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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23

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#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 6:46pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 5/21/2023 in BroadwayWorld'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 (% of capacity) was: CHICAGO (17.7%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (11.2%), GREY HOUSE (10.3%), WICKED (9.4%), FAT HAM (8.1%), LEOPOLDSTADT (7.3%), GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR (7.1%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (6.8%), A DOLL'S HOUSE (6.1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (5.7%), ALADDIN (5.6%), HADESTOWN (5.4%), BAD CINDERELLA (5.2%), NEW YORK, NEW YORK (5.1%), LIFE OF PI (5%), SHUCKED (5%), THE THANKSGIVING PLAY (4.6%), PARADE (4.5%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (3.9%), PETER PAN GOES WRONG (3.5%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (3.4%), THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW (3.4%), & JULIET (3.3%), HAMILTON (2.8%), MJ THE MUSICAL (2.5%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (2.3%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (2.2%), SIX (2.1%), PRIMA FACIE (1.5%), THE LION KING (0.7%), SUMMER, 1976 (0.6%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: FUNNY GIRL (-23.3%), ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME (-10%), CAMELOT (-2.5%),

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Dylan Smith4
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 6:48pm

Wow! What a great week! The final week of the season! Here's to hoping that the Tonys will give these shows a much-needed boost!

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#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 6:53pm

What a bump for Some Like It Hot! And speaking of, OUAOMT ain't doin' so "hot"... Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23

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Dylan Smith4
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 7:02pm

I fear that whatever the critics write about OUAOMT will turn audiences away and hurt it even more which makes me sad for the cast and crew!

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ACL2006
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 7:04pm

Great week for most. Lots of solid bumps in grosses and attendance.


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pablitonizer
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 7:10pm

OUAOMT needs to do a lot better! I guess when they book tv performances, the numbers will improve. 

This seems to have been a great week in terms of gross

Ke3
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 7:17pm

Dylan Smith4 said: "I fear that whatever the critics write about OUAOMT will turn audiences away and hurt it even more which makes me sad for the cast and crew!"

I can't imagine there's anything a critic could say to make people more, or less interested in this show. Critical reviews aren't really make or break for shows like this. Tourists looking for something to do won't care if Jesse Green said it's a mess. They don't know who that is.

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Mr. Wormwood
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 7:29pm

Pretty solid week all around. The Best Musical nominees continue their ascension.

I think the loser of the week has to be Once Upon a One More Time. After doing $168,988 in one performance it only goes to $581,658 for seven performances. That's... not great.

GoldenGiggery
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 7:49pm

Mr. Wormwood said: "Pretty solid week all around. The Best Musical nominees continue their ascension.

I think the loser of the week has to be Once Upon a One More Time. After doing $168,988 in one performance it only goes to $581,658 for seven performances. That's... not great.
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That number is largely in part to the tickets that DID sell, being largely made up of people who purchased the discounted seats with the “OOPS50” code. It was HEAVILY promoted on social media, and even Ticketmaster asked if you had a code ready before choosing seats. Idk, for me it’s still too soon to tell if this show will last the summer, as this is only its first full week of performances. We will see if it gains any steam. As was mentioned, the time to start promoting this show with live performances is now. The marketing team is certainly trying their best so far! 

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#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 7:56pm

GoldenGiggery said: "Mr. Wormwood said: "Pretty solid week all around. The Best Musical nominees continue their ascension.

I think the loser of the week has to be Once Upon a One More Time. After doing $168,988 in one performance it only goes to $581,658 for seven performances. That's... not great.
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That number is largely in part to the tickets that DID sell, being largely made up of people who purchased the discounted seats with the “OOPS50” code. It was HEAVILY promoted on social media, and even Ticketmaster asked if you had a code ready before choosing seats. Idk, for me it’s still too soon to tell if this show will last the summer, as this is only its first full week of performances. We will see if it gains any steam. As was mentioned, the time to start promoting this show with live performances is now. The marketing team is certainly trying their best so far!
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I feel like that argument might be stronger if the capacity was better. Shucked of course did this early on - heavily discounting tickets but getting almost all the seats filled (those early weeks with low grosses were above 95% capacity). But OUAOMT was only at 73% capacity so it's not like the heavy discounting of tickets is packing people in.

I do agree it's too soon for final judgment of course. Just not a great start for a full week of performances.

pablitonizer
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 8:03pm

GoldenGiggery said: "Mr. Wormwood said: "Pretty solid week all around. The Best Musical nominees continue their ascension.

I think the loser of the week has to be Once Upon a One More Time. After doing $168,988 in one performance it only goes to $581,658 for seven performances. That's... not great.
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That number is largely in part to the tickets that DID sell, being largely made up of people who purchased the discounted seats with the “OOPS50” code. It was HEAVILY promoted on social media, and even Ticketmaster asked if you had a code ready before choosing seats. Idk, for me it’s still too soon to tell if this show will last the summer, as this is only its first full week of performances. We will see if it gains any steam. As was mentioned, the time to start promoting this show with live performances is now. The marketing team is certainly trying their best so far!
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I agree t's definitely too soon, this is its second week of previews. The OOPS50 discount will help word of mouth imo, and the code ends near the opening week. I think they know what they're doing, same with Sucked, u need to bring people to the theater first and then word of mouth should help. I believe any tv performance could happen next month so we'll see how it continues. Perhaps Britney will share an intagram post at some point to help the boost

pablitonizer
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 8:11pm

Mr. Wormwood said: "GoldenGiggery said: "Mr. Wormwood said: "Pretty solid week all around. The Best Musical nominees continue their ascension.

