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Posted by Rob 2012-11-26 15:04:15
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 11/25/2012 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: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (29.1%), MARY POPPINS (23.2%), CHICAGO (21.7%), ANNIE (21.5%), MAMMA MIA! (20.5%), NEWSIES (10.9%), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (10.5%), BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL (9.1%), WAR HORSE (8.4%), PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (5.7%), WICKED (5.6%), EVITA (5.3%), CYRANO DE BERGERAC (4.0%), ELF (3.7%), ONCE (3.1%), THE LION KING (2.8%), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (2.0%), GOLDEN BOY (1.1%), A CHRISTMAS STORY (0.8%), GRACE (0.7%), GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (0.3%),
Down for the week by attendance was: SCANDALOUS (-45.3%), THE HEIRESS (-13.9%), WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (-8.0%), THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (-6.7%), CHAPLIN (-4.7%), THE ANARCHIST (-4.1%), ROCK OF AGES (-2.6%), JERSEY BOYS (-2.5%), DEAD ACCOUNTS (-0.5%),
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/25/12
Posted by SNAFU 2012-11-26 15:07:54
Way to go Scandalous! 15.5% of gross potential?
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Posted by ljay889 2012-11-26 15:11:38
Whoa, Annie.
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Posted by Phantom of London 2012-11-26 15:23:01
I guess this thanksgiving week?
How does Book of Mormon conjure up more money again, when their top ticket price hasn't gone up?
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Posted by Marianne2 2012-11-26 15:30:17
I find it very interesting how Scandalous made more money last week, but went down in attendance significantly. Guess they weren't giving away tickets like they had been.
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Posted by JMPlayer6 2012-11-26 15:34:09
Book of Mormon: top ticket price is irelevant. Average ticket price went up 11.2 percent. Simple.
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Posted by TheatreKid3 2012-11-26 15:42:10
I'm afraid SCANDALOUS' goose is cooked if that is the best numbers they could put up from Thanksgiving weekend.
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Posted by mybigsplash 2012-11-26 15:42:46
Scandalous is going to close Sunday. They have a meeting to announce to the cast tomorrow before the performance.
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Posted by Smaxie 2012-11-26 15:44:35
It is really bad form to post something like that, mybigsplash. If it is true, the cast is entitled to hear it from the production itself, and not read it on a message board.
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Posted by Quiche2 2012-11-26 15:44:40
Holy ****, Wicked hit over 2 million.
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Posted by Marianne2 2012-11-26 16:10:26
^ That's pretty normal this time of year for them.
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Posted by Quiche2 2012-11-26 16:11:04
True.
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Posted by ACL2006 2012-11-26 16:45:56
Those numbers for Scandalous are simply terrible, especially for Thanksgiving week. Leap of Faith's numbers weren't even that bad. I'd say Chaplin would be next considering their numbers were pretty bad as well. They might stay open for the holidays and close after New Year's.
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Posted by Mercades 2012-11-26 16:58:22
Some of you people are truly despicable.
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Posted by mybigsplash 2012-11-26 17:00:06
Like Me!
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Posted by ljay889 2012-11-26 17:15:34
It's one thing to brag about knowing "inside" information, but announcing on a public forum that a show is closing before the cast finds out is pretty cruel.
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Posted by elphaba.scares.me 2012-11-26 17:19:35
I NEVER EVER EVER thought I'd say this, but I feel badly for Kathie Lee. I mean, if promoting a show on network television every day doesn't at least generate enough ticket sales to stay open a couple months...
And before anyone jumps all over me, I really couldn't stand her with Regis but I think she's a fun morning drunk on Today.
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Posted by CurtainPullDowner 2012-11-26 17:33:18
If a poster on these boards hears the "rumor", I'm guessing the cast and crew also already know. But it is still rudish.
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Posted by Mercades 2012-11-26 17:38:47
clearly MYBIGSPLASH has something to prove as he/she announced it on not one but two threads.
any need?
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Posted by leefowler 2012-11-26 17:45:04
It's rudish, I guess, but do you really think the cast doesn't know what's up?
Besides, since it was posted here, it's unlikely anyone gives it much credence anyway.
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Posted by Quiche2 2012-11-26 17:53:46
Knowing people on these boards, (like me), I wouldn't trust someone saying a show is closing before an offical announcement.
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Posted by Quiche2 2012-11-26 17:53:46
Knowing people on these boards, (like me), I wouldn't trust someone saying a show is closing before an offical announcement.
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Posted by Patti LuPone FANatic 2012-11-26 18:15:15
Congratulations to "Chicago" for a fantastic week! from RC in Austin, Texas
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Posted by LYLS3637 2012-11-26 18:16:57
Wicked's closing Saturday. No announcement yet, but a friend of a friend who hands out bottled water to the cast and crew overheard Marc Platt in the men's room last night.
