Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/19/22

[Rob]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 6:28pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 6/19/2022 in BroadwayWorld'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: HANGMEN (9.2%), GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (8.4%), CHICAGO (6.3%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (6.3%), PARADISE SQUARE (4.4%), MJ THE MUSICAL (3.7%), COMPANY (3.1%), BEETLEJUICE (2.5%), A STRANGE LOOP (2%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (2%), HAMILTON (1.9%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (1.3%), COME FROM AWAY (1.1%), HADESTOWN (1%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (0.6%), AMERICAN BUFFALO (0.6%), SIX (0.4%), PLAZA SUITE (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: THE MUSIC MAN (-29.7%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-6.4%), TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL (-6%), MACBETH (-2.7%), MR. SATURDAY NIGHT (-2.6%), WICKED (-1.4%), THE MINUTES (-1.2%), FUNNY GIRL (-0.9%), POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM AL (-0.7%), ALADDIN (-0.3%), THE LION KING (-0.3%),

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[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 6:31pm

Music Man being down 1.6 million but still managing to bring in 1.7 million. Damn.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 6:37pm

Paradise Squares Tony performance didn't really do much for the show. Company barely moved from its average, I can see why its closing. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 6:40pm

Call_me_jorge said: "Music Man being down 1.6 million but still managing to bring in 1.7 million. Damn."

I was expecting under $1 million and 50% capacity. Nice work Max and Sutton!!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 6:44pm

Overall, a really strong week. Good to see. 

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 6:50pm

ACL2006 said: "Call_me_jorge said: "Music Man being down 1.6 million but still managing to bring in 1.7 million. Damn."

I was expecting under $1 million and 50% capacity. Nice work Max and Sutton!!"

The Music Man social teams + cast did a damn good job promoting Max and all understudies these past few months; I wish other shows would follow suit. I think it really helped them, this week especially.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 6:51pm

I'm really glad MM didn't cancel when they knew Hugh got COVID. Still a money making week.

[quizking101]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 7:02pm

Based on my analysis from last week, I believe A STRANGE LOOP has just broken the Lyceum house record for a musical (beating BE MORE CHILL from 2019), and is only about $70K off from the overall house record (OH, HELLO in 2017g

[WestEndGal]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 7:16pm

I think we have the answer to whether or not Music Man could survive without Hugh - doubtful! 70% capacity isn’t the worst but you also have to factor in that not everyone who bought tickets in the hopes of seeing Hugh will have cancelled their tickets
 

Happy for A Strange Loop and also MJ, which I don’t think has  gotten anywhere near the respect it’s deserved. 

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 7:29pm

I'm kinda shooked that Music Man was still able to get THAT amount of money, bravo to Sutton and Max!

Really amazing bumps to ''MJ'' and ''A Strange Loop'', I hope Loop gets to stay around - at least - the same time as Band's Visit and Fun Home!

''Paradise Square'' just needs to close, ouch! Joaquina did what she could, but she can't save a show like that.

Even with 5 wins, ''Company'' can't find more audiences, and Patti was out some days. Sadly, it's time to go.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 7:46pm

Sad to see the Tonys didn't really do much for anything other than A Strange Loop. I would have rushed out to see Paradise Square. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 7:55pm

Just a reminder that this is truly only reflective of the first few performance after the Tony Awards, where all the diehards who haven't already got tickets scrambled to gather their tickets after the wins.

Granted, it's going to be very hard to measure the long game when most of the nominees have closed or will be closing over the next few weeks, making the market less competitive for high performing shows.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 8:43pm

Call_me_jorge said: "Music Man being down 1.6 million but still managing to bring in 1.7 million. Damn."

