Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/23/18

Good numbers for Chicago. Other shows...not so much.

How is Head Over Heels still holding on at this point? I am puzzled. Not only are their numbers a mess but the amount they must be investing in marketing has to be putting them even more in the red. And I've seen NEW marketing designs popping up for them this week all over the net. Who do they have producing this that is just bleeding money week after week?

Once On This Island would be smart to announce a New Years closing, and get the last minute business coming in now.

Summer has had one of its lowest weeks yet. How much longer can it last around 50% of its potential?

quizking101 said: "Part of me wants to think most of the capacity drops are because last week had the Broadway Week 2-For-1 sales that put extra butts in the seats..."

That would seem to be true for Harry Potter - which saw their gross drop by $450K but their capacity remain at 100%. But for Wicked, there was a 20% drop in attendance but only a $150K drop in Gross. If the 2-for-1 were putting butts in seats at all theatres, then the Wicked capacity would be up near 100% like it was last week.. Wasn't there a holiday last week as well? It was a very odd week for the grosses, and I'd expect nothing less from September.

BroadwayConcierge said: "Truly a horrible week for the kid/family-oriented shows.

Also,OOTI went below $400k for the first time. Bad sign."

I don't think OOTI is going to last to the new year...

RoadGypsy2010 said: "quizking101 said: "Part of me wants to think most of the capacity drops are because last week had the Broadway Week 2-For-1 sales that put extra butts in the seats..."

That would seem to be true for Harry Potter - which sawtheir gross drop by $450K but their capacity remain at 100%. But for Wicked, there was a 20% drop in attendance but only a $150K drop in Gross. If the 2-for-1 were putting butts in seats at all theatres, then the Wicked capacity would be up near 100% like it was last week.. Wasn't there a holiday last week as well? It was a very odd week for the grosses, and I'd expect nothing less from September."



Harry Potter donated 1,500 tickets for Sundays Performances to JK Rowling's charity Lumos. I am guessing it was 750 to each performance, which explains the drop in gross.

It appears that this is the lowest gross for Wicked in 2018. I looked at September 2017 and the grosses hovered around $1.4 million and in September 2016 they hovered around $1.3 million. Quick glance at those records seem to point that the 2nd week of Sept to the 1st week of October are their lowest months.

OKBroadwayFan said: "It appears that this is the lowest gross for Wicked in 2018. I looked at September 2017 and the grosses hovered around $1.4 million and in September 2016 they hovered around $1.3 million. Quick glance at those records seem to point that the 2nd week of Sept to the 1st week of October are their lowest months."

For sure it's consistently their worst week, and then they bounce back to enormous numbers every time. It did have lower grosses earlier in the run especially since the top ticket price when it started was $100 (the good old days!!!!). My note was just about attendance. And again, I don't think it's a sign of anything. I just found it notable.

Those numbers for Anastasia, wow! Did they ever had such a low gross before?


Waitress is also in bad shape, worse numbers than Beautiful LOL


Kinky Boots and OOTI will be gone by New Years. I believe if the other shows mentioned don't do something, they will also be gone by spring.