Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 3:07pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 7/5/2015 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: WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO (9.6%), AMAZING GRACE (3.6%), FISH IN THE DARK (2.9%), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (2.4%), AN ACT OF GOD (0.4%),
Down for the week by attendance was: ON THE TOWN (-10.4%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (-9.4%), HAND TO GOD (-8.5%), BEAUTIFUL (-7.6%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (-6.2%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (-6.0%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (-5.6%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (-4.9%), LES MISÉRABLES (-4.5%), FINDING NEVERLAND (-4.2%), KINKY BOOTS (-3.6%), ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (-3.6%), MAMMA MIA! (-2.6%), CHICAGO (-2.3%), JERSEY BOYS (-2.1%), WICKED (-2.1%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-2.0%), MATILDA (-0.3%),
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 3:10pm
Gosh, only five shows had an increase. OTT's struggles are not letting up.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Updated On: 7/6/15 at 03:10 PM
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 3:11pmCan we assume Wolf Hall did not recoup: A) by those numbers B) no press release saying that they did?
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 3:11pm
On the Toooown keeps going dooown.
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#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 3:12pm
Yeah i wanna know what happened with Wolf Hall too. How much did that production cost?
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Sunny11
Broadway Star Joined: 9/3/14
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 3:14pm
ouch ! Independence Day weekend is usually a bad time for Broadway if I am not mistaken since a lot of people like celebrating outdoors.
Stew123
Stand-by Joined: 2/17/10
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 3:39pm
wolf hall did not recoup. If you look at the numbers assuming the lowest possible weekly nut, the capitalization would have to be less than Hand to God's to have recouped. And we know it wasn't.
OTT is on the cusp of going from being a joke to being a sick joke.
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 3:49pm
The Fourth of July being on a Saturday was not a good thing clearly.
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 4:13pm
Agree with the holiday being on Saturday making things not so great for most shows. I was able to get a ticket through Hiptix for On the Twentieth Century a week in advance. I really thought that was a lost cause by now with it closing in a couple of weeks.
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#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 5:21pm
Pity about Wolf Hall, it really was an outstanding and thrilling day of theatre. Glad I had the chance to see it
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GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 5:42pm
A big fat woof for Gents Guide, Amazing Grace and OTT.
The difference between the three is that Gents Guide doesn't have to worry like AG and OTT should be.
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 6:45pm
I don't think anyone has paid full price for an Amazing Grace ticket.
Clyde15
Leading Actor Joined: 5/9/15
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 7:56pm
"A big fat woof for Gents Guide, Amazing Grace and OTT.
The difference between the three is that Gents Guide doesn't have to worry like AG and OTT should be. "
I think Gents Guide should be worrying. They haven't broken even or barely have the last 11 weeks. I think they may pack it up by the end of the summer if these numbers continue.
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/6/15 at 10:20pm
Poor Wolf Hall. I'm glad I saw it though I don't think I'd call it a great piece of theatre. Part 1 was an enjoyable few hours and Part 2 made it a very unique experience. I'd be interested to see separate numbers for both parts as the general consensus seemed to be that Part 1 was stronger than Part 2.
Broadwaystar2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/13
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/7/15 at 12:03amWell considering Gentlemans Guide recouped. 3 months ago. I'm sure they're fine.
Clyde15
Leading Actor Joined: 5/9/15
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/7/15 at 12:12am
"Well considering Gentlemans Guide recouped. 3 months ago. I'm sure they're fine. "
Just because you've recouped doesn't mean the running costs go away. They still need to make 600K a week to break even and pay for everything
Broadwaystar2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/13
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/7/15 at 7:09amWell obviously Gentlemans Guide isn't too worried if they've gone nearly 3 months without "breaking even". And they are still running.
Broadwaystar2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/13
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/7/15 at 7:15am
And your statement of 11 Weeks not breaking even is absolutely false! If you even know that their running cost is 600,000.
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/7/15 at 8:38am
I've posted this similar before, but how could FOLLIES cost 600-650k to run in the Marquis theatre with that cast and that orchestra, and Gentlemen's guide also cost $600,000? Now, I suppose FOLLIES was 4 years ago but still. Are prices increasing exponentially?
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neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/7/15 at 9:02am
GG "often costs less than 600k"
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/theater/a-gentlemans-guide-recoups-costs-and-encourages-other-shows.html?_r=0
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#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/7/15 at 9:50am
For a show this small, Gentleman's Guide's weekly costs are by no means low at $600K. With a cast of 14 (including swings) and an orchestra of 11 musicians, their costs might have been considerably lower. It would be interesting to know how much both Hartford Stage and The Old Globe are getting for their pre-Broadway productions, as these kind of enhanced productions can be a considerable financial burden.
One must also remember that weekly operating costs oftentimes increase post recoupment, as creatives and others negotiate post-recoupment increases to their fees and royalties.
Regardless, Gentleman's Guide was quite brilliantly produced by Mr. Parnes.
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/7/15 at 10:32am
gents guides last profitable week was 4/12. remeber that the published grosses are the gross gross not the net gross.
re "often costs less" you are reading too much into it. That just means that it is right at 600k; the weekly variation is de minimis.
the nonprofits get whatever revenue they get as producers, not as part of the weekly nut.
despite the desire to imagine it otherwise, the show is currently losing money and seems to have run out of steam. It can and should be proud of what it accomplished and I am sure an exit strategy is being developed or has been.
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/7/15 at 10:40am
In a way, I really love shows like Amazing Grace, Scandalous, Atomic, etc.
By that, I mean vanity shows created by less-than-able amateurs, who then give all their money to professional actors, managers, designers, etc., in a usually-futile attempt to try to turn the silly property into something remotely acceptable.
These shows are excoriated by reviewers and ignored by ticket-buyers; after an ignominious closing, the creators claim (to the few who have any interest in listening) that the result was exactly what they hoped for, and that someday their art will be understood.
And the self-envisioned "kind-hearted" posters on this and similar sites vilify anyone who finds comedy in this situation, accusing them of "stepping on dreams" and other such clichés.
It's a kind of entertainment, not so very different from train-wreck reality TV.
#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15
Posted: 7/7/15 at 11:24am
Anyone know if the current Les Miserables recouped? I googled this and did not find any information. Does the fact this this was the touring production that essentially set up on Bway make a difference when it comes to recouping?
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