Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/17/16

[Rob]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 5:41pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 7/17/2016 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: ON YOUR FEET! (15.7%), THE CRUCIBLE (11.6%), THE COLOR PURPLE (9.0%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (7.5%), JERSEY BOYS (7.3%), CHICAGO (6.9%), FUN HOME (6.3%), PARAMOUR (6.0%), FINDING NEVERLAND (5.8%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (5.0%), WICKED (4.9%), WAITRESS (4.1%), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT (3.9%), FULLY COMMITTED (3.9%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (3.8%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (3.8%), AN ACT OF GOD (2.4%), ALADDIN (2.4%), LES MISÉRABLES (2.3%), BEAUTIFUL (2.2%), KINKY BOOTS (2.0%), THE LION KING (0.9%), THE HUMANS (0.4%), MATILDA (0.3%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (0.3%),

Down for the week by attendance was: HAMILTON (-0.4%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.4%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (-0.1%),

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[a-mad]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 5:50pm

Go, Waitress... go!

I'm still confused (and bummed out) that Matilda is closing while Kinky Boots is still open... I know that Matilda does much better business in summer and holidays, but the two are quite comparable in the off-season.  Is Matilda that much more expensive to run?

[JBroadway]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 5:50pm

Wow, almost every show is up from last week!

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 5:53pm

People were saying matildas operating costs are near 800,000 dollars a week while kinky boots is probably 200,000 dollars less. I could still see kinky boots closing up shop soon though maybe at the same time as Matilda even. 

Great week for everyone! Would the cast change explain the Hamilton decrease in number of seats sold?

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 5:55pm

a-mad said: "Go, Waitress... go!

I'm still confused (and bummed out) that Matilda is closing while Kinky Boots is still open... I know that Matilda does much better business in summer and holidays, but the two are quite comparable in the off-season.  Is Matilda that much more expensive to run?

 

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I believe it's twice as expensive to run..  

Do we still need to pit KB vs Matilda? Enough already...they've both had lovely runs.

 

[Wick3]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 5:55pm

Better week this past week than the week before for Broadway!

I'm still not sure why $475 is listed as the top ticket sold for Hamilton when we ourselves saw $549 (non-resale) tickets being sold on Ticketmaster online this past week. 

 

[Wick3]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 5:58pm

Call_me_jorge said: "People were saying matildas operating costs are near 800,000 dollars a week while kinky boots is probably 200,000 dollars less. I could still see kinky boots closing up shop soon though maybe at the same time as Matilda even. 

Great week for everyone! Would the cast change explain the Hamilton decrease in number of seats sold?"

Maybe? Maybe not? They announced Daveed Diggs departure last Wednesday so I'm 99% sure it was a full house + standing room on Wednesday mat/eve, Thu eve, Fri eve. Not sure about Monday eve, Tuesday eve, Sat mat/eve but given how there is still a cancellation line, I can almost swear it's always a full house there.

 

[chernjam]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 5:59pm

Wow - 4 performances of Cats did better than 8 other shows that performed 8 times last week...

That's pretty impressive and kind of contradicts those who were "reporting" that Cats had no buzz about it and no advance

[¿Macavity?]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:03pm

Good for Cats! Matilda made me chuckle a bit.

[ZellMorrowsPledge]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:04pm

Fun Home just deserves better

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:08pm

I was at Kinky Boots just the other day and the theatre was pretty full. 

[Wick3]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:09pm

A few of the posters above brought up a good point. What are the weekly operating costs of each show? Is there a website someplace that lists it? 

[Sammytravels]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:10pm

245601 said: "I was at Kinky Boots just the other day and the theatre was pretty full. 

 

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As I've learned, a full theatre doesn't mean a big gross. Yes it's nice for the cast to have a near full house to perform to, but I'm sure a lot of tickets were at discounted prices

Updated On: 7/18/16 at 06:10 PM

[FiddleMeThis]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:11pm

Can Paris make it to 2017 with these grosses??

 

Nope. They will post a revised closing notice soon, according to a production source. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:12pm

FiddleMeThis said: "Nope. They will post a revised closing notice soon, according to a production source."

Is this legit? For when?

[After Eight]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:13pm

"Fun Home just deserves better "

 

Better? It didn't deserve to run a week. It's damned lucky to have run this long.

[a-mad]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:16pm

KathyNYC2 said: "a-mad said: "Go, Waitress... go!

I'm still confused (and bummed out) that Matilda is closing while Kinky Boots is still open... I know that Matilda does much better business in summer and holidays, but the two are quite comparable in the off-season.  Is Matilda that much more expensive to run?



 

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I believe it's twice as expensive to run..  

Do we still need to pit KB vs Matilda? Enough already...they've both had lovely runs.

 

 

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I don't think it's necessarily intentional... the two opened opposite each other amid huge critical acclaim and the tug-of-war for Tony success that resulted (and, to be honest, was accelerated by all of us) will result in the two of them being associated with each other for a long, long time.  Yes, I agree that we can view them both as successful productions... but if you're a big fan of one over the other, there is nothing wrong with proclaiming your love for that production and desire for it to succeed.  I certainly don't disparage those who feel that KB is the better musical... same way as I don't harbor ill will towards those that view Lion King as a better musical than Ragtime... (that one is a tougher pill to swallow...)

[ZellMorrowsPledge]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:18pm

After Eight said: ""Fun Home just deserves better "

 

Better? It didn't deserve to run a week. It's damned lucky to have run this long.

 

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Lol. Says who? You need to take a trip over to madison square garden and take several seats delulu!

[After Eight]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:21pm

Zell,

Says me.... and the public, who caught on pretty quickly, considering all the hype accorded it.

Updated On: 7/18/16 at 06:21 PM

[gypsy101]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:30pm

"Would the cast change explain the Hamilton decrease in number of seats sold?"

How would that make sense? the tickets sold 9 months ago.

[FiddleMeThis]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:34pm

No definite date yet, but the producers have refused to carry this show for 6 months of they are thus far under the nut every week. 

[curel1]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:34pm

Yay for the jump for On Your Feet!

[jdshatz2]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:37pm

Isn't JERSEY BOYS due to pack it in?  There must be more than a few shows who could use that real estate.

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 7:51pm

jdshatz2 said: "Isn't JERSEY BOYS due to pack it in?  There must be more than a few shows who could use that real estate."

 

I hope the next tenant will be a play

[bdn223]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 7:58pm

Motown's numbers make you wonder if it will even last the 20 weeks considering critics are going to once again rip the production to shreds.