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BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix

Posted by: jesse21 03:58 pm EDT 03/31/14

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  • Broadway grosses totaled $29,088,089 last week for 35 shows, compared to $26,493,585 for 32 shows the prior week.



  • ON CASTING A BANKABLE STAR:

    -- ‘Les Miz Factor’ in Les Misérables -- $1,223,317
    -- Genie in Aladdin -- $1,104,798
    -- Denzel Washington in A Raisin in the Sun -- $1,045,534
    -- Carly Rae Jepsen in Cinderella -- $1,012,922
    -- Idina Menzel in If/Then -- $1,002,321 (7 performances)
    -- Bryan Cranston in All the Way -- $949,056
    -- James Franco in Of Mice and Men -- $868,728 
     -- Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig and the Angry Inch -- $144,194 for a single sold-out preview.



  • NOT DOING WELL:

    -- Mothers and Sons struggling, grossing $228,669 at 30% of potential.
    -- The Bridges of Madison County $352,896 which is 35% of potential.
    -- Rocky did improve, however, by $28,969 to $828,848 or 56% of its potential.



  • No Man’s Land/Waiting for Godot, starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, closed Sunday at the Cort Theatre, having earlier recouped its investment. Cumulative grosses for 31 previews and 141 performances (both plays) totaled $14,346,510 at an average ticket price of about $90.






  • LAST WEEK (ended 03/30/2014)

    -- Total Grosses: $29,088,089
    -- Percent of potential gross: 73.97%
    -- Average Ticket: $97.63
    -- Seats Occupied (paid & comp): 289,602 or 89.29% of total
    -- Number of Shows: 35
    -- Opening: Mothers and Sons (March 24); If/Then (March 30)
    -- Closing: No Man’s Land/Waiting for Godot (March 30)
    -- Starting Previews: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (March 25); Viole (March 28); Hedwig and the Angry Inch (March 29)





  • PRIOR WEEK (ended 03/23/2014)

    -- Total Grosses: $26,493,585
    -- Percent of potential gross: 70.99%
    -- Average Ticket: $95.47
    -- Seats Occupied (paid & comp): 268,649 or 87.75% of total
    -- Number of Shows: 32
    -- Opening: Aladdin (March 20); Les Misérables (March 23)
    -- Closing: none
    -- Starting Previews: Of Mice and Men (March 19); Act One (March 20); Cabaret (March 21)





  • SAME WEEK A YEAR AGO (Easter/Passover week ended 03/31/2013)

    -- Total Grosses: $28,531,069
    -- Percent of potential gross: 76.53%
    -- Average Ticket: $96.93
    -- Seats Occupied (paid & comp): 269,430 or 91.52% of total
    -- Number of Shows: 30







  • TOP TEN BY GROSS 03/30/2014

    1. Wicked, $1,946,536
    2. The Lion King, $1,885,162
    3. The Book of Mormon, $1,638,380
    4. Kinky Boots, $1,489,070
    5. Les Misérables, $1,223,317
    6. Matilda, $1,212,014
    7. Motown: The Musical, $1,171,326
    8. Aladdin, $1,104,798
    9. The Phantom of the Opera, $1,057,502
    10. A Raisin in the Sun, $1,045,534






  • TOP TEN BY AVERAGE PRICE PER TICKET 03/30/2014

    1. The Book of Mormon, $187.20
    2. Hedwig and the Angry Inch, $141.92
    3. The Lion King, $138.58
    4. Kinky Boots, $135.43
    5. Wicked, $126.21
    6. A Raisin in the Sun, $124.94
    7. Les Misérables, $113.95
    8. Beautiful, $113.36
    9. Motown: The Musical, $105.76
    10. Matilda, $105.17






    • Click here for a table of Broadway grosses for the week ended March 30, 2014.





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    reply to this message |
    an article a few days ago

    Posted by: dramedy 04:42 pm EDT 03/31/14
    In reply to: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix - jesse21 03:58 pm EDT 03/31/14

    stated that the bridges producers took out a loan to keep the show open. they must have used up the reserve. I guess they are holding out for Tony awards, but they'll lose another 1-2 million doing so.

    If/Then did really well considering that it was opening week and grosses usually are down due to comps.

    Aladdin looks like the winner of the season for grosses for new musicals (Les mis has the lock for revival musical grosses). But Bullets might pull ahead after it opens.


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    re: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix

    Posted by: Maverick2884 04:39 pm EDT 03/31/14
    In reply to: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix - jesse21 03:58 pm EDT 03/31/14

    Jesse--

    Did Godot actually announce recoupment? While it definitely seems likely, I don't believe I saw an article on this one...

    Did they just not announce it, but its commonly known?

    thanks


    reply to this message | reply to first message
    re: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix

    Posted by: jesse21 04:59 pm EDT 03/31/14
    In reply to: re: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix - Maverick2884 04:39 pm EDT 03/31/14

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    I jumped the gun perhaps. Like AC126748, I was going by the Patrick Healy article cited in his post below.

    Neither can I find any official confirmation.

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    i don't think they announced recouping

    Posted by: dramedy 04:53 pm EDT 03/31/14
    In reply to: re: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix - Maverick2884 04:39 pm EDT 03/31/14

    although it averaged $623K over 23 weeks. Usually $400K range for 20 weeks is enough for a play unless stars are taking a huge chunk or its a huge show. I'd find it hard to believe that it didn't recoup. However, the Equus revival averaged $520K over 23 weeks and supposedly didn't recoup. Equus sold $11.952M compared to NML/WFG $14.346M. In any event, the investors got probably a huge chunk of it back if the show didn't recoup.


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    re: i don't think they announced recouping

    Posted by: ryhog 05:10 pm EDT 03/31/14
    In reply to: i don't think they announced recouping - dramedy 04:53 pm EDT 03/31/14

    since the stars were also producers of the show, it seems unlikely they took out a huge chunk as salary. This is also a production as to which I would think an announcement would be unexpected.


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    re: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix

    Posted by: AC126748 04:50 pm EDT 03/31/14
    In reply to: re: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix - Maverick2884 04:39 pm EDT 03/31/14

    I cannot find an article that definitively announces recoupment, but I did find this in an article about the Rylance Shakespeare plays recouping, dated January 9:

    Another Broadway double bill, “Waiting for Godot” and “No Man’s Land,” starring Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, also appears likely to recoup its investment before performances conclude on March 30.

    Link http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/rylances-shakespeare-shows-recoup-on-broadway/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

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