Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/26/18

[Rob]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:14pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/26/2018 in BroadwayWorld'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: ANASTASIA (6.9%), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN (5.3%), COME FROM AWAY (0.4%), SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (0.2%),

Down for the week by attendance was: WAITRESS (-22.6%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-12.2%), WICKED (-8.4%), KINKY BOOTS (-6.4%), CHICAGO (-6.0%), HEAD OVER HEELS (-5.9%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-4.1%), BEAUTIFUL (-4.0%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-4.0%), GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (-3.5%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-3.5%), CAROUSEL (-2.9%), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (-2.1%), THE LION KING (-1.4%), SUMMER (-1.0%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.8%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (-0.7%), THE BAND'S VISIT (-0.5%), FROZEN (-0.5%), ALADDIN (-0.4%), MEAN GIRLS (-0.1%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (-0.1%),

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[laurensambrose]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:17pm

holy **** those GTBBT and HOH grosses..... ouch

[barcelona20]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:20pm

Waitress. Wow, what a drop.

[robskynyc]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:20pm

laurensambrose said: "holy **** those GTBBT and HOH grosses..... ouch"

RIGHT?! and the drop for WAITRESS... was that due to Kat leaving?

and the drop for Springsteen... whats up with that...

[Bwayfan292]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:21pm

I know its only one gross, but if Waitress doesnt have a star dr p coming in. Its not gonna last.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:22pm

If my memory is correct, the last two weeks in August typically mark the beginning of the down market which often continues into the late fall. I note that DEH has fallen under $1.6 million for the first time in like forever (not that anyone’s worrying about DEH which is still well over 100% of gross potential.)

[quizking101]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:22pm

laurensambrose said: "holy **** those GTBBT and HOH grosses..... ouch"

SUMMER is also hitting that downward spiral too. We might have the Lunt back in time for spring.

[musikman]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:27pm

robskynyc said: "laurensambrose said: "holy **** those GTBBT and HOH grosses..... ouch"

RIGHT?! and the drop for WAITRESS... was that due to Kat leaving?

and the drop for Springsteen... whats up with that..."

Springsteen only did 4 performances instead of 5. 

[laurensambrose]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:30pm

I’m honestly predicting a January closing with an announcement to see it on the West End in February if you love the show.

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:31pm

Rough week for Gettin' The Band Back Together, Head Over Heels, Once On This Island - could Hadestown score Circle in The Square?, Kinky Boots, Summer - can this really last until next year?, Waitress - yes needs a star now.

[robskynyc]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:37pm

musikman said: "robskynyc said: "laurensambrose said: "holy **** those GTBBT and HOH grosses..... ouch"

RIGHT?! and the drop for WAITRESS... was that due to Kat leaving?

and the drop for Springsteen... whats up with that..."

Springsteen only did 4 performances instead of 5."

 

ahh ok. makes sense :)

 

[Sarah329]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:37pm

I went to Summer on Friday Night. 3/4 of the rear mezzanine was empty, and everyone was either in the back back (which were assumably the cheapest tickets) or the front 3-4 rows and once the show started, all those people in the back moved up. I don’t see it lasting much longer.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:49pm

PRETTY WOMAN up $90,000.  Looks like it may be critic-proof and have a healthy run.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:52pm

quizking101 said: "laurensambrose said: "holy **** those GTBBT and HOH grosses..... ouch"

SUMMER is also hitting that downward spiral too. We might have the Lunt back in time for spring."

 

Heard Nederlander offered the Lunt-Fontanne to the Moulin Rouge producers

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:56pm

This was Once on This Island's lowest-grossing week of the year. And I can't imagine it has a good advance for the fall. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:57pm

Robbie2 said: "quizking101 said: "Heard Nederlander offered the Lunt-Fontanne to the Moulin Rouge producers"

Now that's an interesting idea...

[DAME]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 4:01pm

Robbie2 said: "quizking101 said: "laurensambrose said: "holy **** those GTBBT and HOH grosses..... ouch"

SUMMER is also hitting that downward spiral too. We might have the Lunt back in time for spring."



Heard Nederlander offered the Lunt-Fontanne to the Moulin Rouge producers"

Was it me you heard it from?  Did I chat with you at Dolly Saturday night? 

[blaxx]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 4:04pm

JSquared2 said: "PRETTY WOMAN up $90,000. Looks like it may be critic-proof and have a healthy run."

Lol. You're so cute.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 4:05pm

GTBBT, HOH, and OOTI have got to pull the plug.

[Sauja]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 4:07pm

JSquared2 said: "PRETTY WOMAN up $90,000. Looks like it may be critic-proof and have a healthy run."

I'm wondering if this is true or if it will have more of a Summer-like trajectory which had several weeks over a million dollars and then went into swift decline. I know some might argue that Mean Girls has proven "critic-proof," but I think there's an enormous difference between the tepid reviews MG got and the out and out pans for PW.

[ameliewormwood]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 4:10pm

Kinky Boots - yikes! 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 4:12pm

ameliewormwood said: "Kinky Boots - yikes!"

Yup. This was also their lowest-grossing week of the year.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 4:32pm

DAME said: "Robbie2 said: "quizking101 said: "laurensambrose said: "holy **** those GTBBT and HOH grosses..... ouch"

SUMMER is also hitting that downward spiral too. We might have the Lunt back in time for spring."



Heard Nederlander offered the Lunt-Fontanne to the Moulin Rouge producers"

Was it me you heard it from? Did I chat with you at Dolly Saturday night?"

 

Unfortunately, we did not chat Dame but my agent friend in the business told me.

[DAME]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 4:36pm

Um.. Could I possibly be your agent friend in the business?

[BroadwayBear2]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 4:39pm

Um.. Could I possibly be your agent friend in the business?

This developing relationship is almost as exciting as watching all these shows spiral downward into nothingness.