Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/2/12

[Rob]

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 9/2/2012 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: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (26.1%), CLYBOURNE PARK (6.5%), WICKED (5.7%), GORE VIDAL'S THE BEST MAN (5.4%), PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (3.8%), CHAPLIN (3.6%), EVITA (3.1%), BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL (2.6%), PORGY AND BESS (2.1%), ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS (1.9%), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (1.6%), ROCK OF AGES (0.9%),

Down for the week by attendance was: MARY POPPINS (-8.8%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-5.8%), MAMMA MIA! (-4.3%), ONCE (-2.2%), JERSEY BOYS (-1.2%), CHICAGO (-0.9%), NEWSIES (-0.2%), WAR HORSE (-0.1%),

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[castlestreet]

Summer is def coming to an end... now reality gets to set in.

[jacobsnchz14]

Poor CHAPLIN...

[ACL2006]

overall, not too bad. next week shows should see a big decline. Chaplin's grosses are still likely due to a large amount of comps. We'll have to see what their numbers look like after it opens.

and I think it should be noted that Once had a higher average ticket price than Wicked.

[kyl3fong2]

Can someone please explain to me how Newsies grosses have dropped when their attendance has remained over 100% and ticket prices have remained the same as well?

[saisai]

I'm pretty sure Newsies sell whatever seats are unsold at the lottery for $30. I think this is why they never show up on TKTS. So they maintain the ticket sold % but their gross will go down because they are selling more tickets at a discount.

[bdn223]

ACL the cost of a orchestra ticket to Once is $150, while Wicked's is just $131. *sidenote* The high cost of Once's tickets makes me wonder if the bubble is going burst and the grosses are just going to drop dramatically one week and it will never be able to recover. It has already recouped so all that matters is it retains around $550,000 a week which it is currently doubling, and since it is a relatively low running cost in comparison to potential gross they will have to pay people to see the show before closing Once's doors.


Kyl3fong2- Disney has readjusted Newsies pricing plan to effect the change in season. If you notice Newsies potential gross has dropped nearly $100,000, in the past two weeks. Also average ticket prices have fallen $10, which you can attribute to the discounts Newsies is offering to weeknight performances. Another point is that group ticket prices for Newsies have also fallin dramatically. Disney's focus on Newsies is longevity rather than prosperity. People want what they can't have meaning it's easier to sell a show that sells out nightly rather than one that has a 90% attendance.
Newsies would also be a greater example of dynamic pricing without charging nearly $200 a ticket(Mormon). Since its attendance has remained unchanged for basically 16 weeks now, but they price of the tickets have changed.

[loliveve]

Wow, NICE WORK got an awesome boost with the return of Matthew Broderick.

[mc1227]

Numbers don't lie. Despite the distain for Matthew Broderick on this board, it's pretty clear who the draw in Nice Work is. Kelli missed two weeks and numbers didn't even change. Matthew is out 1 week and even with the very talented Will Chase taking over, they lose $250K. Glad to see the audience came back with Matthew.

[bobs3]

Agree with MC1227: Matthew Broderick is the draw for Nice Work. Despite the naysayers who think otherwise the show will run at least until the end of Broderick's contract.

Makes me think of the ones who thought the reason for FOLLIES respectable grosses were Jan Maxwell and Danny Burstein. Bernadette Peters was the reason for those grosses.

[kyl3fong2]

@bdn223---Thanks for the information! How much did it cost to produce Newsies? And when do you guys think the show will recoup?

[bdn223]

Newsies cost somewhere between 5-8 million official reports are $5million, but it would have likely recouped by now if that were the case....the issue with that is that Disney announced during their recoupment press release for Mary Poppins that the only reason they created the release and announced the recoupment was due to Macintosh's involvement and to not expect any recoupment announcements in the future. Here in lies the dilemma we may never get an official announcement, but it is safe to assume since Disney has very good accountants that if Newsies maintains $800,000+ gross through Christmas that it likely recouped and Disney kept their stance on not revealing capitalization. So the stance is true the recoupment announcement will likely only come with the closing notice saying that the show was a "hit" and made (insert large number here) recouping Disney's investment .

[kyl3fong2]

I see, I sure hope that this show has a successful run like previous Disney hits Mary Poppins and The Lion King. I saw the show last week and was absolutely blown away by it and loved it! It's definitely on my list of favorites now.

[ACL2006]

hence why Nice Work will need another name to replace Broderick come the spring. David Hyde Pierce is the perfect replacement and should keep the show afloat for a while.

[TheatreKid3]

NEWSIES may have already recouped.

[loliveve]

I think NEWSIES has probably already recouped. Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical, mentioned before it started that with its moderate investments, the show had the potential to recoup in the 3 months of the initial limited run. Given the fact that the show smashed the house records and has played to capacity since then, I'm sure it has. It really seemed like Disney planned the initial limited run for NEWSIES based upon its recoupment time.




NY Times interview with Schumacher

[little_sally]

As much as I love David Hyde Pierce, he's less of a fit for the role than Broderick is.

[LYLS3637]

I think David Hyde Pierce would be an awesome fit. He would be much less "one-note" than Broderick.

[little_sally]

He'll be able to sing and dance it perfectly, he just doesn't fit the playboy part of the role.

[mc1227]

I think DHP would be a very good choice in this role as a replacement. The playboy character is only touched on in two numbers and is really more of a lazy rich boy who likes to have a good time, ala Arthur. If it were a real playboy who caroused, the character wouldn't be likeable and the show wouldn't work. That's why I have thought from the beginning that Broderick was very good in this role.

[bobs3]

DHP would be good but I would also consider Eric McCormack and John Stamos (although Stamos might be a little too suave for the role -- I've never seen him do self-deprecating).

[Jonwo]

I imagine they'll announce Newsies' recoupment around the time they announce the national tour which they did with Mary Poppins. I think it's already recouped or close to recouping.