The Week Ending January 25, 2015 Was A Slow Week On Broadway. Only Three Shows Went Up From Last Week’s Weekly Gross, And The Rest Took A Dip.


An Overall Slow Week

In the week ending January 25, 2015, only three shows demonstrated an increase in ticket sales from the week before. Those were The Elephant Man, Constellations, and The Last Ship. The Elephant Man went up by $357,369, which is an inflated figure due to the fact that the production played only five performances last week.

In terms of percentage reached of potential gross, the performance actually went down from 111.75% to 110.23%, which is of course still extraordinary. The weekly gross for Constellations went up by $67,046, which is attributable to the recent opening and the ripple effect of positive word of mouth.

Sting Joins The Cast Of "The Last Ship"

Finally, The Last Ship went up as well, but only by $5,171, which may be due to the fact that Sting has entered the cast. Otherwise, the entire Broadway industry performed quite poorly this past week, with the remaining 24 shows decreasing in their weekly grosses.

The biggest decrease was seen by It’s Only a Play, which went down from $693,963 last week to $462,008 this week. However, that is also a misleading figure as the play only had five performances this week. The next biggest decrease was seen by Wicked, often in the top two grossing shows each week.

A Dip For The Heavy Hitters

In the week ending January 25, 2015, however, Wicked brought in $1,500,725, which was a decrease of $183,939 from the week before. Still, it came in third in terms of weekly gross, behind only The Lion King and The Book of Mormon. Matilda also went down by $182,198, bringing in $805,176 which is only 63.16% of its gross potential.

Aladdin, though still a top earner at $1,347,820, went down by $139,296 from the week before. Still, that brought it to earning 110.48% of its gross potential. Les Miserables also went down by $115,379, bringing it to a weekly gross of $609,270. Finally, the last show to exhibit a six figure decrease in weekly gross from the week before was The River, which went down by $106,452, bringing it to a weekly gross of $616,535.

The following are the Broadway ticket sales numbers for the week ending January 25, 2015:
Broadway-Show-Ticket-Analysis-1-25-15
Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Capacity AvgPdAdm
A DELICATE BALANCE $562,850 4,941 77.01% $113.91
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER $667,767 6,547 90.23% $102.00
ALADDIN $1,347,820 13,747 99.73% $98.04
BEAUTIFUL $1,047,501 7,637 93.04% $137.16
CABARET $911,305 7,004 98.04% $130.11
CHICAGO $427,273 5,787 66.98% $73.83
CONSTELLATIONS $499,445 5,155 99.13% $96.89
DISGRACED $360,932 4,928 67.10% $73.24
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH $609,617 5,268 87.19% $115.72
HONEYMOON IN VEGAS $425,029 6,699 71.33% $63.45
IF/THEN $635,189 7,992 76.20% $79.48
IT’S ONLY A PLAY $462,008 4,722 87.69% $97.84
JERSEY BOYS $710,588 7,798 79.38% $91.12
KINKY BOOTS $1,001,877 9,890 86.82% $101.30
LES MISÉRABLES $609,270 8,391 74.44% $72.61
MAMMA MIA! $463,090 6,563 70.36% $70.56
MATILDA $805,176 10,110 88.25% $79.64
ON THE TOWN $624,882 9,035 60.27% $69.16
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,575,262 8,750 102.60% $180.03
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME $820,145 7,890 96.88% $103.95
THE ELEPHANT MAN $1,035,819 6,304 101.81% $164.31
THE LAST SHIP $843,445 9,459 87.65% $89.17
THE LION KING $1,641,207 13,056 96.00% $125.71
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $689,571 9,235 71.92% $74.67
THE RIVER $616,535 5,531 99.34% $111.47
WICKED $1,500,725 14,236 98.37% $105.42
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU $441,995 5,613 65.39% $78.74
Totals: $21,336,320 212,288 84.93% $99.98
Broadway ticket sales raw data are provided courtesy of The Broadway League All other data, text, opinion, charts and commentary are copyright © 2015 nytix.com