Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:04pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 5/31/2015 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: AN ACT OF GOD (9.2%),
Down for the week by attendance was: IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (-18.7%), LES MISÉRABLES (-17.2%), THE VISIT (-17.1%), BEAUTIFUL (-14.8%), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (-14.4%), CHICAGO (-11.8%), KINKY BOOTS (-10.9%), IT'S ONLY A PLAY (-10.6%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (-10.4%), GIGI (-10.0%), ON THE TOWN (-9.3%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-9.0%), MAMMA MIA! (-8.9%), WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO (-8.8%), JERSEY BOYS (-7.6%), HAND TO GOD (-7.6%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (-6.8%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (-5.5%), WICKED (-2.7%), MATILDA (-2.3%), ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (-1.8%), AIRLINE HIGHWAY (-1.7%), FINDING NEVERLAND (-1.6%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (-1.3%), THE AUDIENCE (-1.2%), SKYLIGHT (-1.2%), THE LION KING (-0.2%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.1%),
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:09pm
Dang, Not a good week for The Great White Way
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:09pm
Damn, why are so many shows down so significantly?
ethan231h
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/11
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:11pm
Ouch. Only 1 show up
The Visit & ISHBY should be pulling up stakes relatively soon. Somebody is pumping money into these big time. OTT may go after the Tonys unless it scores. Everybody took a hit . Cannot get much worse.
Poster Emeritus
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:14pm
Shows that dipped only 1 or 2 percentage points from the previous week with its' Memorial day 3 day weekend look good in that context.
"Finding Neverland" , holding a million with only 1.6 percentage drop is actually quite impressive.
"when I’m on stage I see the abyss and have to overcome it by telling myself it’s only a play." - Helen Mirren
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:19pm
A lot of these numbers are really, really sad. I hadn't realized how low It Shoulda Been You's grosses have been. Also, I wonder how much longer Jersey Boys has.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:23pm
Has Fish in the Dark announced recoupment yet? Considering it's making $1m a week, it must have happened already unless they're planning to announce it when Jason Alexander takes over.
Wolf Hall is doing pretty well despite only selling 50% of the Winter Garden but I do wonder if it'll recoup because it's due to close on July 5th unless they're planning on extending,
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:27pm
The remainder of David's run is essentially sold-out, so Fish in the Dark may wait until Jason Alexander takes over to announce recoupment to spread some positive buzz on a show that will likely drop out of the impressive numbers zone.
I'd bet Wolf Hall will extend if they win some Tonys, especially considering since School of Rock doesn't start until mid-late Fall.
Ouch all around. How OTT is still breathing beats me. Hedwig is hurting and The Visit/ISBY are quite sad at this point.
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:28pm
FISH IN THE DARK announced recoupment a little under two weeks ago.
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:30pm
I missed the announcement! Thanks, frogs.
The King & I is blowing my mind with those numbers.
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:30pm
"Gigi" has to be hanging on by it's fingernails. After the Tonys I expect an announcement on that show with the dire news.
"when I’m on stage I see the abyss and have to overcome it by telling myself it’s only a play." - Helen Mirren
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:35pm
The King and I will be a moneymaker for LCT not just with Broadway but also the tour and potentially international production as South Pacific did.
Updated On: 6/1/15 at 03:35 PM
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:42pm
I never doubted TK&I would be a money maker, I just figured subscriber numbers would keep their figures under $1M for the first few months, at least.
MegInManhattan
Stand-by Joined: 3/10/14
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:42pm
The drops probably look worse because Memorial Day weekend in the week before produced especially strong grosses, but yes these are pretty bad.
Why is "It Shoulda Been You" staying open? They don't have any nominations to get a Tony bump, unless they think the Tony performance will be a lucrative advertisment. Sad too, it was a delightful show.
Stew123
Stand-by Joined: 2/17/10
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:43pm
I think that Fun Home is the most impressive!
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:57pm
Fun Home is indeed impressive and deserving of their steady sold-out houses. I am also glad to see Hand to God still on a slow but steady rise.
It was a tough week but we just got word that 2014-2015 was the most attended, highest grossing season record breaker. That's good news! And the next few weeks should be great all around, except for a few.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 3:57pm
Disagree re Fun but everyone is entitled to their opinion.
There will be a bloodbath after the Tonys with The Visit,ISHBY and OTT early casualties.
Poster Emeritus
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 4:01pm
If Kristin wins the Tony for best actress in a musical, (and her chances are as good as anyone's at this point) OTT gets added life, if OTT gets shut out then maybe we are talking trouble, but we are not there yet.
"when I’m on stage I see the abyss and have to overcome it by telling myself it’s only a play." - Helen Mirren
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 4:01pm
I wouldn't be surprised if Jersey Boys has some big blowout bash for its 10th anniversary and then closes.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 4:04pm
Do you think the announcement of the tour will factor into On the Town hanging on any longer? I'll say this for them, they haven't stopped inundating me with ads.
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 4:05pm
There is not a single ounce of significant news in this week's numbers: the shows that were sailing are still sailing, the shows that were doing OK are still doing OK and the shows that were bleeding are still bleeding. The anticipated drop off after the holiday only impacts the last group.
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 4:05pm
"If Kristin wins the Tony for best actress in a musical, (and her chances are as good as anyone's at this point) OTT gets added life, if OTT gets shut out then maybe we are talking trouble, but we are not there yet."
I think you mean OTTC, here?
I feel like Jersey Boys is at the point in their run where their few good weeks outweigh the bad ones. This year will be telling for them, but I'm positive they'll make it through the summer and probably even the new year, and then some. After that it's anyone's guess.
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 4:06pm
Jersey Boys is still making money. Why would it close?
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/15
Posted: 6/1/15 at 4:07pm
"I wouldn't be surprised if Jersey Boys has some big blowout bash for its 10th anniversary and then closes."
I think Jersey Boys has a few years left in it. It may not be selling out but I imagine it's still making profit or at the very least making running costs.
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