Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/1/16

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Up for the week by attendance was: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (12.0%), SHE LOVES ME (11.3%), THE COLOR PURPLE (11.2%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (11.1%), DISASTER! (8.3%), ON YOUR FEET! (8.1%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (7.9%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (7.8%), BLACKBIRD (7.0%), THE KING AND I (6.0%), KINKY BOOTS (5.9%), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT (5.7%), BEAUTIFUL (5.2%), FUN HOME (4.4%), PARAMOUR (3.7%), JERSEY BOYS (3.3%), LES MISÉRABLES (3.2%), THE HUMANS (2.5%), CHICAGO (1.9%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (1.7%), ECLIPSED (1.3%), ALADDIN (1.3%), THE LION KING (0.7%), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (0.5%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.1%), WAITRESS (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: THE FATHER (-6.8%), AMERICAN PSYCHO (-5.7%), MATILDA (-5.4%), FINDING NEVERLAND (-5.3%), TUCK EVERLASTING (-4.6%), FULLY COMMITTED (-4.5%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (-2.9%), THE CRUCIBLE (-1.7%), BRIGHT STAR (-1.4%), WICKED (-0.4%),

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Bright Star :/ Please hold it out until at least the end of summer

^ They're doing fine.

Impressive for Waitress! I expect it to start exceeding $1M by Memorial Day and should do terrific business over the summer.

Even with Tony nominations, will Eclipsed last through May?

10086sunset said: "Believe the picture will become much clearer after tomorrow regarding Tuck, Eclipsed, and Bright Star.



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Agreed. If they don't get some major noms, I don't see them holding on too much longer. Having said that, I wouldn't put major noms out of the forecast for Eclipsed (Best Play, Best Actress, Maybe a Featured Actress nom?) and Bright Star (Best Actress, Best Score, Best Book are possibilities). Based on reviews I'd say Tuck's best shots are choreography and set design, with Terrence Mann as a potential dark horse for Featured Actor.

Poor Tuck. More people are seeing it than Bright Star or Disaster but it's grosses are about the same. Maybe they could make a big push with schools, libraries, etc. I think there is an audience out there for it.

I don't understand why Paramour is doing so well. Who is seeing it?

Call_me_jorge said: "Hoping Matilda will see a bump soon. Summer is close.



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As am I...

¿Macavity? said: "Call_me_jorge said: "Hoping Matilda will see a bump soon. Summer is close.



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As am I...





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Matilda has already posted a closing notice thought. Its closing in January? Could it close sooner? Also the drop in numbers for Tuck and no nominees does not bode well for the show. I do not see it lasting on Broadway much longer.

NewsiesForever said: "Matilda has already posted a closing notice thought. Its closing in January? Could it close sooner? Also the drop in numbers for Tuck and no nominees does not bode well for the show. I do not see it lasting on Broadway much longer. "



They could choose to close earlier, but my guess is that they determined their closing date based on the advance sales for the summer and holiday seasons and decided they were healthy enough to give such a long lead in to their closing performance.

10086sunset said: "

Eclipsed - 34.1% gross potential

Tuck Everlasting - 30.1% gross potential

Bright Star - 40.5 % gross potential

They are on the same level of underperforming. "

One more time: gross potential is irrelevant. The key is the actual gross compared to the actual nut. Tuck and Bright Star are both losing unsustainable amounts weekly, Eclipsed is not losing money and Psycho is losing a relatiely nominal amount that, as I said before, is sustainable for the time being while they seek to build an audience.

BwayBoy2 said: "How do you know what the "nut" is, for each of these shows?"

Sometimes the information comes out, sometimes you have to intuit it by doing the math. You don't have to be especially accurate to appreciate what sort of condition these shows are in. But what we know is that it has nothing to do with the gross potential.