Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14

[Rob]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#1

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:02pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 9/28/2014 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: CINDERELLA (12.1%), THE COUNTRY HOUSE (11.7%), MATILDA (8.6%), YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (6.4%), WICKED (1.6%), MAMMA MIA! (1.0%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (0.8%), ALADDIN (0.2%),

Down for the week by attendance was: LOVE LETTERS (-24.0%), ON THE TOWN (-23.9%), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (-12.1%), CABARET (-6.4%), LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL (-5.7%), JERSEY BOYS (-5.4%), THIS IS OUR YOUTH (-5.1%), KINKY BOOTS (-4.9%), MOTOWN THE MUSICAL (-4.5%), IF/THEN (-4.1%), CHICAGO (-3.8%), ROCK OF AGES (-3.6%), LES MISÉRABLES (-3.1%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (-2.7%), PIPPIN (-2.1%), ONCE (-1.7%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1.2%), IT'S ONLY A PLAY (-0.8%), THE LION KING (-0.5%), BEAUTIFUL (-0.1%),

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[NewSynchopation]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#2

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:07pm

Rough week for LOVE LETTERS and ONCE. I can't imagine that LES MIZ will last past January. Updated On: 9/29/14 at 03:07 PM

[bwayphreak234]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#2

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:10pm

Nice bump for Cinderella.

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[Jonwo]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#3

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:11pm

Once's grosses are terrible, surprised we've not had a closing notice yet as as it's likely to be gone by January.

Disgraced did okay for 2 performances although its gross potential isn't great, is it non-profit or a commercial run?

[stevenycguy]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#4

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:16pm

On the Town is doing terribly. It's as if they only sold TDF tickets and nothing else.

Love Letters goes to show you that the critics can love a show, but audiences can shun it (and vice versa). If people (especially tourists) are going to spend $150, they want to be dazzled with Chicago, Book of Mormon or Les Miz. They don't want to pay $150 to see two people sitting in a chair reading a book.

[GreasedLightning]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#5

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:18pm

I wouldn't go that far re: On The Town. It's not doing outstandingly but it's definitely selling more than "just TDF."

Nice to see Curious Incident growing. Once is outta here.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#6

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:18pm

Disgraced is an LCT production.

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[neonlightsxo]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#7

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:20pm

I think it's a commercial production with support from LCT. Not a straight LCT production like The Nance

[GreasedLightning]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#8

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:20pm

That does not answer the question of whether or not this is a commercial run. When Venus in Fur transferred to the Lyceum after it played at the Friedman, didn't that become a commercial run, even still through MTC?

Updated On: 9/29/14 at 03:20 PM

[neonlightsxo]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#9

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:21pm

GreasedLightning, we posted at the same time. I answered your question. Commercial.

[GreasedLightning]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#10

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:24pm

Thanks, neonlightsxo.

[bdn223]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#11

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:24pm

Disgraced is actually a commercial run. Lincoln Center produced the off-Broadway run of Disgraced at LTC3 in Fall of 2012 which is why Lincoln Center is listed as a producer.

[Princeton Returns]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#12

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:30pm

Pippin seems to be dropping off too

[GreasedLightning]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#13

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:30pm

Isn't the gross potential so low because they started previews on Saturday night and only did two performances for the week…?

[beautywickedlover]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#14

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:34pm

"Nice bump for Cinderella."

Indeed. I'm still hoping it will recoup by January. If it does not, then there's always the tour to help make up for that.

[James2]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#15

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:36pm

Two disappointing weeks in a row for Matilda. I hope it doesn't get any worse this fall.

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[wdwfreak]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#16

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:37pm

There's no way Cinderella will recoup if they maintain these grosses. They're losing money again, and no matter how much they make during the holidays won't make up for it. They are probably hoping the tour will be profitable.

[neonlightsxo]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#17

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:37pm

"Isn't the gross potential so low because they started previews on Saturday night and only did two performances for the week…?"

Disgraced? No. The # of performances is accounted for. The potential is only 200,000, which they made half of. Probably a lot of comps.

[Jarethan]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#18

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:39pm

Based on the grosses for both Cabaret and Les Mis, I guess it was too soon in the final analysis...got the die hards (like me) but the broader audience was not ready. Can't say that I am surprised. Re Les Mis, it is one thing for a tour to sellout for a week or two out of town, with no competition; it is another thing to do great business week after week. The Tony performance did not help either; as great as that number is, it has been overdone.

Given the great business that Matilda was doing a few weeks ago, was the audience totally families over the summer? The last time I remember such a sudden and huge drop off is Titanic, almost 20 years ago.

Finally, If/Then, how much more time has it really got. I think Finding Neverland would be better in that slightly smaller theater than the Lunt Fontanne, which seems too big to me for such a special piece (count me among the ones who LOVED it both times I saw it).

[neonlightsxo]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#19

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:40pm

^ Cabaret has Emma Stone coming. They'll be fine.

[Jonwo]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#20

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:41pm

^Wouldn't Disgraced have a number of seats that are discounted for LCT subscribers which would lower the gross and gross potential? Think You Can't Take It With You is the same with Roundabout subscribers. I doubt Disgraced will recoup but I imagine it'll have a decent run.

[Jonwo]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#21

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:41pm

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[Jonwo]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#22

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:41pm

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[loliveve]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#23

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:44pm

It will be interesting to see how the change in leads affects the tickets for "Love Letters." I mean, some potential audience members may be holding out for other performers.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/14#24

Posted: 9/29/14 at 3:53pm

I don't think it's a stretch to say that it's as if On The Town only sold TDF tickets- the average ticket price was $49, which is basically a TDF ticket. On average everyone did pay TDF prices.

Love Letters, This Is Our Youth, You Can't Take It With You, The Country House- none of these seem to be catching on at all. Terrible gross potentials despite, in some cases, some very good reviews and/or word of mouth.

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