Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 3:00pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/23/2009 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.
#2re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 3:04pm
Did West Side Story jump the shark already?
And go Avenue Q!! Can't remember the last time I saw it over 90%
Updated On: 8/24/09 at 03:04 PM
#3re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 3:05pmWow, what's up with WSS?
"It's about the Benjamins, not the Bernsteins."-CapnHook
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#4re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 3:05pmNot the best week all around...
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#5re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 3:05pmEek! Fall is coming...beware...
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#6re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 3:08pmShouldn't WSS be close to recouping? I doubt they are the least bit worried. They are still grossing over 1 million a week.
#7re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 3:10pmUnexpected drop, West Side Story. Hmm, there are still so many shows grossing over a million which is great!!!!
#8re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 3:13pmThe grosses for all shows were down over 5%. School is back in session soon (some may already be back). Don't expect it to get better. Will be interesting to see if big name plays (Law in Hamlet, Craig/Jackman, return of Carnage) boost overall box office or just take $$$s away from other shows.
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#9re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 3:13pmWhen I saw 9 to 5, I was shocked!! That is some pretty horrible number especially for a closing show which should be getting more business.
bethnor
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/08
#10re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 3:15pm
perhaps laurents' little stunt with riedel will end up being a double-edged sword. as certainly there was more than one way to read that article.
after all, many speculate it was that little interview he did that damaged his TONY nomination chances.
perhaps, instead of lashing out at the cast, he should have played "mirror mirror on the wall."
#11re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 3:19pmI'm not surprised about the WSS numbers. I was at Saturday's matinee, and almost the entire side orchestra, on both sides, was empty.
#12re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 3:24pmOUCH! Burn the Floor. I guess Anya and Pasha just don't have the same draw as Karina and Maks. :-/
CurtainPullDowner
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#15re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 4:08pm
The summer is winding down. And the Autumn slump will begin. (Gee how long until the threads start about what will close next?)
Great news for Ave Q -- great to go out on top!
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TheatreFan4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/09
#16re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 4:12pmI think I'm missing something. What is exactly wrong with WSS gross? It's still pushing $1.1M.
#17re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 4:15pm^ Their attendance dropped. So of course the haters are going to say the production is done. They must be close to recouping, and I doubt they are in any danger if they keep pulling in a million a week.
#18re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 4:16pmIt's just that its attendance capacity is the lowest its ever been. Its gross is nothing to be worried about, but since fall and winter are fast approaching, the producers should just be prepared.
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#19re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 4:18pmI think Kevin McCollum knows how it works, lol.
#20re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 4:22pmThis is just a slow decline right now, just wait until after Labor Day. Kudos to shows like Hair, In The Heights & Chicago for selling SRO even though some of their shows aren't completely sold-out.
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TheatreFan4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/09
#21re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 4:23pmPeople act like experienced producers don't know how to run their shows. They know when the slow times of the year & they prepare. Do people think that they blow all the surplus from their $1M+ gross on coke or something?
bethnor
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/08
#22re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/23
Posted: 8/24/09 at 4:30pm
it shouldn't be hard to do the math re: WSS recouping.
assume the riedel bit is accurate and the investment was $14 million.
assume the nut is ~$750,000/week (it's probably much less than this, but i'm assuming this for simplicity sake).
the average gross (up until this week) was ~ $1.2-1.3 million. round off the profit to ~ $500K/week to make the math easier. that makes for ~ $2 million/month.
14/2 = 7. so best case scenario it recoups in 7 months.
snowskittle
Leading Actor Joined: 1/10/09
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