Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/13/23

Not a bad week! Happy to see BTTF is doing well post-opening. As for OUAOMT, YIKES!!! I don't even know how they are still open with those numbers. I have a feeling a closing announcement will be posted any day now.

ElephantLoveMedley said: "How much longer does Kimberly have?"

I would say at least through the end of the year. It's a shame that it's not selling out each week post-Tonys. Such a beautiful and ORIGINAL piece of theatre!

ElephantLoveMedley said: "How much longer does Kimberly have?"

Huh? The show is making money. I don't see it closing anytime soon. It's in one of the smallest houses on Broadway it was never going to be a $1M a week show.

I suspect "Some Like It Hot" will announce a closing soon.

Ouch OUAOMT…

Hm. With all of the projections and everything, OUAOMT doesn't really have a set. Maybe it's not that expensive to run? Maybe they're holding out for the end of the year or something. Word of mouth has also been great even if the ticket sales don't reflect that.

Glad to see &Juliet is going strong. I'm interested to see how it will fare once Austin Scott has been there for a while.

I feel like Back to the Future will be the surprise of the season. I'm so glad to see it holding strong post-opening!

RippedMan said: "Huh? The show is making money. I don't see it closing anytime soon. It's in one of the smallest houses on Broadway it was never going to be a $1M a week show."

Never suggested that it ought to be making a million a week. However, we're now two months out from the show winning the Tony, and grosses have been declining over the summer. It made nearly $750k the week after its Tony win, and this past week, it grossed nearly $200k less at $560k. When I asked "how much longer does it have," I didn't mean that it should be posting closing this week or anything. It's just evident that however much demand there is for this show is tapering off. It's clearly not shaping up to be one of the long-running Best Musical winners.

two ladies tickets said: "hearthemsing22 said: "Hm. With all of the projections and everything, OUAOMT doesn't really have a set. Maybe it's not that expensive to run? Maybe they're holding out for the end of the year or something. Word of mouth has also been great even if the ticket sales don't reflect that.

Glad to see &Juliet is going strong. I'm interested to see how it will fare once Austin Scott has been there for a while.

I feel like Back to the Future will be the surprise of the season. I'm so glad to see it holding strong post-opening!

"

Remember, all of the songwriters/producers of all of those Britney Spears songs have to be paid weekly royalties. That's probably a large chunk of the weekly running costs for OUAOMT."

That's a good point, but maybe that's their highest expense? Especially given how bare the set is.

ElephantLoveMedley said: "RippedMan said: "Huh? The show is making money. I don't see it closing anytime soon. It's in one of the smallest houses on Broadway it was never going to be a $1M a week show."

Never suggested that it ought to be making a million a week. However, we're now two months out from the show winning the Tony, and grosses have been declining over the summer. It made nearly $750k the week after its Tony win, and this past week, it grossed nearly $200k less at $560k. When I asked "how much longer does it have," I didn't mean that it should be posting closing this week or anything. It's just evident that however much demand there is for this show is tapering off. It's clearly not shaping up to be one of the long-running BestMusical winners."

Just seems an odd thing to ask when it's making money. They'll keep it open until it's not making money..

RippedMan said: "Just seems an odd thing to ask when it's making money. They'll keep it open until it's not making money.."

Do you know that it's making money? Not trying to be snarky, genuinely asking. Do you know what the nut for the show is?

I have to say that ''Here Lies Love'' numbers are really good. Is this word of mouth?

I think ''Once Upon One More Time'' and ''A Beautiful Noise'' are likely posting closing notices very soon. By Labor Day, probably.

RippedMan said: "I think $400K"

KA is $550,000 a week

Several posters commented on how well BTTF and HLL are doing. I disagree, given their average ticket price. I fear they will both lose their investments, if ticket prices don’t pick up significantly. They may run for quite awhile, but it is an uphill battle for both.