I’ll bet that there were several reasons:

 

1.  When I went to the box office to refund my tickets, they were not telling people that HJ was out, so some people thought they were lucky to get tix

2.  I am sure there were a lot of tix booked via theatre parties (remember when they first we t on sale), and it was just too complicated…some number came in on group busses…

3.  Some people would never even think/know to ask for refunds.  I will bet that a lot of people in the audiences rarely go to the theatre and were probably upset, but never thought to ask

4.  I am here, I did t know, what am I going to do at 7:45…sit in my hotel room???

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 8:52pm

Not telling people seems rude. 

I do wonder how expensive the show is to run. It's a huge show. 

[YvanEhtNioj]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 9:27pm

If Paradise square doesn’t post a closing notice by next week I’ll be pretty surprised. 

[apetricc12]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 9:32pm

I think we would have a much clearer picture of how well The Music Man will do or won't do with Hugh Jackman not at the helm if they put tickets on sale during his two scheduled vacations - one in August and one in September.

Currently, tickets aren't on sale for either week.

While I do think that plenty of people came to see the show the week that Hugh Jackman was out with COVID due to the accessibility and affordability of tickets (I was one of those people), I also think that what poster Jarethan said is true.

There are plenty of people who probably already had their travel plans in place by the time they found out about Hugh no longer being in the show. At that point, I imagine some of these people decided to just see the show regardless. When I saw the show, I was talking to a group of four people who did just that. The question, of course though, is would they have purchased in advance knowing Hugh would be out? When they purchased their tickets, he was scheduled to be in.

I also imagine that there's a good chunk of people who didn't buy their tickets via Telecharge, therefore they didn't get the notice about Hugh being out and showed up at the theatre not knowing he was out.

The show brought in more money than I expected it would ... still ... it's a HUGE drop from where it was.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 9:46pm

RippedMan said: "Sad to see the Tonys didn't really do much for anything other than A Strange Loop. I would have rushed out to see Paradise Square."

 

The sad thing is, most shows would consider a $100k+ bump to be really encouraging. So like, by normal metrics the Tonys did “help,” but when you’re already doing SO poorly at the box office, even an otherwise strong increase won’t functionally help the production’s future. 

[Wick3]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 10:06pm

MUSIC MAN had 70% seats filled with an average ticket price of $206. That's pretty good given Hugh was out! I know a few folks who saw the show by buying rush tickets the day of. 

 

 

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 10:58pm

''Paradise Square'' just needs to close, ouch! Joaquina did what she could, but she can't save a show like that.

Joaquina did what she does best, which is performing. But the show itself has excellent triple threats with amazing dancing numbers that mix African dancing and Irish dancing and shows how NYC is the melting pot it is. I don't think it needs to close, I hope it finds an audience because it's an amazing show. A fabulous Broadway musical.

[RWPrincess]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 11:07pm

When I went, there were several managers standing outside telling people Hugh was out. There was also large signage on every door. If they wanted a refund, they were given a slip of paper with instructions on the spot. But from what I saw most got on line to enter the theater anyhow. I think the social media team did an awesome job this past week combined with the fact that Max had his own fanbase from past shows. If you look at the Max related posts on the Music Man account, the engagement is much higher than other posts. But I also think people just wanted to see The Music Man regardless of who was performing. I had some tourists seated behind me and they were just talking about the show in general. I think those grosses are great considering this was unplanned.

Glad I bought my ticket to A Strange Loop right before the Tony Awards.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/21/22 at 11:11pm

Happy for A Strange Loop and also MJ, which I don’t think has gotten anywhere near the respect it’s deserved.

The proof is in the pudding for MJ. They won a few very important Tony awards and have been successful since it began previews. They couldn't care less what some posters on here possibly think of their show, they are not performing for them. Trust.

[blaxx]

Posted: 6/22/22 at 2:47am

YvanEhtNioj said: "If Paradise square doesn’t post a closing notice by next week I’ll be pretty surprised."

And when it closes I hope I get to meet the sugar daddy that kept it open all this time!

