Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/2/13

[Rob]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 2:59pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 6/2/2013 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 BIG KNIFE (6.2%),

Down for the week by attendance was: ANNIE (-17.7%), CHICAGO (-17.1%), CINDERELLA (-17.1%), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (-14.3%), ROCK OF AGES (-11.0%), ONCE (-10.0%), THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (-9.3%), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-9.1%), THE NANCE (-9.1%), JERSEY BOYS (-9.0%), MAMMA MIA! (-8.7%), MACBETH (-8.6%), ANN (-7.9%), THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES (-7.8%), VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE (-7.7%), I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS (-6.8%), PIPPIN (-4.6%), WICKED (-3.3%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-2.7%), NEWSIES (-2.2%), LUCKY GUY (-0.7%), KINKY BOOTS (-0.4%), THE LION KING (-0.4%), MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL (-0.1%),

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[bdn223]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 3:21pm

All i can say is DAMN!! I am assuming most excluding 3 are down because of the heat wave and beach weather weekend we just had killing day of sales. That combined with Tony voter comps cause the down spike in the new shows.

Once's drop is probably the most suprising, I wonder if it will regain some ground or maintain it new lower grosses. Did the producers also lower prices back to pre-Tony prices becuase their maximum prossible gross is beneath Newsies which hasn't since they upped their prices post Tony's? Oh and the show is most certainly not in trouble its running costs are at most $500,000.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 3:21pm

Almost every show went down. Although the summer will cure those downward dizzying spells.

[GilmoreGirlO2]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 4:15pm

Fairly large drops for a good number of shows...is there something this week that I am forgetting that would have caused this? Just seems odd as the summer momentum seemed to be building.

ETA: I also find it interesting that "Matilda" was one of the only shows that increased in sales this week. Happy for them! Updated On: 6/3/13 at 04:15 PM

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 4:17pm

It was about fourteen thousand degrees out this weekend, I think everyone was at the beach or a park.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 4:19pm

Gosh darn, a 200K plus drop for "Chicago". As another poster mentioned, summer is rapidly approaching, which I guess will mean better box office numbers for many shows. Big ouch for "Ann", down to almost 19%. Speaking of "Ann", I do have an extra ticket for the Sat. June 8th 2pm perf. I changed my mind on that show to see "The Nance." If anyone knows of a place on Broadway that will have a Tonys watching event, please pass along that info to moi. Thanks....RC in Austin, Texas...

Updated On: 6/3/13 at 04:19 PM

[GilmoreGirlO2]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 4:21pm

RC, 54 Below is having a Tony's viewing party: https://cabaret.broadwayworld.com/article/54-Below-to-Host-TONYS-Viewing-Party-69-20130603

[egghumor]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 4:25pm

It's fairly common for grosses to drop after a holiday week. The biggest surprise was to see ANNIE back down at 69%; the level it was at before Jane Lynch joined the cast. It seems this production is almost played out. If the grosses don't improve, I imagine they'll close when Lynch's contract is up in July.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 4:42pm

ANNIE is actively seeking Stars to replace Jane, some of the names I've heard are ridiculous.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 4:43pm

I can confirm they've reached out to Wanda Sykes to take over the role up until the end of year.

[Up In One]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 5:11pm

Kinky Boots and Motown continue to keep company with the long run boys and girls Wicked, Lion King and Book of Mormon, once Lucky Guy ends its limited engagement more will join them at the top of the leader board.

[evic]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 6:10pm

I am amazed that Pippin isn't seeling out. Do they really think that Wanda Sykes will sell a ticket?-She is of another decade. Unless they want to keep the lesbian Miss Hannigan thing going. Uh oh.....if Wanda turns it down does that mean.....they offer it to......please no.

[ggersten]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 6:14pm

This is the first week in the last month that Pippin didn't sell every ticket. Since nearly every show was down in attendance, there was something going on - perhaps the weather - perhaps the Memorial day hangover before summer starts -

[Playbilly]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 9:23pm

Rosie reviews Annie

JL Ok
Btr f it wuz me, tho

[binau]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 10:12pm

It seems like this was the perfect theatre size for Pippin. A lot seems to be going right for this revival.

[Theater'sBestFriend]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 10:36pm

Patrick Healy writes about the box office battle in today's NY Times Arts Beat:



NY Times Box Office Battle

[ggoom]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 11:43pm

Actually the gross trend will be downhill from this point on. If you look at the data, the 21st week (4th week of May) is the peak bringing more than any other summer weeks (notable exception is 2009). This trend is becoming stronger during the last three years.

It is interesting to see whether Annie can buck this trend being a children's show.