Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/21/19

[Rob]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 4:35pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 7/21/2019 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: WAITRESS (12%), THE LION KING (5.9%), BE MORE CHILL (3.8%), TOOTSIE (3.5%), KING KONG (3.3%), DAVE CHAPPELLE (2.4%), FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE (2.1%), BEETLEJUICE (1.5%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (1.5%), AIN'T TOO PROUD (0.7%), WICKED (0.7%), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (0.5%), MEAN GIRLS (0.2%), HADESTOWN (0.1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.1%), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: CHICAGO (-6.1%), THE CHER SHOW (-2.3%), ALADDIN (-1%), FROZEN (-0.5%), OKLAHOMA! (-0.5%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-0.1%), THE PROM (-0.1%),

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[LuPita2]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 4:48pm

Yeah for Beetlejuice and Tootsie!  LOVE.

[Owen Parker]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 4:54pm

Beetlejuice teaching the One Million mark!! Getting what it deserves! Such a good show!

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 4:56pm

I find if it interesting that Beautiful had one more show than the previous week (due to the blackout) and still made less $$$ than the week before. It’s the only show from last week with that distinction.

[BroadwayRox3588]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 4:57pm

Miles2Go2 said: "I find if it interesting that Beautiful had one more show than the previous week (due to the blackout) and still made less $$$ than the week before. It’s the only show from last week with that distinction."

I believe Beautiful was unaffected by the blackout. I could be wrong, but I don't think they had to cancel.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 4:58pm

Miles2Go2 said: "I find if it interesting that Beautiful had one more show than the previous week (due to the blackout) and still made less $$$ than the week before. It’s the only show from last week with that distinction."

Beautiful did not have to cancel a show -- they were one of the few that did not lose power (the group of "B" shows).

 

 

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 4:59pm

Ah, makes sense. Thanks!

[SpookyFish13]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 5:04pm

Beetlejuice is really surprising me. I expected it to be on a slow decline, similar to Tootsie. I guess the positive word-of-mouth among tourists is working in its favor. If it keeps grossing above the million mark, it should be safe for now!

[InTheBathroom1]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 5:08pm

Funny that the critics loved Tootsie but audiences don't seem to agree.  Yet critics hated Beetlejuice, but audiences are loving it.

[LuPita2]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 5:21pm

Funny how Tootsie increased this week and bested your fav show by half a million dollars.....

[JBroadway]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 5:29pm

I'm glad to see this bump for Beetlejuice too! It was one of only 3 new musicals on Broadway this season that I actually enjoyed. Glad to see it hasn't been hit too hard by the lack of love by critics and awards voters. We'll see how it does in the long term though. 

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 6:05pm

SpookyFish13 said: "Beetlejuice is really surprising me. I expected it to be on a slow decline, similar to Tootsie. I guess the positive word-of-mouth among tourists is working in its favor. If it keeps grossing above the million mark, it should be safe for now! "

At this point if the outlook for the advance was hopelessly bleak for the fall then the closing notice would have gone up. I would be willing to lay down money that it lasts through New Years now at the very least (unless there’s a rapid unexpected drop after Labor Day)

[DAME]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 6:05pm

InTheBathroom1 said: "Funny that the critics loved Tootsie but audiences don't seem to agree. Yet critics hated Beetlejuice, but audiences are loving it."

Audiences are indeed enjoying Tootsie.  Just not here in your bubble.  Gee.. the bs you people come up with.

[LuPita2]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 6:09pm

Yup. The Be More Chill crowd is SO touchy.  

[Bette's Turban]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 6:12pm

Beetlejuice is benefiting from camp groups and summer excursions. It has nothing to do with being a audience favorite. It is not.

Updated On: 7/22/19 at 06:12 PM

[Ahmy]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 6:48pm

The Marquis has more seats than the Winter Garden, so it's usually inevitable Tootsie makes more money. (It's only 100 or so more, I think. Still a decent amount.)

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 6:51pm

DAME said: "InTheBathroom1 said: "Funny that the critics loved Tootsie but audiences don't seem to agree. Yet critics hated Beetlejuice, but audiences are loving it."

Audiences are indeed enjoying Tootsie. Just not here in your bubble. Gee.. the bs you people come upwith."

Exactly. I was in a completely sold out Saturday evening performance last month, and the audience was enthralled by the show. 

[Owen Parker]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 7:02pm

The Wall Street Journal had an article about Beetlejuice becoming more popular and making more money and they said it probably won’t decline after summer because Halloween will be soon and that will fit Beetlejuice perfectly!

[AntV]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 7:12pm

The Prom should extend a few more weeks.

[BroadwayRox3588]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 7:17pm

LuPita2 said: "Yup. The Be More Chill crowd is SO touchy."

Honestly, InTheBathroom's comment seemed to be a genuine observation, mixed in with curiosity. I saw no snark or touchiness in their comment. You're the one who got edgy over it. And you continue to do so whenever someone claims that they don't like your show, or that it's not doing great. (Referring to the other Tootsie thread)

Also, just as an aside, I don't like Tootsie either. At all. And I know plenty of people who don't. Do I count as an audience member? Do any of us who don't like it count?

Updated On: 7/22/19 at 07:17 PM

[Robbie2]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 8:06pm

Bette's Turban said: "Beetlejuice is benefiting from camp groups and summer excursions. It has nothing to do with being a audience favorite. It is not."

 

True - seeing BJ over BMC

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 7/22/19 at 8:52pm

Here's a link to the Wall St. Journal story about ''Beetlejuice''

https://www.wsj.com/articles/beetlejuice-pulls-itself-out-of-the-grave-11562018304

[Lot666]

Posted: 7/23/19 at 8:57am

Robbie2 said: "Bette's Turban said: "Beetlejuice is benefiting from camp groups and summer excursions. It has nothing to do with being a audience favorite. It is not."

True - seeing BJ over BMC"

You are to Be More Chill what Michael Riedel was to Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark.

[massofmen]

Posted: 7/23/19 at 11:35pm

If you go on ticketmaster right now for this friday, about 3/4 of the house is still available for BJuice.