Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/16/15

[Rob]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 3:59pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/16/2015 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: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (2.6%), AMAZING GRACE (1.8%), HAMILTON (0.6%),

Down for the week by attendance was: PENN & TELLER ON BROADWAY (-21.0%), HAND TO GOD (-6.6%), THE KING AND I (-5.0%), FINDING NEVERLAND (-5.0%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (-4.5%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-4.4%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (-4.0%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (-4.0%), ON THE TOWN (-3.7%), THE LION KING (-3.2%), MATILDA (-3.2%), LES MISÉRABLES (-3.0%), CHICAGO (-2.9%), KINKY BOOTS (-2.4%), FUN HOME (-1.7%), JERSEY BOYS (-1.1%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (-0.7%), WICKED (-0.7%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.6%), MAMMA MIA! (-0.4%), BEAUTIFUL (-0.1%),

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[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:00pm

Let it go, AG.

[haterobics]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:10pm

That Penn and Teller drop makes no sense, as when i kept looking to return, the lack of anything resembling a decent seat, and the majority of the Orchestra, Mezzanine, and Balcony being sold out is what kept me away... the days I was looking to go, there were less than 25 orchestra seats left each time.

[mattporter17]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:11pm

Man, Mamma Mia is doing really well! Why is it closing again? Guess interest peaked after the closing announcement. Not a great week overall...

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:13pm

^ It's only doing well because it's closing. That's the way it works.

We know GGLAM isn't making its nut, anybody know about Hand to God and Jersey Boys?

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:15pm

Hand To God is 270K so there JUST barely making their nut. 

[mattporter17]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:17pm

Hand to God's running costs are $270,000/week. So it's just making under that. 

[mattporter17]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:17pm

Hand to God's running costs are $270,000/week. So it's just making under that. 

[evic]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:22pm

Does that include advertising costs?  If not- Nut must be closer to 300,000.  Neverland and Rotten will continue to drop.    The hoopla for Rotten is fading.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:22pm

If HTG's nut is $270k, then they are losing >$25k this week. If it is more like $250k (and they may be adjusting ad buys, although that can be counterproductive), then they are marginal. Remember that the reported gross is the gross gross, not the net gross.

[ZellMorrowsPledge]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:25pm

I'm surprised 5,000+ bought tickets to see Amazing Grace

[mattporter17]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:29pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Word-of-Mouth-Propels-Broadways-HAND-TO-GOD-Toward-Profit-20150701

Article about Hand to God.

Updated On: 8/17/15 at 04:29 PM

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:34pm

Is this the first week that Neverland dropped below a million? 

Also, Jersey Boys' nut is a little less than 500 so they are still making money. I feel like Gentleman's Guide would also have the sum running costs even they they apparently reported that it costs almost 600 to put on the show which i don't believe for a second.

[timrobb]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:48pm

Hedwig had a slight bump, while most shows saw a significant drop.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 5:09pm

"If HTG's nut is $270k, then they are losing >$25k this week. If it is more like $250k (and they may be adjusting ad buys, although that can be counterproductive), then they are marginal. Remember that the reported gross is the gross gross, not the net gross.

It made no sense to me either, so I asked someone I know about it who is very close to the show (and very reputable.)  He told me that he number is very wrong, and that the show was up over $100,000, not down almost $270,000, so it grossed over $1.5 million.

 

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[Smaxie]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 5:41pm

>That Penn and Teller drop makes no sense, as when i kept looking to return, the lack of anything resembling a decent seat, and the majority of the Orchestra, Mezzanine, and Balcony being sold out is what kept me away... the days I was looking to go, there were less than 25 orchestra seats left each time.<

 

That figure appears to be wrong.  The Broadway League apparently sent out the wrong figures for Penn & Teller.  The NY Times report about the grosses includes the following correction: Correction: August 17, 2015  An earlier version of this post referred incorrectly to the box office gross for "Penn & Teller on Broadway," using data provided by the Broadway League. The show took in $1,555,706, not $1,153,386.  

 

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/hamilton-shows-its-muscle-on-broadway/?ref=theater

Updated On: 8/17/15 at 05:41 PM

[OKBroadwayFan]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 5:43pm

Yes, this is the first week that Neverland has been under $1m.    

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 5:44pm

of course it would be the week i saw it lmao

[HogansHero]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 5:45pm

Raisedonmusicals,

I'm not following what you are saying. What number is wrong?

Assuming the $270k nut is correct (and I am inclined to take Kevin's word for that) then the dollars toward recoupment through this week's frame is about $531k plus the unspent cap of $600k for an aggregate of $1131k or about 28% recoupment. 

[ggersten]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 5:49pm

Hogan, i think the refetence was to penn and teller and not hand to gd.  

Updated On: 8/17/15 at 05:49 PM

[haterobics]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 5:52pm

OK, that makes sense. It wouldn't follow the usual patterns for a show like P&T to make less in its final week...

Updated On: 8/17/15 at 05:52 PM

[HogansHero]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 6:04pm

thanks ggersten. It's always nice to have a tour guide for BWW when you get lost on the wrong path.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 7:06pm

"Hogan, i think the refetence was to penn and teller and not hand to gd.  

 

Right!  Somehow, in attempting to quote haterobic's post, I quoted a different post.  Not sure what happened there.

 

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[Broadwaystar2]

Posted: 8/17/15 at 9:08pm

Who ever said Rotten is losing steam????? REALLY? Still at over a million a week? I hardley call that losing steam.