Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/9/17

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Up for the week by attendance was: INDECENT (4.5%), CHICAGO (3.9%), KINKY BOOTS (1.1%), ON YOUR FEET! (1.1%), WICKED (0.7%), HELLO, DOLLY! (0.6%), GROUNDHOG DAY (0.3%),

Down for the week by attendance was: BEAUTIFUL (-14.1%), 1984 (-9.7%), MARVIN'S ROOM (-7.6%), WAITRESS (-7.3%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-6.7%), MISS SAIGON (-6.5%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (-6.3%), WAR PAINT (-5.7%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-5.3%), NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 (-4.8%), CATS (-4.5%), ANASTASIA (-4.5%), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (-3.9%), BANDSTAND (-3.7%), OSLO (-2.5%), ALADDIN (-1.1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.5%), A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 (-0.3%), THE LION KING (-0.3%), COME FROM AWAY (-0.1%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-0.1%),

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WOW DEAR EVAN HANSEN!!

2 most notable things to me are:

1) Groundhog Day grossing more than Hello, Donna with ~2,000 less seats

2) Comet holding on really well despite it's first week post-Groban, and even pre-Oak (if anyone could even argue he's of value)

I'm sure Miss Saigon is singing "Why God..." a lot lately... yikes.



and War Paint doesn't look like it's going to make it till Labor Day

newintown said: "What's up with Dolly? Has Midler been out the last two weeks?"

Yes. This what non-Midler & Groban numbers look like for Dolly and Great Comet. The holiday week probably made them worse than they would have been. We'll see for Great Comet next week what Oak and Ingrid together can do for the numbers.

Dolly's average ticket price dropped over $100 while Midler was out, which is not surprising, but doesn't bode well for after she's gone.

Regarding DEH, the ticket price hike is kicking in, hence the higher gross. Average ticket price up about $50 from last week.

LOL at Groundhog Day being one of the few to go up, as slight as it was. I'll be happily surprised if they can keep it up.

Updated On: 7/10/17 at 03:39 PM

Wow, the Great Comet numbers are surprisingly...not that bad, especially considering this was such a bad week for almost everyone. And considering the show was averaging around 950k to 1.1m with Groban (not counting his last two weeks where everyone was buying premium tickets), it actually hardly dropped at all. Honestly I was expecting a lot worse. Guess we'll see if they can sustain it once Oak joins...

Also, what the heck DEH? Good for them, but where on Earth did that spike come from?

Yep. This was the first playing week in their SECOND block of tickets (after they were a hit). This will become the new normal for them.

Millionaire’$ Club

(in alphabetical order)

Aladdin

Anastasia

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Come From Away

Dear Evan Hansen

Hamilton**

Kinky Boots

School of Rock

The Book of Mormon

The Lion King*

The Phantom of the Opera

Wicked

*denotes the show(s) that made more than 2 million dollars

**denotes the show(s) that made more than 3 million dollars



100% CLUB

(in alphabetical order)

Dear Evan Hansen

Hamilton

Kinky Boots

The Book of Mormon

Wicked

It's kind of surprising how little interest there was in the Miss Saigon revival.

How much longer for The Play That Goes Wrong? I keep forgetting it's running.

Those Marvin's Room numbers are sad. I know it's a non-profit but I don't remember even the worst Roundabout shows grossing that low, and Marvin's Room isn't anywhere near as bad as say The Cherry Orchard or Old Times.

I think out of BANDSTAND, GROUNDHOG DAY & WAR PAINT, WAR PAINT will be the first to go. I think BANDSTAND & GROUNDHOG DAY will last until the end of the year. I think GREAT COMET will shutter by the end of the year, too, unless a name comes into the show. DOLLY will keep running as long as there's a name in the title role. Probably not someone as big as Midler, but someone big enough to bring in $1 million a week+.

Do you mean "fall of" instead of "full of" 4.76%? If so, they are referring to the 99.6% to 94.8% of seats sold.

Updated On: 7/10/17 at 04:33 PM

I think ACL2006's prognostication may be spot on. Labor Day - Thanksgiving is a tough window for the survivors without stars. "Bandstand" has eroded since its Tony bump. When I was there Saturday afternoon, the upstairs was about 75%, but heavily discounted. I scored great half-price seats in front mezz onlythe Thursday before. Maybe their advance has picked up. But fall... Fall sales. With several musicals SRO, one wants to believe audiences will have to sample GHD, BS because they lose their 1st - 4th choices. Without Groban, GC doesn't have that boomer+ appeal.

Will3700 said: "I have tickets for War Paint and Miss Saigon for late September. Should I be worried? We have 7 other shows as well including Hello Dolly, Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen(which I saw in Jan but convinced my sister to see it again) But I really want to see those two.



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I wouldn't count on War Paint still being around but I think Miss Saigon will make it to its planned closing in January