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#6

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/17/11 at 6:08pm

"There were reports that Warner Bros., the “Harry Potter” studio, had bought out the shows. But the box report indicates a week to week loss of $382,866 with no mention of the studio pitch in."
#7

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/17/11 at 6:13pm

Warners DID buy them out, but it wouldn't be in the gross. They didn't purchase 10,000 tickets or whatever. They paid the producers a lump sum, not part of a weekly gross. At least that's how it was explained to me.
#8

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/17/11 at 6:23pm

That's how I always took it; WB gave them the money to cover the ticket sales, they didn't buy tickets.
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#9

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/17/11 at 6:28pm

Don't cry for me, Argentina.
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#10

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/17/11 at 6:47pm

This reporter is the guy that was fired from FOX for reviewing an illegally downloaded version of Wolverine - and he worked for FOX - so I always take his "balanced" and "complete" reporting with a grain of salt.


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Updated On: 7/17/11 at 06:47 PM

#12

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/17/11 at 7:12pm

He does (more than one, I think), but think about how many people would want to refund their tickets if they came and saw that Daniel wouldn't be performing. Having the understudy is basically a formality when there's an option to just cancel the performance(s). I think the same thing happened when Hugh Jackman had to miss shows during The Boy From Oz. There were understudies, but they never went on -- performances were canceled instead. Daniel didn't miss any shows during Equus, but I suspect the same thing might have happened then, too.
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#13

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/17/11 at 7:25pm

These were dates known WAY in advance that Radcliffe could not perform in. It makes sense to cancel them.

In addition to being required by the AEA union, under the circumstances of this production, an understudy would possibly get to perform if Radcliffe could not perform at very last-minute. Or if he needed to be taken out mid-show.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
#14

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/17/11 at 7:26pm

Equity requires understudies...even if it is well known that the performance would be cancelled should the star be unavailable.

I don't believe tickets were ever sold for these performances.
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#15

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/17/11 at 11:17pm

they were cancellednever on sale when tickets first went on sale. but couldn't they have just announced that he wouldn't be performing in these three shows. they've done it with other celebrities(i.e. Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Catherine Zeta-Jones, etc.).
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#16

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/17/11 at 11:22pm

but couldn't they have just announced that he wouldn't be performing in these three shows. they've done it with other celebrities(i.e. Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Catherine Zeta-Jones, etc.).

Daniel Radcliffe is a much, much, much larger name than the three people you mentioned. He's one of the biggest celebrities in the world at the moment.
#17

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/17/11 at 11:39pm

Honestly, they would have lost just as much money had the show gone on with an understudy. Nobody would have purchased tickets in advance with the knowledge that Daniel would be out, and those not in the know would have exchanged their tickets. The house would probably have been 10% full on those nights. And honestly, that show has been raking in the dough the past few months. It's been exceeding its weekly nut by a ton, so I highly doubt the producers were terribly concerned.
#19

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/18/11 at 1:23am

"It's been exceeding it's weekly nut by tons"
I'm curious about that. Does anyone know what Radcliffe is actually getting a week, plus percentage?
I actually appreciate that Dan or his people are not discussing his salary, but these producers may gone out on a limb and he may be getting more than anyone before.
#20

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/18/11 at 3:20am

question... what's the policy if an understudy goes on mid-performance or during the second act... are audience members entitled to a partial refund or what? just wondering
#21

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/18/11 at 3:55am

Now why is this man sticking his head into something where he has no idea about what he's reporting? Does he have no idea what the grosses even mean? How much the show brought in THAT WEEK OF PERFORMANCES. If performances are canceled, but still paid for then it does not count toward the gross.

1) WB paid to have him for the two days
2) With the 5 performances last week they actually averaged $10K MORE per performance than they did the week before.

He seems to not know how this works.
#22

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/18/11 at 10:17am

"what's the policy if an understudy goes on mid-performance or during the second act..."

I believe that as long as he completes Act I, no money has to be refunded.
#23

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/18/11 at 10:34am

The box office is going to go through the roof now. The show will explode now with Daniel's profile being hotter than ever. I wouldnt be surprised if the advance swells and the show sells out for months.
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#24

Harry Potter costs broadway show 400 K.

Posted: 7/18/11 at 10:44am

Whatever happened to stunt casting for vacations?

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