Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/11/16 — Page 2

AEA AGMA SM said: "I think the better question would be what was going on with Wicked seeing such a sharp decrease in attendance the past few weeks. Their attendance this past week looks more like returning to business as normal.

 

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I wonder how long wicked will last after frozen opens.

Call_me_jorge said: "I wonder how long wicked will last after frozen opens."

Too long.

Also, Frozen being a successful movie has no bearing on it being a successful stage adaptation. It may make some coin on name alone, but the idea that it will unseat something earning $1m+ a week a decade into its run because it also appeals to girls seems a bit optimistic and simplistic.

Willie4316 said: "I think they've made enough to run for a little while longer, but unless it can draw more people after these changes, I don't see it staying open by the holidays."

Dude, they are making money every week. What alternate universe are you living in?

HogansHero said: "Willie4316 said: "I think they've made enough to run for a little while longer, but unless it can draw more people after these changes, I don't see it staying open by the holidays."

Dude, they are making money every week. What alternate universe are you living in?

 

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What are their operating costs?

Significantly less than the grosses. Bear in mind, also, that unlike everyone except Disney, this show is a Cirque asset, not an individual enterprise. That means two thing: first, that they do not look at it the way we are used to having shows analyzed with investors and weekly nuts and investors looking for recoupment, and second, that the are outsourcing much less because they own or employ many of the cogs that make the wheels turn.