Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/18/22

[Rob]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 12:39pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 9/18/2022 in BroadwayWorld'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 (% of capacity) was: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (8%), BEETLEJUICE (5.1%), THE KITE RUNNER (4.7%), A STRANGE LOOP (4.6%), SIX (3.8%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (3%), INTO THE WOODS (2.5%), COME FROM AWAY (1.9%), WICKED (1.5%), HADESTOWN (1%), THE LION KING (1%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (0.5%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (0.2%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.2%), HAMILTON (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: FUNNY GIRL (-11.5%), ALADDIN (-1%), CHICAGO (-0.4%),

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[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 12:45pm

Wow that’s a real drop at Woods.

I think the attendance percentage highlights in Rob’s post are not accurate. From a previous week maybe?

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 12:46pm

Attagirl, Julie.

[Wick3]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 12:58pm

Yay for Julie Benko holding her own!!! Funny Girl still in the million dollar club this past week while Lea was out. 

Another $2.9 million for Music Man. Has that show recouped yet?

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 12:59pm

At 1.1 million, ITW is still making money. 

Updated On: 9/20/22 at 12:59 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 1:00pm

They really have to drop the ITW prices because 300 bux for a decent seat during the week ain't the move. 

[JSquared2]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 1:01pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "Wow that’s a real drop at Woods.

 

Where are you seeing a drop?  The chart I'm looking at shows a modest increase ($55,000) and about a 2.5% increase in capacity.  Sure it's down from the Bareilles weeks, but still very healthy and over $1M.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 1:03pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "Wow that’s a real drop at Woods."

Huh? They’re still over the $1mil mark and their attendance is up 2% over last week. It’s a drop from before this cast started performances, sure, but it’s still doing pretty damn well. Their attendance will only get better as the holidays approach as well.

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 1:13pm

I Believe the link was originally taking us to last week’s grosses.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 1:41pm

Nice to see COME FROM AWAY is closing out their final weeks to sold-out houses.

 

MJ continues to surprise me.

[Phantom4ever]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 1:44pm

I'm not too surprised by MJ. The song sequences are incredibly well done. The book scenes in between are filler, but they're almost needed to recover from the thrilling energy of the songs. And, it is so loud that it doesn't matter if people near you yell or sing along because you won't be able to hear them. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 1:48pm

I won’t be surprised if Hadestown, Beetlejuice, and A Strange Loop all close in January, the way they’ve been heading for a while now. 
Not to mention a few forthcoming musicals with humbling ticket sales thus far. 

[binau]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 1:51pm

If you look at the seating charts in the days and weeks ahead for Into the Woods, it does look like it's not necessarily going to be the smoothest sailing. 

[JBroadway]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 1:52pm

Phantom4ever said: " it is so loud that it doesn't matter if people near you yell or sing along because you won't be able to hear them."

 

Unfortunately I have anecdotal evidence that directly refutes that theory, courtesy of a drunk a-hole sitting in front of me. 

 

[BroadwayPatriot]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 1:54pm

Where is Music Man? It performed last week- is this the first time Hamilton grossed under $2mil ?

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 1:54pm

The ignorance and surprise regarding MJ's success is incredibly amusing and always will be. 

[BroadwayPatriot]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 1:56pm

Where is Music Man? It performed last week- is this the first time Hamilton grossed under $2mil ?

[BroadwayPatriot]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 1:58pm

choreography matters - MJ had one of the best 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 2:02pm

I had a good feeling from the start that MJ would be a guaranteed money-maker (like it or not). No shockers for me. 
It’s in great shape in NY and will sell like hotcakes on tour starting next year. 
 

[kwoc91]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 2:02pm

No noticeable bump in grosses at Hadestown even though last week was Lillias White's first week as Hermes. Not a great sign.

[saxpower]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 2:03pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "I won’t be surprised ifHadestown,Beetlejuice, andA Strange Loop allclose in January, the way they’ve been heading for a while now.
Not to mention a few forthcoming musicals with humbling ticket sales thus far."

I've seen alot of references on this board to Hadestown being likely to close in the next few months because its been having financial problems.  I'll admit I don't know much about the business side of Broadway all that well, but Hadestown has generally been playing to 90%+ capacity.  I know there is the issue of papering, but it looks like their gross has been hanging steady.  I may be wrong but I believe its repaid its initial investment.  I wouldn't think it has (relatively) too high a cost to run.  So why are people thinking its end is near?  I'm not disagreeing, just asking for explination. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 2:13pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "I won’t be surprised ifHadestown,Beetlejuice, andA Strange Loop allclose in January, the way they’ve been heading for a while now.
Not to mention a few forthcoming musicals with humbling ticket sales thus far."

I think all three are doing okay. Nothing great, but they're all breaking even at least. ASL has a low weekly nut and was playing to almost sold-out houses this week. Beetlejuice was slightly scaled down for their return and will likely do well in the weeks around Halloween. Hadestown has got to be expensive to run, so that may be the one the most in danger.

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 3:19pm

ljay889 said: "I Believe the link was originally taking us to last week’s grosses."

Thanks ljay, you’re right, I just clicked again and saw the fresh numbers.

[Huss417]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 4:03pm

kwoc91 said: "No noticeable bump in grosses at Hadestown even though last week was Lillias White's first week as Hermes. Not a great sign."

Don't the grosses this week have the BOGO from the Broadway Week promo? Could be why not much change in gross.

[quizking101]

Posted: 9/20/22 at 4:14pm

I do think people are forgetting these grosses are reflective of Broadway Week sales and they fact that some of these shows are pulling in these numbers when the prices are literally half off is quite a feat.

I was super worried that ASL’s would’ve gone down with the Broadway Week sales (especially with balcony seats being $25 apiece), but it seems to be back on an upswing after a middling August and I love to see it!