Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 3:15pmClick below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 4/15/2018 in BroadwayWorld'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: SAINT JOAN (4.8%), MEAN GIRLS (0.5%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (0.1%),
Down for the week by attendance was: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-22.2%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-16.8%), KINKY BOOTS (-15.3%), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (-11.4%), ANASTASIA (-9.8%), ROCKTOPIA (-9.0%), THE BAND'S VISIT (-8.3%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-8.2%), BEAUTIFUL (-7.8%), SUMMER (-7.8%), HELLO, DOLLY! (-7.7%), FROZEN (-6.3%), ANGELS IN AMERICA (-5.8%), LOBBY HERO (-5.5%), TRAVESTIES (-5.0%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-4.9%), CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (-4.9%), WAITRESS (-4.7%), CHICAGO (-2.9%), CAROUSEL (-2.9%), WICKED (-2.2%), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (-2.2%), ALADDIN (-2.0%), THE ICEMAN COMETH (-1.2%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-1.1%),
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 3:18pm
I'd like to publicly thank the Hello Dolly dip for my premium seat being reduced to regular price.
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 3:22pm
Margaritaville and SpongeBob are not in great shape.
Consistently amazed that Carousel is doing over $1M each week.
DaveyG
Broadway Star Joined: 8/11/05
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 3:30pm
I'm guessing the drop in Cursed Child's grosses is due to press comps?
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 3:31pm
Will Children of a Lesser God finish its run?
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 3:33pm
BroadwayConcierge said: "MargaritavilleandSpongeBobare not in great shape.
Consistently amazed thatCarouselis doing over $1M each week."
Well, if it makes you less amazed, that million dollars still leaves them in stop clause territory. It's a beloved show with something of a built in audience out of the box. But the demand is soft and that's reflected in the weak prices and grosses. A million in the Imperial is not good enough.
greenifyme2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/17
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 3:39pm
Apologies to the cast (I don't want them to be out of work!) but it brings me such satisfaction to see Margaritaville doing so poorly. Hopefully this is a lesson: don't fund such garbage.
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 3:45pmFrozen dropped attendance wise but ended up edging ahead of Wicked.
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 3:52pmI still wonder if A PLAY THAT GOES WRONG will make it until August.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 3:52pm
HogansHero said: "A million in the Imperial is not good enough."
But aren't we always talking every week about how the gross is really what matters, not the percentage? I'm guessing their weekly nut is well below a million - though maybe I'm wrong about that - but if so, what does it matter how much more they COULD be making as long as they are above their nut?
barcelona20
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 4:00pm
Mean Girls!??? Wow. The power of Tina Fey!
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 4:19pm
JBroadway said: "what does it matter how much more they COULD be making as long as they are above their nut?"
If you only pay the minimal payment on your credit card bill every month, you're never going to pay off your card.
If you invest in a show, you aren't really concerned that the show cover its operating costs week after week, but actually begin to return its investment.
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 4:20pmWonder how much that snl plug will help mean girls. Lol.
My father (AIDS)
My sister (AIDS)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 4:22pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Wonder how much that snl plug will help mean girls. Lol."
Unless they can add more seats to the house, none.
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 4:43pm
JBroadway said: "But aren't we always talking every week about how the gross is really what matters, not the percentage? I'm guessing their weekly nut is well below a million - though maybe I'm wrong about that - but if so, what does it matter how much more they COULD be making as long as they are above their nut?"
yes, and that's true week to week, but I was meaning in relation to the prognosis. When the demand is weak, especially in a big theatre, that affects pricing (already averaging less than $100), and this is a warning flag. When I said "not good enough," I am speaking the way a parent speaks of a child who is getting C's - the kid is not in danger of being held back, but the prospects of getting into an Ivy League school are kinda dim. When you are the proud papa of Hello Dolly, you don't want to follow it up with something that seems more like On The Town.
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 4:56pm
@Hogan: gotcha. That makes sense.
@Haterobics: I’m aware of that, but as I already said in my first post - I would guess that the weekly running cost is significantly under a million dollars, and if so, then they would be grossing more than just the bare minimum. Again, I might be wrong, and the running cost actually IS close to a million/week - but I did not suggest that grossing the bare minimum is sustainable.
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 5:18pm
also remember that $1mil is actually $900k, and not much of that is going to be available to investors. So without some sea change in fortunes, it would seem this would have to slog along (without falling any more!) for over a couple of years to recoup, and I don't think it seems even that sustainable. But now we can all hide and watch.
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 6:48pm
greenifyme2 said: "Apologies to the cast (I don't want them to be out of work!) but it brings me such satisfaction to see Margaritaville doing so poorly. Hopefully this is a lesson: don't fundsuch garbage." You can't have it both ways: apologizing on one hand and then expressing satisfaction that Margaritaville is doing so poorly. While I'm not really familiar with this particular musical, all shows try their best and hope that people show up at their theatre. Their aim is to try...and keep on trying until they cannot hold out anymore. The show itself is not garbage....only your blowhard satisfaction to wish the demise of a show (conveniently ignoring the fact that many people depend on it). Any theatrical investment is a risk. I hope Margaritaville eventually finds an audience. But, if it doesn't, you had absolutely zero to do with that.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 6:52pm
What has been happening with the Band's Visit?
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 6:54pm
poisonivy2 said: "What has been happening with the Band's Visit?"
Who knows? I personally found the show to be boring, but I can appreciate the talent and the show itself. Maybe others are finding it boring as well?
I am sure that it is going to pick up after Tony Nominations and Awards, and it may close by the end of this year.
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 7:06pm
The Band's Visit is also probably the frontrunner for the Tony.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 7:28pm
Patti LuPone FANatic said: "While I'm not really familiar with this particular musical, all shows try their best and hope that people show up at their theatre. . . .The show itself is not garbage...."
OK so you are not familiar with the show but you can state with authority that it is not garbage. LOL
All shows do hope people will show up, but it is ludicrous to say that all shows try their best. Quite a few shows are exercises in laziness, and if you knew the first thing about this one, we could have a conversation about whether this one fits in that category or not.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 7:35pm
Patti LuPone FANatic said: "greenifyme2 said: "Apologies to the cast (I don't want them to be out of work!) but it brings me such satisfaction to see Margaritaville doing so poorly. Hopefully this is a lesson: don't fundsuch garbage." You can't have it both ways: apologizing on one hand and then expressing satisfaction that Margaritaville is doing so poorly. While I'm not really familiar with this particular musical, all shows try their best and hope that people show up at their theatre. Their aim is to try...and keep on trying until they cannot hold out anymore. The show itself is not garbage....only your blowhard satisfaction to wish the demise of a show (conveniently ignoring the fact that many people depend on it). Any theatrical investment is a risk. I hope Margaritaville eventually finds an audience. But, if it doesn't, you had absolutely zero to do with that.
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I hate to correct you dear . But the show is garbage designed to take advantage of white trash tourists.
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RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#26Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/15/18
Posted: 4/16/18 at 7:56pm
The band's visit is doing fiiiine. Their costs are low and it's till doing very well for an obscure new musical.
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