Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:03pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 5/3/2015 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 HEIDI CHRONICLES (15.7%), ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (11.5%), CHICAGO (7.4%), FUN HOME (7.2%), HAND TO GOD (3.0%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1.6%), WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO (1.5%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.1%),
Down for the week by attendance was: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (-20.7%), AIRLINE HIGHWAY (-18.5%), MATILDA (-16.3%), LIVING ON LOVE (-13.4%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (-13.2%), THE VISIT (-12.3%), LES MISÉRABLES (-12.2%), DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (-11.6%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (-10.2%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (-9.9%), WICKED (-9.8%), IT'S ONLY A PLAY (-9.5%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (-8.2%), KINKY BOOTS (-5.4%), THE LION KING (-4.6%), GIGI (-4.4%), ON THE TOWN (-4.1%), JERSEY BOYS (-3.9%), FINDING NEVERLAND (-2.4%), MAMMA MIA! (-2.3%), BEAUTIFUL (-1.4%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1.2%), FISH IN THE DARK (-0.3%), SKYLIGHT (-0.2%),
carolinaguy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/06
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:08pm
Wow, not a lot of Tony bump, was there?
Just remembering you've had an "and"
When you're back to "or"
Makes the "or" mean more than it did before
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:10pm
A surprisingly inauspicious start to Criss' run in Hedwig.
And I'm happy to see Fun Home continuing to do so well.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:14pm
The gross percentage for HEDWIG is not that dissimilar from many of the weeks of JCM's run. The drop from week to week in raw dollars looks worse because there was one less performance. People may be holding out to give him time to get into the role... or it'll just be a disaster anyway.
ETA- The $$ may change soon as there was no discount code available for this past week and now there is a code out and the show is on TDF.
Updated On: 5/4/15 at 03:14 PM
aj88
Featured Actor Joined: 3/18/15
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:15pm
Gentleman's Guide seems to keep dipping each week.
But yes, there was really any type of huge jump in many of the numbers. Strange week, indeed.
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:19pm
The Visit!
That just makes me really sad.
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:19pm
Hedwig also only did 6 performances instead of 7. Their capacity for the week was nearly 70%. We'll see how well Hedwig does once schools let out.
Dr. Zhivago seems to be hanging on. Somehow. And Gentlemen's Guide will probably make it until the end of the year. I think it's losing steam, quickly.
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.
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:21pm
Fun Home, while not a smash, is definitely on a strong up swing. I was at the show a few days ago and it was completely sold out. And the woman in from of me in the (very long) box office line was told the next day was within a few seats of selling out, so she was urged to decide on a date quickly. I expect its grosses to go up even more next week. Very happy its finding success.
Poor Chita though. If it maintains those numbers, even making it til the Tonys is a stretch. Do we think Kirdahy will throw money at it til then?
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:22pm
Is that little bump for Chicago due to Brandy coming in? I'll be interested to see how the numbers change week to week. I want to go a little later when she's more comfortable in the role but obviously I don't want to wait so long I can't get a ticket. I mean, a reasonably priced ticket. It's still the Chicago revival after all.
What happened to Airline Highway? I know it's MTC but still you'd think they'd be able to get more people in there.
The Heidi Chronicles didn't really go out with a bang.
Doctor Zhivago and The Visit are still hanging on, God bless them.
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:26pm
I wonder if Zhivago is planning on posting a closing notice for Sunday. Pure speculation of course but Sunday's performance was just on TDF a few hours ago without limited seating and now it has disappeared completely...
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:29pm
I know it's doing fine but I don't remember Jersey Boys ever being that low.
I also wonder how much longer Gentleman's Guide has left. I wouldn't be surprised if it closes in January.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:44pm
Why would Zhivago close right now? Yea, it got terrible reviews and no noms, but it seems to making a reasonable amount of money, in the same ballpark as Gigi and On The Town, and significantly more than The Visit, whose attendance dropped even further, even though it got a lot of Tony noms. Their grosses went up a bit, but it's still not a lot at all...
Luvinbroadway
Leading Actor Joined: 7/18/03
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:46pm
Yes for Fun Home! Sad for Chita!
OTT...come on! Who has that kind of money to waste and throw at a show??!?!?
Updated On: 5/4/15 at 03:46 PM#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:47pm
I have no idea what Zhivago's nut is but I can't imagine it's making it with a gross like that.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:48pm
_IrisTInkerbell, let me give you a quick lesson in Broadway economics. I *highly* doubt that $515,163 is enough to cover their weekly running costs. They have a huge cast and complicated show. For a show to run, rather than close, they need to not only make their weekly running cost to break even, they need to make more to be making money. Other shows I bet aren't breaking even: On the Town, It Shoulda Been You, The Visit, Les Miz, and Gigi is probably on the brink. Any of these shows could be closing.
So in reference to "but it seems to making a reasonable amount of money" no, no it's not.
Updated On: 5/4/15 at 03:48 PM#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:03pm
I didn't say it was definitely closing, only found it a bit weird that it was pulled from TDF on a Sunday when it was up for the date before the grosses came out.
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:12pm
The Zhivago producers seemed to indicate that they were willing to stay open til the Spring Road Conference in two weeks. Which makes sense. They are doubtless losing money, but the only way the show has any future is if road presenters see the show and feel they might have an audience for it in a regional market.
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:13pm
so Fun Home grossed more than On the Town and Dr Zhivago. Pretty impressive.
loliveve
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/12
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:15pm
I would be very surprised if Doctor Zhivago does not post a closing notice soon. (I think its running costs are around $675,000.)
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:26pm
I didn't think it was making *enough* money but it continues to be singled to be the next one to close (and I wasn't refering to you, n2nbaby). And I simply don't follow why it's more likely to close than Gigi or any of the other shows you mentioned.
And I wasn't saying you all are wrong are either, I was just confused by the certainty with which people (mostly in other topics) declare this show in particular will close in a heartbeat, while some others shows are barely discussed. It appeared to me like people want it to fail.
I haven't had time to see it yet and I'm busy this week and would hate to have to squeeze it in, so selfishly I'm hoping for at least 2 more weeks. I've also heard some pretty positive things about it, so...
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:28pm
"I simply don't follow why it's more likely to close than Gigi or any of the other shows you mentioned."
Because it's bigger. Bigger cast, bigger expense. It's expensive.
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:59pm
Unless the schedule changes, Dr. Zhivago isn't even hosting a lunch, reception, or creative conversation at the conference next week, which will make it a bit more difficult to lure road presenters.
-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."
loliveve
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/12
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:59pm
I don't know if Doctor Zhivago will be next, or any other show, which is why I don't make predictions about how long a show will last or which will be next on the chopping block, so to speak. I just know that the numbers don't look good... although Doctor Zhivago has some pretty optimistic producers, I think.
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 5:36pm
And I simply don't follow why it's more likely to close than Gigi or any of the other shows you mentioned.
Uh, because it likely has a higher weekly nut than a show like GIGI...
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/3/15
Posted: 5/4/15 at 6:07pm
"A surprisingly inauspicious start to Criss' run in Hedwig"
Not really surprising. The Glee fanbase was next to nothing by the final season. Criss is not the star he was during his h2$ days. If the producers brought him in to make more cash, they will sorely be left hanging.
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