By Jennifer R Jones | Posted on January 29, 2015 6:28 PM
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:
| 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 |