[jo]

Posted: 6/22/22 at 3:28am

apetricc12 said: "I think we would have a much clearer picture of how well The Music Man will do or won't do with Hugh Jackman not at the helm if they put tickets on sale during his two scheduled vacations - one in August and one in September.

Currently, tickets aren't on sale for either week.

While I do think that plenty of people came to see the show the week that Hugh Jackman was out with COVID due to the accessibility and affordability of tickets (I was one of those people), I also think that what poster Jarethan said is true.

There are plenty of people who probably already had their travel plans in place by the time they found out about Hugh no longer being in the show. At that point, I imagine some of these people decided to just see the show regardless. When I saw the show, I was talking to a group of four people who did just that. The question, of course though, is would they have purchased in advance knowing Hugh would be out? When they purchased their tickets, he was scheduled to be in.

I also imagine that there's a good chunk of people who didn't buy their tickets via Telecharge, therefore they didn't get the notice about Hugh being out and showed up at the theatre not knowing he was out.

The show brought in more money than I expected it would ... still ... it's a HUGE drop from where it was."

 

Maybe  also a lot of people are great fans of the show/movie itself and had wanted to see this new revival and bought tickets in advance? Also, some were celebrating occasions ( birthdays, anniversaries, reunions) which happened on certain dates timed with seeing the show?

i had seen the show a few times earlier with Hugh. But i had guests from out-of-town coming for one of the dates-without-Hugh and I decided to go ahead with it. The box office people were helpful and let me exchange my 5 side orchestra seats to Row C-center at practically the same price.  I did ask for a refund for another date...and will use it to get tickets when I get back to NYC ( hopefully with Hugh back in the role). 

I think it was their astute management which allowed flexibility to the box office people to make instant decisions so people can get into the show. Another family member asked for the cheapest ticket at orchestra level and got it for $99. It was an edge seat but later on, the usher suggested he move forward to an empty seat to get a better view. But I did hear a couple say to the box office staff that they were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with the show, but the wife insisted she wanted a refund! Also, another lady was trying to reschedule their dates for a group which wanted to see it with Hugh...and the box office people seemed extra-helpful. The box office people should be commended for facilitating (and doing it patiently) for all kinds of requests.

Their social media accounts have never been aggressive ... only support the show but never to be ahead in promoting it. Of course they did highlight the change with Max but that was it.

The show also had a large cast of kids ( some in key roles) and some were on their last shows the past week. They are quite popular and had drawn some fans themselves. We will miss " Amaryllis". but it seems they may still keep "Winthrop" in the cast for sometime?

In the meantime, Hugh has shared on Twitter/Instagram that he will definitely be back at the Winter Garden on Wednesday. Btw, he may not be off on vacation for the September break - but may be going to some filmfests to promote his new movie ( The Son is already rumored to premiere at the Venice filmfest - although he said it isn't confirmed yet if he is going there?).

But all these are good news for this show, which have not been welcomed by some of the critics and the chatterati... but the show itself seemed has its own huge fanbase. Of course Hugh is the icing on that cake!!

 

 

[BJR]

Posted: 6/22/22 at 7:54am

When I saw Music Man again last week, they were telling everyone at the front door/security Hugh Jackman was out.

I agree many likely decided not to return their tickets, so that can indeed be the reason their average ticket price remained so high. But audiences were being told.

[Lisalemann]

Posted: 6/22/22 at 9:59am

We saw The Music Man the Friday night before the Tony's with Hugh and while I'm extremely glad he wasn't out yet as my 84 year old mother would have been really upset (she's a huge Hugh fan and this is the 3rd time we've seen him on Broadway since 2003) .  That said - I would definitely see the show again with Max in it - as long as I didn't have to pay $280/ticket for it :)  I thought the whole production was just great and Sutton and the kids were fantastic.  Unless a bunch of other cast planned on being out during that time -(which - to be fair - is possible) they should definitely sell the tickets with Max in it for those Hugh scheduled absences.