Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 1:41pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 9/1/2013 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: THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (11.2%), FIRST DATE (9.7%), LET IT BE (9.0%), FOREVER TANGO (7.0%), ONCE (6.9%), ROCK OF AGES (5.9%), JERSEY BOYS (3.6%), NEWSIES (1.1%), CINDERELLA (0.9%), CHICAGO (0.5%),
Down for the week by attendance was: ROMEO AND JULIET (-20.5%), SOUL DOCTOR (-11.1%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-5.1%), MAMMA MIA! (-3.7%), ANNIE (-3.4%), THE LION KING (-0.7%), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-0.5%), PIPPIN (-0.4%), WICKED (-0.4%), KINKY BOOTS (-0.2%),
Phantom4ever
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/17/07
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 1:51pm
Phantom's first week below the million-dollar mark since early May. 
TheaterBoy7777
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/06
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 1:59pmWow, I can't imagine what January will do to some of these shows
DeeKDee
Understudy Joined: 5/24/13
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 2:08pm
That is First Date's highest grossing week ever.
It may be still much lower than its potential, but not bad.
Updated On: 9/3/13 at 02:08 PM
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 2:24pmWell we can certainly agree Spiderman did not make it's nut this past week! Hello King Kong!
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#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 2:45pm
FIRST DATE keeps chugging along modestly. I'm glad I predicted it wouldn't burst into flames and die immediately. SOUL DOCTOR, on the other hand...
And I hadn't noticed this before but WICKED is down at nearly 90% capacity... why aren't they ever on TKTS?
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Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 2:51pmEven at 91% capacity, Wicked still made $1.6m and its in a huge theatre so its selling more tickets than most shows and many shows would be more than happy with 90% capacity at the end of summer.
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 2:55pmWith those numbers I can't imagine Spider-Man lasting much longer especially with its high running costs...
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 2:57pmOh I'm not implying they're struggling by any means. Just seems odd that producers will look at 8-10% of their seats going empty and not wanting to squeeze every penny out of the theatre. I understand the pride involved in not discounting, but at a certain point it seems more greedy to essentially hold empty seats for ransom instead of offering discounts to those who'd like them.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 3:07pm
I can't imagine Wicked discounting until grosses slip to under $1m a week and who knows when that will happen.
Once seems to be slipping as well but I think its not likely to close anytime soon. Mamma Mia! numbers do justify why its moving theatres.
Updated On: 9/3/13 at 03:07 PM
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 3:08pm
Soul Doctor must be giving out a lot of comps (that and low average ticket prices). They sold approx 73% of their seats, but only met 24% of their gross potential.
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Updated On: 9/3/13 at 03:08 PM
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 3:10pm
"I can't imagine Wicked discounting until grosses slip to under $1m a week and who knows when that will happen."
Jonwo, I haven't checked around lately, but I've seen Wicked discounts prior. Usually the discount isn't that much, though, and the price doesn't go below $100. I'd have to check Plum Benefits when I have a chance - sometimes they have codes that aren't available on other sites.
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bobs3
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/12
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 4:42pmSPIDERMAN is operating on reduced (or deferred) royalties and rent so it will make it at least to January.
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 9:19pmI'm still amazed SOUL DOCTOR hasn't announced a closing date. As for ONCE, it's still making a profit. It's weekly nut is believed to be around $550K.
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#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/3/13 at 9:37pm
Thought Spiderman was going to return back to grossing over 1mil and that was just an odd week out..... Definitely concerned, from someone who appreciates the show for what it is.
Updated On: 9/4/13 at 09:37 PM
Barney Stinson
Leading Actor Joined: 5/1/09
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/4/13 at 1:43amSpiderman has been under $1m for exactly 2 weeks now (the only 2 weeks all year under $1m). So every week, for 1 whole week, you thought it would return to over $1m? Relax.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/4/13 at 1:54am
How can you have a potential gross ticket price over 100%? Isn't the potential gross based on the total price of all tickets being sold for that week? If so, then theoretically the potential gross could change every week depending on what tickets are available. To me, it seems silly to report over 100% on the ticket grosses. Does this have anything to do with standing room/rush/lotto and those not usually being included in the gross potential?
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Updated On: 9/4/13 at 01:54 AM
KathyNYC2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/10
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/4/13 at 7:53amI was told by someone here that yes indeed it refers to standing room...i.e.selling more than capacity.
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/4/13 at 8:01amThe main reason (e.g. Book of Mormon) is because of premium tickets, which aren't included the "Potential Gross" as far as I know.
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/4/13 at 8:19am
Really? Premium tickets not included? Is it because if they are not sold, they'll sell them for regular price?
I know theaters have different policies for this stuff (and I'm asking all these questions), but I'm curious. Wicked has been selling slightly over its gross potential, but doesn't offer SRO.
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RW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/4/13 at 8:22amOnce Thanksgiving and Christmas come, Spiderman will be fine. Note: The new Peter Parker/Spiderman I believe starts on September 17.
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/4/13 at 9:42amYes, the main factor (though standing room matters also, but to a much lesser extent) is the sale of premium tickets. Gross potential, as reported by the Broadway League (www.broadwayleague.org) counts each availabale ticket in a theater at standard maximum price for that show, but does not include premium sales. So, if the gross potential for a theater is $1 million, but they sell an additional $50,000 in premium (and standing room) in a given week for total sales of $1,050,000, the report will be 105% of gross weekly potential.
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Phantom4ever
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/17/07
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13
Posted: 9/4/13 at 11:54amThanksgiving and Christmas result in three strong weeks, one for each holiday. Ticket sales are always down in early-mid-December and the plummet in January. The holidays are not enough to save any show, especially Spiderman, from losing money.
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