Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/28/16

[Rob]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 3:07pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/28/2016 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: SOMETHING ROTTEN! (8.8%), THE HUMANS (7.3%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (7.0%), THE COLOR PURPLE (6.8%), BEAUTIFUL (6.3%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (4.7%), ON YOUR FEET! (4.0%), FUN HOME (3.9%), KINKY BOOTS (3.9%), JERSEY BOYS (1.8%), WAITRESS (0.2%),

Down for the week by attendance was: PARAMOUR (-6.2%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-5.9%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-5.1%), WICKED (-4.6%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (-2.6%), CHICAGO (-2.4%), MATILDA (-1.2%), CATS (-0.9%), ALADDIN (-0.7%), LES MISÉRABLES (-0.3%),

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[barcelona20]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 3:34pm

Farewell Paramour.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 3:35pm

^ No? They're working on the show.

http://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-paramour-begins-4-performance-hiatus-to-make-creative-changes

 

[barcelona20]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 3:39pm

My bad. They're going to attempt a quicker "Spiderman". We all know how that one turned out. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 3:44pm

Couldn't be happier that Les Miz is having amazing farewell weeks.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 3:53pm

barcelona20 said: "My bad. They're going to attempt a quicker "Spiderman". We all know how that one turned out. 

 

"

No, cirque usually does this with all their shows, apparently. 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 4:17pm

To be fair, Les Miz never had a problem with summer/tourist heavy times. It's the other times of year when they struggle.

[haterobics]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 4:20pm

barcelona20 said: "My bad. They're going to attempt a quicker "Spiderman". We all know how that one turned out."

Spider-Man had story problems, which are difficult to fix. Cirque shows typically have problems when they try to tell a story.

[trpguyy]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 4:29pm

Paramour's not going anywhere any time soon, and from what I hear, the changes are actually pretty good. 

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 7:33pm

Also note that Paramour only had 5 performances this past week. While the numbers are not great it's not the nail in the coffin yet. Now if they had that low with a full 8 performance week then I would agree that they are teetering on the brink.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 9:54pm

Not to beat a dead horse, but when is JERSEY BOYS going to announce a closing? Their numbers all summer have been dreadful.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 10:01pm

I honestly can't tell if jersey boys and Chicago, especially jersey boys care about their financial situations anymore. I think they are just going just to annoy us. I know they both have been running for a while, but they can't be sitting on pile of THAT much cash. They must be at their breaking point, so much so their sets must be breaking.

[BroadwayMan5]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 10:17pm

Call_me_jorge said: "I honestly can't tell if jersey boys and Chicago, especially jersey boys care about their financial situations anymore. I think they are just going just to annoy us.

 

"

Yep, I bet that is the reason

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 10:18pm

Yes, the producers of those two shows sit in their bigwig offices drumming their fingers and laughing maniacally as we plebeians conjecture their closings. That's show biz.

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 10:38pm

Both Jersey Boys and Chicago have essentially nothing to lose. They play fairly in the slow weeks, medium to big in the big weeks. The big weeks help them in the small weeks. They've both recouped and people are still buying tickets so as long as they are meeting their budget (although I'm sure they've got some wiggle room if they don't) I don't think either are going anywhere any time soon. 

[10086sunset]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 11:02pm

Continued to be impressed by the way Les Mis is closing things out...

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 8/30/16 at 11:05am

Call_me_jorge said: "I honestly can't tell if jersey boys and Chicago, especially jersey boys care about their financial situations anymore. I think they are just going just to annoy us. I know they both have been running for a while, but they can't be sitting on pile of THAT much cash. They must be at their breaking point, so much so their sets must be breaking."

 

Oh, yes! That's clearly it, Jorge. They are staying open just so torment people like you on this message board. Makes complete sense! 

 

Please, give me a break. Both productions are meeting their weekly nut, recouped long ago, and are sitting on significant piles of cash (do you forget they generate revenue from more than just the box office?). They'll close when they begin losing money... and no sooner. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 8/30/16 at 7:13pm

I doubt JERSEY BOYS are making their weekly nut these days.