By Jennifer R Jones | Posted on June 17, 2014 2:30 PM
This Was A Fairly Average Week On Broadway, With Notable Successes Including All The Way, While Holler If Ya Hear Me And Mothers And Sons Struggle.
“All The Way” Gaining Momentum
All the Way is the Tony Award winning Best Play of 2014, and that success is showing at the box office. It helps that the star of the show is Bryan Cranston, one of America’s most celebrated actors for such performances as his leading role as Walter White on the television show Breaking Bad.
Written by Robert Schenkkan and directed by Bill Rauch, this play has been doing excellently at the box office since it began performances on February 10, 2014. It has been hovering over the $1 million mark, with a steady increase since the awards season has begun.
Tough Competition With Top-Earning Broadway Musicals
But after this play has shown well above others in several awards ceremonies, national word has spread. In the week ending June 15, 2014, the show grossed $1,229,459, which was an increase of $288,909, the highest increase of any show this week.
With an average paid ticket of $128.90, the show reached 89.86% of its gross potential. This is a very high number specifically for a play, putting it in competition against some of the top-earning musicals.
“Holler if Ya Hear Me” Still Struggling
This Tupac Shakur inspired musical opened at an unusual time, too late for Tony Award consideration and when the summer season is beginning, when many tourists go for lighter musical fare. Though a musical, this show deals with themes that may be traditionally less desirable in the warmer season. Though the show will open later this week and is still in previews, it is still abnormally low that it only grossed $163,586 in a week of eight performances.
With an average paid admission of $24.35, the show only made 18.32% of its gross potential, by far the lowest of any show this past week. The second lowest show in terms of reaching its gross potential, Mothers and Sons, just announced that it will be closing at the end of next week. With a weekly gross of $156,116, it only grossed 20.34% of its gross potential.
Other Shows Having Difficulties
There are other shows that are earned less than half of their gross potential, many of which are produced by not for profit theatre institutions.
Casa Valentina, produced by Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, only earned 43.73% of its gross potential, though it was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play, which it did not win. Furthermore, Violet, a musical produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company, only grossed 44.42% of its potential.
The following are the Broadway ticket sales numbers for the week ending June 16, 2014:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Cap | AvgPdAdm |
| A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER | $851,262.00 | 6,984 | 96.25% | $121.89 |
| A RAISIN IN THE SUN | $1,290,437.00 | 8,368 | 100.00% | $154.21 |
| ACT ONE | $370,426.00 | 5,162 | 79.37% | $71.76 |
| AFTER MIDNIGHT | $567,577.50 | 6,624 | 79.92% | $85.69 |
| ALADDIN | $1,332,136.50 | 13,788 | 100.03% | $96.62 |
| ALL THE WAY | $1,229,459.00 | 9,538 | 83.84% | $128.90 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $1,170,050.00 | 8,266 | 100.71% | $141.55 |
| BULLETS OVER BROADWAY | $773,110.00 | 8,616 | 66.07% | $89.73 |
| CABARET | $731,191.75 | 6,584 | 92.16% | $111.06 |
| CASA VALENTINA | $256,272.00 | 3,837 | 74.48% | $66.79 |
| CHICAGO | $492,950.45 | 6,079 | 70.36% | $81.09 |
| CINDERELLA | $760,204.45 | 10,301 | 73.54% | $73.80 |
| HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH | $1,071,625.12 | 7,216 | 102.37% | $148.51 |
| HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME | $163,585.50 | 6,719 | 77.19% | $24.35 |
| IF/THEN | $802,082.00 | 8,642 | 82.40% | $92.81 |
| JERSEY BOYS | $820,917.90 | 8,439 | 85.90% | $97.28 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $1,372,011.00 | 10,909 | 95.76% | $125.77 |
| LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL | $457,174.00 | 3,876 | 94.72% | $117.95 |
| LES MISÉRABLES | $1,038,248.77 | 10,138 | 89.94% | $102.41 |
| MAMMA MIA! | $629,849.20 | 7,501 | 80.41% | $83.97 |
| MATILDA | $1,047,221.70 | 11,219 | 97.93% | $93.34 |
| MOTHERS AND SONS | $156,116.00 | 2,818 | 43.92% | $55.40 |
| MOTOWN THE MUSICAL | $991,943.50 | 9,948 | 82.51% | $99.71 |
| NEWSIES | $770,523.70 | 9,067 | 95.64% | $84.98 |
| OF MICE AND MEN | $806,630.19 | 8,124 | 94.64% | $99.29 |
| ONCE | $438,505.51 | 5,557 | 65.59% | $78.91 |
| PIPPIN | $565,734.00 | 6,487 | 81.91% | $87.21 |
| ROCK OF AGES | $280,008.25 | 3,589 | 76.95% | $78.02 |
| ROCKY | $761,451.00 | 8,629 | 71.15% | $88.24 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,604,506.92 | 8,752 | 102.63% | $183.33 |
| THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN | $515,389.00 | 5,776 | 67.29% | $89.23 |
| THE LION KING | $2,043,643.00 | 13,596 | 99.97% | $150.31 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $984,108.99 | 11,686 | 91.01% | $84.21 |
| THE REALISTIC JONESES | $442,301.71 | 5,021 | 71.98% | $88.09 |
| VIOLET | $342,638.00 | 4,248 | 72.34% | $80.66 |
| WICKED | $1,969,827.00 | 15,271 | 99.01% | $128.99 |
| Totals: | $29,901,118.61 | 287,375 | 84.44% | $99.61 |
Broadway ticket sales raw data are provided courtesy of The Broadway League All other data, text, opinion, charts and commentary are copyright © 2014 nytix.com
