Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 3:04pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 5/22/2011 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.
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 3:08pmI am happy for MOTHERFU**ER. For a show that almost closed in previews, they are doing quite well now.
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 3:11pmGreat gross for Priscilla! BTW, it appears that all of Priscilla's previous grosses were deleted...
bwayfan7000
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/09
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 3:13pm
Ouch.
It's good to see the shows I liked this year doing well.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 3:50pmI hear some shows have bigger nuts than other shows.
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 4:18pmWould someone be so kind as to explain how "Mormon" can manage a gross potential of 116.50%? Wow for "Chicago"...at 71%! from RC in Austin, Texas
HBBrock
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/11/07
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 4:31pmMormon is the biggest hit Broadway has seen in years. Even premium priced tickets (over face value) are flying off the market.
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 4:39pmBook of Mormon's average ticket price is through the roof, wow... and Patti Lupone FANatic that is why their gross potential percent is so high with the premium tickets.
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 4:47pmBook of Mormon's grosses are over 100% of potential because a lot of tickets are being sold at the premium price.
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 5:33pm
How is Baby, It's You! getting more business each week?? Their grosses continue to climb. And if Anything Goes doesn't have SRO, how can their capacity be over 100%?? And it looks like Sister Act has opened up those 262 seats in the rear mezz, hence such a large increase in their grosses(+100K).
Anyway, it looks the summer crowds are starting to arrive. The city seemed packed last week and these numbers show it.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 5:42pm
Even though "Sister Act" dropped in attendance it's nice to see its gross go up. I also am glad that "Catch Me if You Can" is holding well. Also nice grosses for "Mary Poppins" and "Mamma Mia."
Updated On: 5/23/11 at 05:42 PM
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 5:57pmSo happy for those "Catch Me If You Can" and "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" numbers!
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 6:08pmSister Act's attendance actually went up, look at their grosses from past weeks(11,655 to 12,011). They had closed off the extreme rear mezz(262 seats to be exact), and last week those seats were opened up, thus increasing their total seats from 11,896 to 13,992
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 9:13pmHappy for Priscilla and Jerusalem!
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 9:36pm
Mormon has a monopoly and the prices are INSANE. They are making cash hand over fist. These prices are outrageous.
Select Premium and Aisle Locations:
Orchestra Premium Seating:
If purchased 99 or more hourse in advance:
Tuesday - Wednesday, Sunday evening :$227.00
Thursday & Friday evenings: $252.00
Saturday evenings: $277.00
If purchased 49 - 98 hours prior to the performance:
All performances: $352.00
If purchased 48 hours or less prior to the performance:
All performances: $397.00
Mezzanine Premium Seating:
$227.00 - $277.00
Aisle Seating: $179.00 - $189.00 (May only be purchased in pairs.)
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 10:20pmagain, people will pay those prices considering how in demand tickets are. Book of Mormon will likely be the hot ticket for a solid year, if not longer. expect those premium prices to remain what they are. I'm just glad I saw the show when they still had discounts out($65 orch.)
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 10:25pmDid anyone address RC's question yet? They sell the tickets "above" the ticket price.
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 10:32pm
I did, singtopher.
A further explanation: A show's Potential Gross is if every seat is sold at regular price. If people are buying discounted tickets, the gross will be below potential even if the show sells out. If people are buying premium tickets, the gross can go above the potential.
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 10:52pmTo add to Theatreguy's correct explanation, a show also can go over max. capacity and max. gross potential by selling standing room seats, which The Book of Mormon does. Standing room seats are not factored into a theatre's total capacity nor into it's total gross. This also pushes up both numbers.
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 11:20pmyet Anything Goes' capacity was over 100%(again) yet they don't have SRO.
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 11:33pmHow is Baby It's You making half a million dollars a week? People are paying to see that crap?
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/22
Posted: 5/23/11 at 11:50pm
adam - never doubt the power of the baby boomers!
ACL - I have no idea how that works?
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