I think the loser of the week has to be Once Upon a One More Time. After doing $168,988 in one performance it only goes to $581,658 for seven performances. That's... not great.
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That number is largely in part to the tickets that DID sell, being largely made up of people who purchased the discounted seats with the “OOPS50” code. It was HEAVILY promoted on social media, and even Ticketmaster asked if you had a code ready before choosing seats. Idk, for me it’s still too soon to tell if this show will last the summer, as this is only its first full week of performances. We will see if it gains any steam. As was mentioned, the time to start promoting this show with live performances is now. The marketing team is certainly trying their best so far!
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I feel like that argument might be stronger if the capacity was better. Shucked of course did this early on - heavily discounting tickets but getting almost all the seats filled (those early weeks with low grosses were above 95% capacity). But OUAOMT was only at 73% capacity so it's not like the heavy discounting of tickets is packing people in.

I do agree it's too soon for final judgment of course. Just not a great start for a full week of performances.
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I agree on the capacity point. However, it's important to note that Shucked at the Nederlander has 1232 seats whereas the Marquis has 1611 seats. Could have Shucked had 90% capacity if it had been at the Marquis? We'll never know, but I think it's importat to keep in mind the theater's seats number play a very important factor. Based on the 73% capacity of OUAOMT, about 1300 seats were filled per show

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#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 10:11pm

Just a boneheaded financial decision all around to move SIDNEY to Broadway so quickly. I guarantee those numbers would be a lot better with proper lead time to advertise. But there are also a lot of other stars on Broadway who are pulling focus right now. And those who saw it at BAM probably aren't interested in shelling out money to see it again (I'm certainly not).

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EDSOSLO858
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 10:32pm

Nice to see Parade still crack seven figures last week with Platt out for two performances. 


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theaterdrew
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/23/23 at 11:17pm

Based on the 73% capacity of OUAOMT, about 1300 seats were filled per show

Also for some reason, OUAOMT isn't selling the far right and left side seats, so the percent of offered seats sold is higher than 73%.  They are going to need a higher profile campaign, though, because right now, tickets are being sold to other shows on the strength of their being Tony nominees (most people don't realize OAUOMT opened too late to qualify) and later, they'll be up against the instantly familiar Back to the Future in trying to get tourist ticket sales.

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binau
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/24/23 at 1:46am

I can’t get over how well Parade continues to do. I THINK they have also passed this dreaded window where I notice prestigious non-tourist shows seem to lose steam after 12-16 weeks (see Follies, War Paint etc). The summer should also bring tourists who might know Ben Platt bringing a whole new demographic to town. I love the show so much and even if it’s Ben’s name doing much of the heavy lifting, it feels like something bigger and more special is happening. I just can’t imagine a world where Parade does not win best revival. Or if there is then <Donna Murphy>I don’t want to know. 


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#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/24/23 at 5:35am

A solid week for the Tony-nominated musicals, especially Some Like it Hot and Shucked. For purely selfish reasons, I hope Parade continues to do well enough to extend through Labor Day weekend, when I will be around, as it’s the one show that I didn’t see in New York City on my March trip that I regret missing. (I don’t know if that is a possibility.)

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#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/24/23 at 8:53am

Adding insult to injury for Bad Cinderella: even with a closing notice posted, they still have the lowest average ticket price. There's is at $50.28 - even the second lowest Grey House is a whole $15 more per person. Yikes.

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#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/24/23 at 9:30am

Once Upon a One More Time is currently engaged in a massive outreach to (mostly) queer folks with social media followings. They’re comping people in like crazy right now to try to build word of mouth. 


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pablitonizer
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/24/23 at 9:43am

Kad said: "Once Upon a One More Time is currently engaged in a massive outreach to (mostly) queer folks with social media followings. They’re comping people in like crazy right now to try to build word of mouth."

Next month is pride month so it makes a lot of sense to do that

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#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/24/23 at 9:45am

Lumiere2 said: "Adding insult to injury for Bad Cinderella: even with a closing notice posted, they still have the lowest average ticket price. There's is at $50.28 - even the second lowest Grey House is a whole $15 more per person. Yikes."

I looked at the map for tonight's show. (Taking Mom as a late mother's day gift - she loves ALW) and the house is probably 30% sold AT BEST)


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#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/24/23 at 11:53am

I said this once, and I'll say it again - many people dont even know OUAOMT is a thing. So many people have no idea it exist. 


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#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23
Posted: 5/24/23 at 12:18pm

YvanEhtNioj said: "I said this once, and I'll say it again - many people dont even know OUAOMT is a thing. So many people have no idea it exist."

and it's not helped by AND JULIET doing so well.


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