that to sound snarky, I'm actually wondering."
He's been in a lot of things. I don't know if he's a big draw to get people out to the theatre but he's sure to have fans. I also think that people might stay away knowing they're not getting the show as it was intended to be presented with both leads. For instance, I don't know if Ken Watanabe is a big box office draw but I think people might wait to see The King and I if he were absent for a lot of the preview performances.
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 10:19pm
Why should it matter if it's still in previews? "If/Then" grossed over a million dollars in it's 3rd and 4th week of previews.
Updated On: 3/9/15 at 10:19 PM
Pootie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/14
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 10:34pm
IF/THEN's numbers were crazy because Idina Menzel was just at the Oscars and Frozen won. And Travolta happened, which arguably made her name just that much more famous.
That was a special circumstance that will be very difficult to replicate.
#BoycottTrumplikePattiMurin
Updated On: 3/9/15 at 10:34 PM
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/9/15 at 10:59pmKristin Chenoweth is a bigger draw than Peter Gallagher. Musicals are becoming a joke with most of these "celebrities" in them. They are somewhat a draw, but people from Brooke Shields to Tony Danza to Deborah Cox have a limited fan base pull which have all been somewhat duds.
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/10/15 at 12:03am
"Why should it matter if it's still in previews? "If/Then" grossed over a million dollars in it's 3rd and 4th week of previews."
This was my thought as well. I know those were extreme circumstances, but I kinda thought of Idina and Kristin as comparable box office draws (not sure I mean to travel down that road, though). I just expected 20th Century to do a bit better right out of the gate, but I'm sure previews and Gallagher's absence are taking a negative toll.
Pootie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/14
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/10/15 at 12:15am
"but I kinda thought of Idina and Kristin as comparable box office draws (not sure I mean to travel down that road, though)."
Well, there was that discussion you can skim at your leisure...
#BoycottTrumplikePattiMurin
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/10/15 at 12:24am
Y'all are completely leaving out the fact that it is a subscriber based house. No matter who's in the show or what the damn show is - all member tickets will remain the same price. And it's not like the show is a sold-out hit… it's doing good business for what it is. Rarely does a show make more than $500,000 a week at the Roundabout operated American Airlines Theatre; and I'd even say not over $400K, usually.
For instance: Last years Violet starring Broadway "superstar" Sutton Foster received FOUR Tony nominations, THREE Drama Desk nominations and countless forms of other praise and their highest grossing week throughout their entire near five month run was $416K with an AVERAGE ticket price of $70. And that's just Violet! Take a look at the last several years at the AA Theatre, it's all the same - no matter what the show.
OTTC's grosses have grown each week (despite this week vs. last when one of its leading roles was out for the majority of performances) and will continue to grow slightly through it's run… but don't expect this to supply large numbers when it comes to the weekly grosses. Heck - they already have a higher average ticket price for the WEEK than Violet did for its entire run.
PLUS - they were/are both revivals of not-so-famous shows.
It's just facts.
Updated On: 3/10/15 at 12:24 AM
Pootie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/14
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/10/15 at 12:29am^Thanks, educational.
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GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/10/15 at 12:30amI'm just pointing out facts for people who may not understand the difference between a commercial and non-profit production. Comparing this to If/Then - in any sense - is crazy.
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/8/15
Posted: 3/10/15 at 12:51am
^Not to mention, the American Airlines has 740 seats which is almost half of the Rodgers capacity.
The Real Thing which was a hit for Roundabout didn't crack $500,000 a week either and that was at almost capacity every week.
Updated On: 3/10/15 at 12:51 AM
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