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Posted by Quiche2 2012-11-26 18:18:11
Holy Shit FANatic. I thought I was WICKED obsessed, but you're just over the top with Chicago. LYLS3637, hahahahahahahahahah SHUT UP.
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Posted by broadwaydevil 2012-11-26 18:20:34
Knowing people on these boards, (like me), I wouldn't trust someone saying a show is closing before an offical announcement.
Are you admitting that your posts are frequently fabrications?
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Posted by Quiche2 2012-11-26 18:27:31
No, I'm just admitting that that I'm snarky and answer questions that I don't know the answer to.
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Posted by Markecib 2012-11-26 18:27:53
For people trying to figure out the attendance drop for Scandalous. Remember all during previews it was a Buy One, Get One deal and probably lots of papering. So if you think about it, without the BOGO previews would be playing to almost no one. Reminds me of going to "Lysistrata Jones" and feeling like there were 50 people in the audience.
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Posted by Patti LuPone FANatic 2012-11-26 18:29:13
Quiche... I'm a fan of "Chicago" obviously. But I'm trying to make up for all those years I went to NYC and never saw the show. Once I saw it....I LOVED it. Tough times for the cast of "Scandalous" and "Chaplin." Sending good thoughts their way. from RC in Austin, Texas
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Posted by Jay Lerner-Z 2012-11-26 18:35:28
I wouldn't pay any attention to little Quiche, FANatic - he just admitted he was a moron, after all.
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Posted by Quiche2 2012-11-26 18:58:19
I admitted that a long time ago, just not on this board. Me and everyone else I know realized that I'm an idiot YEARS ago.
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Posted by little_sally 2012-11-26 20:19:39
Poor Chaplin looks like it'll be gone by the start of 2013.
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Posted by zamedy 2012-11-26 22:08:06
Please. Get off your high holy horse and stop attacking someone for saying on here that SCANDALOUS is closing soon. This is a public forum and people are able to say whatever they want. You, me, all of us are free to believe as much or as little of it as WE want. Cast members are not idiots. They can put two and two together (33% capacity, all-cast meeting tomorrow before showtime) and draw their own conclusion. And anyone in the show who doesn't want to be 'shocked' to find out this information shouldn't be reading a thread on a Broadway website about Broadway grosses. "Rude?" I think not. It's showbiz, folks.
"NEXT!"
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Posted by LYLS3637 2012-11-27 09:45:32
People are able to say whatever they want, but realize the door swings both ways. Don't say something if you don't like what the responses could be.
If someone wants to try and make themselves sound smart by talking about a source six degrees removed from them, that's their prerogative, but I'm then allowed to call them out on being ridiculous. See how that works?
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Posted by newintown 2012-11-27 10:03:24
I truly doubt that anyone cares a rat's butt about the response from one of the rah-rah-let's-hope-every-show-runs-forever types on here.
And if the Scandalous cast can't see that they're playing to a 2/3 empty house every night, then they also probably can't read, either, and will not be affected by any online posts. I imagine that they're thankful for every additional day they stay open and know the end is nigh.
Look on the bright side - they got some good paychecks and a Broadway credit for their bio.
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Posted by Marianne2 2012-11-27 10:33:46
^ Agreed with the last part. Most people go into theater knowing it isn't a guaranteed job for life. If you aren't aware of that, you are working in the wrong industry.
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Posted by Mercades 2012-11-27 19:45:46
zamedy- and those who think it's rude are allowed to say so. But thanks for the clarification as to "what a message board" is...I feel much more informed, I had no idea.
to clarify...the part I thought was rude wasn't the fact they are closing, it's someone CLAIMING to have inside information and saying , "the cast will hear" tonight...
which incidentally, I don't see posts of anyone who has.
and before you say anything, YES, I am Kathie Lee Gifford.
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Posted by zamedy 2012-11-27 21:52:54
Mercedes.. Your last post makes absolutely no sense (except for the part where you reveal you're Kathie Lee Gifford).
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Posted by Mercades 2012-11-27 22:03:57
It's the c****ay. Try some and read it again.
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Posted by Patti LuPone FANatic 2012-11-28 19:18:23
I have a question about shows (unnamed) with very few people in the audience on a given day. Will the show/theatre people keep them in their seats or try to convince them to move into the orchestra section? How often does that happen? Just wondering....from RC in Austin, Texas
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Posted by little_sally 2012-11-28 19:23:20
At both Venus and Fur and The Best Man, the ushers basically condensed the sections I was in (balcony, mezz respectively) so it didn't seem so empty.
