Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/27/14

[Rob]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 3:08pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 4/27/2014 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: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (1.1%), BEAUTIFUL (0.2%),

Down for the week by attendance was: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-16.2%), ROCKY (-15.2%), VIOLET (-14.6%), ACT ONE (-12.0%), AFTER MIDNIGHT (-11.7%), ONCE (-11.6%), PIPPIN (-9.8%), THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN (-8.5%), THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN (-7.9%), CHICAGO (-7.6%), BULLETS OVER BROADWAY (-7.3%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (-6.9%), IF/THEN (-5.9%), ALL THE WAY (-5.3%), ROCK OF AGES (-4.3%), THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (-3.9%), MAMMA MIA! (-3.9%), NEWSIES (-3.5%), JERSEY BOYS (-3.1%), LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL (-2.9%), MOTHERS AND SONS (-2.3%), CASA VALENTINA (-1.8%), LES MISÉRABLES (-1.4%), CINDERELLA (-1.2%), WICKED (-1.1%), THE REALISTIC JONESES (-1.0%), MOTOWN THE MUSICAL (-0.4%), KINKY BOOTS (-0.4%), OF MICE AND MEN (-0.3%), MATILDA (-0.3%), CABARET (-0.2%), ALADDIN (-0.1%),

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[ethan231h]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 3:15pm

ouch for the Velocity of Autumn.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 3:43pm

Holy crap, when was the last time a show had a $20 ticket average?

[JoseLee_]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:03pm

When is "Once" closing?

[haterobics]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:25pm

Why did so many big earners have seemingly little to no dip in attendance, but hundreds of thousands less in sales?!

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:28pm

Why did so many big earners have seemingly little to no dip in attendance, but hundreds of thousands less in sales?!

They sell tickets that cost less?

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:28pm

Discounts, comp tickets, and promotions? I'm just guessing, though.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:32pm

Wicked and The Lion King also had nine shows the previous week. This past week they were back down to eight performances.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:42pm

Not a bad week for the two family-friendly shows, 'Cinderella' and 'Aladdin'. Tourist shows like 'Les Miserables and 'Jersey Boys' did just fine.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:44pm

Less premium sales post-Easter/Passover

[Jason Shatz]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 5:40pm

The $20 average ticket would, in general, be a good thing to make Broadway more accessible, especially for Millennials like myself. But in this case, ouch indeed. If it doesn't get any nods tomorrow, it will be the first domino to fall.

[haterobics]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 5:51pm

Oh, OK, didn't realize they had 9 shows the previous week. I could see some fluctuation for some shows, but usually Wicked, Lion King, Matilda, etc., are pretty consistent.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 6:00pm

"Holy crap, when was the last time a show had a $20 ticket average?"

Last one I remember was HIGH, which I think actually dropped as low as $17. It closed the week in opened. Oddly enough, it was also in the Booth.

[binau]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 6:01pm

Leap of Faith and Scandalous were also close to that figure.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 6:07pm

The Blonde in the Thunderbird had a week where its average ticket price was $11.02.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 9:02pm

"Once" isn't closing. It's likely still hitting it's weekly nut and I think it'll still do well over the summer. I'd expect Once to stay around at least until the end of the year.

[HooferFrom42ndSt]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 9:25pm

^

I agree. I remember a lot of chatter about Mamma Mia on its way out and now it grossed over $800K last week. It will have a good summer.

[jdrye222]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 9:35pm

AFTER MIDNIGHT needs a Tony nom or a bigger name soon.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 9:37pm

Wasn't it going well when Fantastia was there? I think she's coming back.

[veronicamae]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 9:43pm

I'm highly disturbed that any show has a ticket price over $300. WTF, $477 Book of Mormon?? YOU AREN'T MADONNA.

No, EVEN MADONNA DOESN'T CHARGE THAT MUCH.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 9:49pm

Yeah, it's disgusting. Those dudes aren't hurting for money. That is why I will never see that show.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 10:08pm

I think it's admirable you only attend shows by dudes who are hurting for money.

[haterobics]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 10:17pm

VIP Tickets for Madonna's last tour were $600.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 10:19pm

Prices like that aren't the producers' fault. Of course they aren't innocent in the problem or certainly victims, but remember that there's a market for it and in a market there's supply and demand.

$477 tickets would not persist if they weren't purchased. And MORMON has sold every ticket it's put on sale since it opened. So this is what the market yields. If there's disapproval of the producers, there must be equal disapproval of the purchasers of those tickets, for they allow it those prices to go on.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 10:19pm

Nope, just those who skip the lines, don't pay their dues, and buy their way in.

Wow, $600 bucks to see Madonna? That's about $600 too much.