Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/31/16

[Rob]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 3:12pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 7/31/2016 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: FULLY COMMITTED (5.9%), FUN HOME (2.9%), MATILDA (2.7%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (2.2%), BEAUTIFUL (2.0%), CATS (1.4%), CHICAGO (1.1%), PARAMOUR (0.9%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (0.8%), KINKY BOOTS (0.7%), LES MISÉRABLES (0.7%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (0.6%), ALADDIN (0.3%), MOTOWN THE MUSICAL (0.3%), THE LION KING (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (-6.9%), ON YOUR FEET! (-5.7%), AN ACT OF GOD (-4.7%), THE COLOR PURPLE (-2.5%), WAITRESS (-1.5%), JERSEY BOYS (-1.3%), FINDING NEVERLAND (-1.1%), WICKED (-0.7%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (-0.5%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.2%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-0.1%),

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[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 3:14pm

On Your Feet! is really, really slipping.

And things aren't looking too hot for Rotten! either, very sadly.

[¿Macavity?]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 3:18pm

Hmm, Jersey Boys isn't doing great, not terrible, but not great.

Updated On: 8/1/16 at 03:18 PM

[BroadwayMan5]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 3:21pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "On Your Feet! is really, really slipping.

And things aren't looking too hot for Rotten! either, very sadly.

 

"

Something Rotten has been low but steady and they seem to be holding on for now with the new cast. On Your Feet on the other hand seems to be going down substantially often.

[Harrisonmlewis]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 3:30pm

I think Alan Mingo, Jr. will be the last Lola.

[Dysquith13]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 3:35pm

Matilda is happily doing excellent, but that's probably thanks to the inevitable closing of an otherwise excellent broadway run.

Updated On: 9/12/16 at 03:35 PM

[ZellMorrowsPledge]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 3:47pm

I'm expecting a closing notice from Kinky imminently.

[10086sunset]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 4:29pm

Went to see On Your Feet! Friday night and there were a ton of empty seats. 

I won the lottery, along with at least 50 others. 

Can't see it lasting much longer.

[10086sunset]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 4:42pm

Looking at the numbers each week for An Act of God, I truly wonder if the Booth would have been better off staying vacant until Liaisons. 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 4:43pm

Why would any theater be better off vacant? They're collecting rent.

[Notreallysilent 2]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 5:03pm

I know this was talked about a little in another grosses thread, but I'm really interested in how wicked is making more than it's potential gross without SRO. 

Also, I agree we might be seeing a closing notice for kinky soon. It's been pretty steady, but I don't know how it could last much longer making 50-60% of its potential gross even in the summer. It also sucks to see it having such low capacity numbers too.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 5:10pm

10086sunset said: "Looking at the numbers each week for An Act of God, I truly wonder if the Booth would have been better off staying vacant until Liaisons. 

 

"

 

That makes literally zero sense. 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 5:15pm

Notreallysilent 2 said: "I know this was talked about a little in another grosses thread, but I'm really interested in how wicked is making more than it's potential gross without SRO. "

 

SRO would be counted in attendance not gross. Wicked's attendance is 97%.Above potential gross would be premium pricing, I believe.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 5:31pm

neonlightsxo said: "SRO would be counted in attendance not gross. Wicked's attendance is 97%.Above potential gross would be premium pricing, I believe."

SRO is counted in the gross.

[10086sunset]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 6:12pm

Liza's Headband said: "10086sunset said: "Looking at the numbers each week for An Act of God, I truly wonder if the Booth would have been better off staying vacant until Liaisons. 

 

"

 

That makes literally zero sense. 

 

"

The point being the numbers are so bad...Forget it....

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 7:26pm

I didn't mean it's not counted in the gross at all. I meant if they're selling SRO it makes the attendance over 100 not the gross over its potential. I'll stop posting from my phone jeez

Updated On: 8/1/16 at 07:26 PM

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 8:51pm

10086sunset said: "Liza's Headband said: "10086sunset said: "Looking at the numbers each week for An Act of God, I truly wonder if the Booth would have been better off staying vacant until Liaisons. 

