Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/7/22

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM AL (9.7%), TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL (4.6%), FUNNY GIRL (4.4%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (1.1%), COME FROM AWAY (0.9%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.9%), THE LION KING (0.6%), HAMILTON (0.4%), WICKED (0.2%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: A STRANGE LOOP (-8%), THE KITE RUNNER (-3.9%), BEETLEJUICE (-3.5%), THE MUSIC MAN (-3.5%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-3.3%), ALADDIN (-3.1%), CHICAGO (-2.3%), HADESTOWN (-1.7%), INTO THE WOODS (-1%), SIX (-0.8%),

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Very very very happy to see “Phantom” maintaining good numbers.

Jordan Catalano said: "Very very very happy to see “Phantom” maintaining good numbers."

I came here to say the same thing!

JSquared2 said: "I wonder ifDEAR EVAN HANSENwill take down their closing notice -- especially now that TKAM isn't coming in?"

I think these higher numbers are almost exclusively related to Gaten M. There aren’t a ton of other star actors who would be willing to come into this and would have equal or greater impact. The show has simply run its course — but nice that they can go out on a high note.

no moulin rouge ?

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "In terms of the Tonys impact, MJ has seen the greatest reward. Consistently above 1.6 for every 8-show week since the Tonys."

I don’t think it’s Tony’s impact rather than it’s tourist season and it’s a big tourist show.

Strange Loop is in trouble. I'm sure the theater owners are looking for their next show.

Fosse76 said: "JSquared2 said: "I wonder ifDEAR EVAN HANSENwill take down their closing notice -- especially now that TKAM isn't coming in?"

They can't. Even the cancellation of the unannounced show at the Schoenfeld isn't greenlighting an extension of Come From Away."

I find it interesting that with nothing coming into the Schoenfeld that CFA isn't extending until the end of the year.

A few weeks ago, I did a deep dive into recent Best Musical winners to see how they typically fare at the box office at this point in the summer after winning the Tony. Let's do another comparison of these shows looking at the first performance week in August the year they won Best Musical (I skip over Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, and Moulin Rouge! for reasons explained in my last post linked above):

2022 - A Strange Loop | Week ending August 7, 2022
Gross: $645,832
Average ticket: $108.09
Top ticket: $373.00
Capacity: 7,296 / Attendance: 5,975
Capacity Filled: 81.89%

2019 - Hadestown | Week ending August 4, 2019
Gross: $1,324,130
Average ticket: $177.93
Top ticket: $449.00
Capacity: 7,344 / Attendance: 7,442
Capacity Filled: 101.33%

2018 - The Band’s Visit | Week ending August 5, 2018
Gross: $976,256
Average ticket: $117.45
Top ticket: $297.00
Capacity: 8,312 / Attendance: 8,312
Capacity Filled: 100.00%

2015 - Fun Home | Week ending August 2, 2015
Gross: $782,634
Average ticket: $130.96
Top ticket: $280.00
Capacity: 5,920 / Attendance: 5,976
Capacity Filled: 100.95%

2014 - Gentleman’s Guide | Week ending August 3, 2014
Gross: $950,133
Average ticket: $129.76
Top ticket: $327
Capacity: 7,256 / Attendance: 7,322
Capacity Filled: 100.91%

It think it's safe to say that a Best Musical winner should typically expect to still be selling out the house by the first week of August in the year it wins the Tony, about two months after the awards ceremony. A Strange Loop is doing really badly on this front at only 81.89% filled.

Interestingly, A Strange Loop sold almost the exact same number of tickets that Fun Home did in this comparison (5,975 vs. 5,976 tickets). And yet, Fun Home still made over $100k+ more in gross sales and also quite literally couldn't have sold any more tickets than that, since it was at the venue's SRO capacity. A Strange Loop had over 1,300 unsold tickets this past week.

If A Strange Loop can't sell out the house the summer after winning the Tony, there's virtually no hope for it by the wintertime. Either they need to drastically revamp their marketing, put a star in the cast, or I personally predict they will close by New Year's.

Mr. Wormwood said: "Careful, some people around here don't like that kind of talk. And yet, ASL keeps dropping every week."



Since I’m one of the people you’re referring to:

What I said last week was that there was no value in repeatedly harping on the fact that their numbers were lower than past Best Musical winners: it was a worthwhile observation to make, but then it was made. There are a number of identifying variables that probably attributed to it, and that’s that.

And I said that the grosses were healthy enough on their own terms, considering the variables, so until the numbers were no longer healthy, there was no point in calling the coroner.

But I’ll concede that this week’s gross does not seem healthy. It’s probably the first time since the Tonys that they ran below, or just above their running cost. So I do agree that it’s worth noting.

On a more positive note, The Music Man has hit $ 97.361 million (per Playbill) after 357 performances (including previews)! It should hit $ 100 million in Gross Receipts after the end of this coming week - it will need only $ 2.638 Million to do that.. Then there will be a one-week break ( they are not selling tickets as of now) when Hugh Jackman presumably takes his break.

Edit: Sorry for the error - it should be 247, not 357 performances.

Updated On: 8/10/22 at 02:59 PM

I heard from a cast member that the stop clause was pulled for CFA and producers wanted to continue it well into next year. Producers have the money to do it and were not happy that they were being forced out before they were ready to end it.

InTheBathroom1 said: "ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "In terms of the Tonys impact, MJ has seen the greatest reward. Consistently above 1.6 for every 8-show week since the Tonys."

I don’t think it’s Tony’s impact rather than it’s tourist season and it’s a big tourist show."

That was exactly my thought. I think it's the summer travel season and many people are finally feeling comfortable to travel again. Frankly, it feels like the Tony's are having less and less impact every year.