On Your Feet Struggling?- Page 2

[Trish2]

Posted: 12/24/15 at 10:08am

levinb said: "With a weekly nut of nearly $800K, this show will need to run for 3 years in order to recoup. But it sure is doing well out of the gate...

 

 

 

Hmmm, I didn't know it was that high. Do you happen to know what its capitalization was?

 

The capitalization for the show is in the 17- 18 million range, with wiggle room for royalites. The running costs are in the  600K mark. As long as it stays in the million dollar club, the recoupment schedule should pay back within two years.

 

[woeisme3]

Posted: 12/24/15 at 10:15am

I don't know where you got this from. It's one of the four big hits from the fall (along with Color Purple, Fiddler, and School of Rock)

[Anshel2]

Posted: 12/24/15 at 10:19am

Yes, those white shorts were wonderful - even better was his "costume" in Trainwreck.  I tend to pause that section of the movie frequently.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/24/15 at 10:23am

It was a frigging question I posed.

 

Take  Honeymoon.. People gleefully kept that  one going long past its shelf life.  Yes it was struggling but my God people piled on that one like there was no tomorrow.I could say I was wrong and blast it thru loudspeakers all over Times Square. . For some people, it would not be enough. I have no intention of feeding into this one anymore

 

To coin a phrase from the overhyped Frozen (I saw the movie and it did knock my socks off) "Let It Go". I am not apologizing any longer for this  . I get it . It is not struggling. End of discussion at least from my end.

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 12/24/15 at 10:41am

Roxy... you're using HONEYMOON to compare to this? Different leagues, my friend. THAT was a trainwreck, and On Your Feet! is on its way to being a hit. 

 

Maybe stop posing stupid questions such as this (and I'm recalling a certain similar post for which you also got shut down for regarding a few empty seats the night you saw Trip of Love) and you will stop getting your sh*t handed to you. These shows perform 8x per week with hundreds of seats going empty sometimes, and you can't seem to wrap your head around the fact that sometimes THAT IS OKAY. Take last years On The Town, a critical and popular hit that played to less-than-half-full houses for over a year. Or Hand To God, that tiny little play that welcomes roughly 400 people per night these days but is still holding out for the New Year and will have run for almost a year. Just try and realize that a few empty seats does not equate to an immediate demise. Over time, sure. But maybe do your research and keep these types of thoughts to yourself until you can back it up with some cold, hard proof other than your observation of some empty seats at one specific performance that you attended. 

 

Talk about holiday cheer. Merry Christmas Eve everyone! 

[levinb]

Posted: 12/24/15 at 10:41am

I take back my statement on recouping. $18 million is an enormous investment. Not saying it won't, but it will take a lot, especially in a season with several very strong musicals.