 

"

 

That makes literally zero sense. 

 

"

The point being the numbers are so bad...Forget it....

 

"

 

Who cares what the numbers are? The weekly rent is guaranteed. They get a check either way. 

[HogansHero]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 8:53pm

neonlightsxo said: "I didn't mean it's not counted in the gross at all. I meant if they're selling SRO it makes the attendance over 100 not the gross over its potential. I'll stop posting from my phone jeez"

lol at least it makes sense now

[skies]

Posted: 8/2/16 at 12:03am

So of all the holdouts from the 14/15 season, the only ones left standing are "Fun Home", "Finding Neverland", "An American in Paris " and "Something Rotten", and all are scheduled to close this year.  

 

Only Fun Home recouped it's costs, and the other musicals will have played anywhere from 16-20 months without recouping their costs...which is insane.  I'm speculating those other musicals  would have to play close to two years to turn a profit, ye gads!

Updated On: 8/2/16 at 12:03 AM

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 8/2/16 at 12:11am

skies, Rotten! hasn't yet announced closing. The other three have, though.

[Wick3]

Posted: 8/2/16 at 12:21am

Notreallysilent 2 said: "I know this was talked about a little in another grosses thread, but I'm really interested in how wicked is making more than it's potential gross without SRO. "

I'm no expert here but I have been following the Hamilton grosses and gross potential for a few weeks now. First off, SRO would be part of the total gross if they sold them. As for Wicked or any other show, it is possible to have less than 100% attendance yet still have over 100% in potential gross.

Think of the theater seating chart as a template, with each seat assigned a set price. If every single seat is sold at its assigned set price, then the total $$$ the show gets is the total potential gross, in this case for Wicked it would be $1,779,845. If you look at the weekly history, you'll see that number as a constant for any week that has 8 performances.

Producers, however, know that investors will be happier if they see over 100% in potential gross in the reports. How do they accomplish that? By changing some seats' assigned set price to a premium seat price. My belief is that the producers and box office can alter pricing of seats in certain performances (most likely evening performances... especially Saturday eve) if they think they can sell those seats at the premium price. This is partly the reason why each week the average price sold is different. 

Again, I don't work in the theater industry nor in the financial industry but these numbers do interest me and the above is what makes sense in my head. I, too, would like to learn more as these 'adaptive' pricing is very interesting. 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 8/2/16 at 9:29am

10086sunset said: "Looking at the numbers each week for An Act of God, I truly wonder if the Booth would have been better off staying vacant until Liaisons. 

 

Its a one-person show and I am sure the one-person would take a salary reduction rather than close prematurely.#

 

Is it me or did the summer bump not happen this summer?  I was expecting bigger numbers for a lot of shows, including TKAI, Fiddler, Neverland (which pretty much sold out last summer), Kinky (which did MUCH better a year ago), AAIP (also a steep reduction from last summer) and Rotten.

Have the tourists limited their selections even narrowly than last year?

 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 8/2/16 at 10:13am

Act of God is actually a three person show, not that it matters. It's cheap to run, still.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 8/2/16 at 10:14am

though it hasn't been announced, SOMETHING ROTTEN is closing this January. They're not making much money now during the busy summer season & the grosses will dip below their weekly nut come September. The St. James is planning a major renovation before FROZEN takes the theater, which is expected to take roughly a whole year.

[mailhandler777]

Posted: 8/2/16 at 11:06am

10086sunset said: "Went to see On Your Feet! Friday night and there were a ton of empty seats. 

I won the lottery, along with at least 50 others. 

Can't see it lasting much longer."

 

I went on Sat night and there were a bunch of empty seats. I also won lottery. It will be a shame if they close. I think it's an amazing show.