Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:04pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 6/26/2011 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 6/26
Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:11pm
Pumped for Spider Man! I hope this boost lasts through at least the summer.
Updated On: 6/27/11 at 03:11 PM
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:14pm
Spider-Man's jump is expected, as they're coming off weeks of press performances, but still, yowza!
Nice to see some strong numbers being posted by the plays, as well.
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LegallyBroadway2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/10
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:25pmGo Spider-Man!
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#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:35pmThat has to be one of the biggest bumps in gross ive ever seen, well done Spider Man
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#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:37pmNice to see NORMAL HEART and MF WITH THE HAT pulling in strong numbers.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:41pmI'm so happy for The Normal Heart. So wonderful for them to get the audience the production (and the message) deserve! Hope they ride this post Tonys bump all the way through their closing.
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#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:49pm
How to Succeed... still grossed 1 million despite one performance being cancelled. And Sister Act nearly reaching 1 million!!! I'm still curious as to how Obama's fundraiser on Thursday factored into their grosses.
BTW, expect a dip for this week since this weekend is July 4th weekend.
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.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:56pm
ACL....I'm guessing that they are figured in simply with whatever price was paid to the theater. How much Obama's campaign rec'd was a secondary sale and wouldnt affect these numbers.
As far as Spidey goes...they have to keep those figures going a heck of a lot longer than just the summer.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/27/11 at 4:02pmYea I was just stating a possible goal for them.
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/27/11 at 4:02pmYea I was just stating a possible goal for them.
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/27/11 at 10:26pmSpiderman will need to keep those grosses going for 5 years to break even and then maintain a 1.2-1.4 million weekly grosses just to continue to break even, let alone make a profit. I don't see it happening.
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.
LegallyBroadway2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/10
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/27/11 at 11:07pmAnd if it doesn't it will go down a flop along with a bunch of other shows. Big deal....
robjohn99
Swing Joined: 12/3/10
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/28/11 at 2:41am
re: Spider-man breaking even -
Hey, Wicked did it (and their reviews were also pretty bad 
) - just sayin'...
- robjohn
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/28/11 at 4:28amWicked cost about 1/6 of Spider Man and it took them around a year to recoup. Also Wicked was a smash hit. Spider Man most weeks is just getting by (not this one though :) ).Wicked had good word of mouth, while Spider Man doesn't. Even the reviews for Wicked were better. I don't think Wicked is a good example.
robjohn99
Swing Joined: 12/3/10
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/28/11 at 11:13am
I'm not sure how you would define "smash hit" - Wicked had only so-so reviews when it first came out:
https://www.stagegrade.com/productions/359
(a "C+" here vs. C for Spider-man)
My point is that even with poor reviews, Wicker has now been on for 8 years, which for Spider-man would be more than enough to presumably recoup.
As far as positive word of mouth, Spider-man must be getting SOME sort of positive buzz among actual "people" or it wouldn't be bringing in 1.7 million in a week....
My two cents at any rate (and no, I don't work for the production, amazingly enough )...
- robjohn
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/28/11 at 12:06pm
^I dont think they were saying a smash hit in terms of reviews, but by audience reactions. If you sit in on ANY performance of WICKED it's gonna garner a HUGE response from the audience, cuz it connects. Spidey has yet to do that (this is from word of people who have seen it on multiple occasions)
Also, WICKED had a huge advance even before it came to NYC from the SF try outs, and after the word of mouth came out (which was explosive) it pushed it over the edge, again, Spidey doesnt have anything close to that response. And then you have to factor in the fact that you could produce 5 more productions of WICKED before you even come close to the cost of this one production of Spider-Man, and that the weekly nut is 2x the amount WICKED is. And WICKED also had pretty positive reviews when it came to national press I believe, where as Spider-Man has gotten nothing but bad press.
Again, I dont see why people compare WICKED to Spider-Man. They are COMPLETELY different. I think if anything it should be compared to "Dance of the Vampires" extended previews, horrid reviews...come on.
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Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/28/11 at 12:09pmWill Spider Man be the Abie's Irish Rose of the 2010's? Lousy reviews and runs and runs and funs and runs . . . . . . .
BroadwayEd
LegallyBroadway2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/10
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/28/11 at 12:24pm
Lion King doesn't have a following and it makes a million + a week. Spider-Man doesn't need a wicked following. As long as it makes over a million a week, it'll be FINE. Spider-man needs families and people wanting to watch a broadway spectacular. already running costs have dropped, and will continue to do so as the storm passes, and now the show is rebuilding its reputation. It has been open for how long? no sh*t there isn't a WICKED OMGGGG FAN CLUB IDINA OMG WICKED MY FAVORITE SHOW OMG GLEE following. It took wicked more than a month or two to even gain that.
And for gods sake, how do any of you know what the word of mouth is? Do you listen to EVERY audience members thoughts? As I left 2.0, I did not hear any bad things spoken. People were thrilled. People will see this show just as they sat their asses down at the gershwin with another C rated show.
If it doesn't recoup, then the BWW message board queens told us so, if it does, than wooo fu*king hooo.
Updated On: 6/28/11 at 12:24 PM
robjohn99
Swing Joined: 12/3/10
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/28/11 at 12:30pm
re: comparing Dance of the Vampires -
- did Dance of the Vampires manage to stay in the top 3 even during a disastrous preview period, or, for that matter, to make 1.7 mil in a week? Spider-man, if it's shown anything thus far, it is precisely the sort of staying power (despite scathing reviews during it's preview period) which demonstrates that it may be tapping into something (for some here, I'm sure, for better or worse!) potentially resonating with a broad and potentially long-lasting audience. If Wicked is for the female tweens, perhaps Spider-man will be the equivalent for male kids and tweens, and perhaps that will be enough to keep it around for years (who knows?) As far as Wicked's reviews - I think many have mentioned the fact here that it's initial reviews were in the "C+" range, while Spider-man's reviews post-opening night have been C's on average, with some positives and negatives...Ultimately, it's about what the audience wants, regardless, and right now they seem to want Spider-man (though we'll see...)
- robjohn
Updated On: 6/28/11 at 12:30 PM
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/28/11 at 12:31pm
On the topic of Spider-Man, I don't know if this was already posted, but the NY Times had a feature about the finances of the show. To me, it looks like there's almost no way Spider-Man will ever turn a significant profit, let alone recoup.
A Look at the Finances of 'Spider-Man'
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Updated On: 6/28/11 at 12:31 PM
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/28/11 at 12:35pm
^Whoa, okay first off...calm down haha
Secondly, I was talking about my confusion as to how people are drawing the similarities between WICKED and Spider-Man
They are polar opposites IMO
And it's kind of been around since November of '10, even though it was "previews" the show gained the amount of attention that producers can only dream of! Even my friends who have no idea what the eff the difference between a Broadway show and high school production knew about "Spider-Man." One would think that because of this, their grosses would reflect that, but since this week is one of the only weeks they have covered their nut (hehe) its not to good, again in my opinion.
And this is Broadwayworld.com....its a major broadway show that has been in the headlines, so yea, the "Bww queens" will discuss it.
And to touch on the word of mouth, its more then just what people have to say as they come out of the theater from one performance. From what I and many others heard, it is not that great. Whether that is fact or fiction is beyond us knowing unless we sat in on every show and collected every one of the audience's grade.
Sorry if I offended, I am just dumbfounded by how some can claim that this show is doing "oh so well" while others can say its "dying quickly"
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LegallyBroadway2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/10
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/26
Posted: 6/28/11 at 12:37pmIf I were the producers, I wouldn't try to make a profit. Its just too difficult. I would just enjoy the product.
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