Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/1/13

[Rob]

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%),

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[ljay889]

Posted: 9/3/13 at 1:43pm

Ouch.

[Phantom4ever]

Posted: 9/3/13 at 1:51pm

Phantom's first week below the million-dollar mark since early May.

[TheaterBoy7777]

Posted: 9/3/13 at 1:59pm

Wow, I can't imagine what January will do to some of these shows

[DeeKDee]

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

[SNAFU]

Posted: 9/3/13 at 2:24pm

Well we can certainly agree Spiderman did not make it's nut this past week! Hello King Kong!

[jnb9872]

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?

[Jonwo]

Posted: 9/3/13 at 2:51pm

Even 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.

[kyl3fong2]

Posted: 9/3/13 at 2:55pm

With those numbers I can't imagine Spider-Man lasting much longer especially with its high running costs...

[jnb9872]

Posted: 9/3/13 at 2:57pm

Oh 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.

[Jonwo]

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]

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.

Updated On: 9/3/13 at 03:08 PM

[millie_dillmount]

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.

[bobs3]

Posted: 9/3/13 at 4:42pm

SPIDERMAN is operating on reduced (or deferred) royalties and rent so it will make it at least to January.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 9/3/13 at 9:19pm

I'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.

[shrekster224]

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]

Posted: 9/4/13 at 1:43am

Spiderman 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]

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?

Updated On: 9/4/13 at 01:54 AM

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 9/4/13 at 7:53am

I was told by someone here that yes indeed it refers to standing room...i.e.selling more than capacity.

[binau]

Posted: 9/4/13 at 8:01am

The main reason (e.g. Book of Mormon) is because of premium tickets, which aren't included the "Potential Gross" as far as I know.

[millie_dillmount]

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.

[RW3]

Posted: 9/4/13 at 8:22am

Once Thanksgiving and Christmas come, Spiderman will be fine. Note: The new Peter Parker/Spiderman I believe starts on September 17.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 9/4/13 at 9:42am

Yes, 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.

[Phantom4ever]

Posted: 9/4/13 at 11:54am

Thanksgiving 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.