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Weekly grosses out

Posted by: dramedy 03:50 pm EST 11/24/14
In reply to: Poor Side Show - broadwaybacker 03:48 pm EST 11/24/14

Since Jesse isn't around, I'll post.

Last ship lost another $150k last week since the nut was reported at $625k and the gross of $497k has to have 8% fees knocked off. Stings last date is jan 10, I have a feeling the closing notice will be the same date.

Side show slipping again to $419k minus fees. I was hoping this show would catch on, but it doesn't look like it will. I really hope a national tour is launched.

Booking Mormon still King of ticket price at $180. But for plays, the river and elephant man are ducking it out in the low $150 , but losing to its only a play at $159.

Mamma Mia at $490k, really begs the question if it should have moved. It seemed to do better at winter garden which basically has been dark for almost a year with rocky playing less than 6 months (time between mm closing and wolf hall staring is around 18 months). Maybe the shuberts would have done better leaving mm at winter garden and getting that lease percentage for the full18 months.

Link http://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm#.VHOXYEc76K3

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Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:19 pm EST 11/24/14
In reply to: Weekly grosses out - dramedy 03:50 pm EST 11/24/14

Back in August the Motown producers said that their show would recoup shortly. Has there ever been an announcement?

Gemtlemen's Guide has steadily slipped about $175K in weekly gross over the last 6 weeks -- not a good sign.

It's hard to figure Mamma Mia's slide. Theoretically the Broadhurst is a better fit with a better location than the Winter Garden, but apparently the move has thrown off the foreign tourist crowd that eats this show up.


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Not that I know of

Posted by: dramedy 05:37 pm EST 11/24/14
In reply to: re: Weekly grosses out - BroadwayTonyJ 05:19 pm EST 11/24/14

I'm still surprised the show costs so much to run and it probably hasn't been recouping much as breaking even lately.

Mamma Mia surprises me. It seemed like a really good idea to go smaller. And who knew rocky would bomb. I can't imagine fiddler being a huge sell out hit, so it might be a while until winter garden is booked solid.


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Posted by: Delvino 04:06 pm EST 11/24/14
In reply to: Weekly grosses out - dramedy 03:50 pm EST 11/24/14

SIDE SHOW's post opening week, still papered, right? For critics? 71% of seats filled, but many given away for second tier of press? Not entirely representative. The next week will be more telling. Ditto, early weeks of December.


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