Grease Grosses Update

Eris · Guru

RE: Grease Grosses Update

BBS420 · Guru

Eris wrote:
I like that idea but I was thinking of something along the lines of "season tickets" to Grease.

that wouldn't work for me.

Eris · Guru

Well, what if we set up a direct feed from your TV to the theatre. With the push of a button you could see the show any time.

BBS420 · Guru

Eris wrote:
Well, what if we set up a direct feed from your TV to the theatre. With the push of a button you could see the show any time.

now THAT might work.

Eris · Guru

I'll get right on that

BBS420 · Guru

Eris wrote:
I'll get right on that

thanks

Hello799 · Senior Member

Post edited.......THANKS ADMIN!!

-- Edited by Hello799 at 18:28, 2008-07-17

Nad · Senior Member

BBS420 wrote:

Eris wrote:
Well, what if we set up a direct feed from your TV to the theatre. With the push of a button you could see the show any time.

now THAT might work.

It could surely work for me...... WE CAN ALWAYS DREAM CAN WE?

BBS420 · Guru

Nad wrote:
BBS420 wrote:

Eris wrote:
Well, what if we set up a direct feed from your TV to the theatre. With the push of a button you could see the show any time.

now THAT might work.
It could surely work for me...... WE CAN ALWAYS DREAM CAN WE?

I love to dream..

grannygreaser · Senior Member

And for Max and Laura's last week:

Grosses: $707,983 96% cap. up 3%

Great send off for them. It's up to Ashely and Derek now...

DogsandBirds · Guru

I beat Grannygreaser!

This week's gross - $682,087
Last week's gross - $707,983
Average price per ticket$83.54
Number of seats sold - 8,165
Total Number of seats- 8,576
Number of shows - 8
This week - 95.2%
Last week 96.0% -0.8%

Still doing well. Go Grease!

Hello799 · Senior Member

Congrats D&B.....I do believe thats your first time!!!!!
Thanks for the update.

DogsandBirds · Guru

Thanks Hello 799 - I think I have been first before, but lately Grannygreaser has been johnny on the spot, so for today, I am golden :)

grannygreaser · Senior Member

DogsandBirds wrote:

Thanks Hello 799 - I think I have been first before, but lately Grannygreaser has been johnny on the spot, so for today, I am golden :)

Got to give you a chance, don't I? I went to the movies to see "Mama Mia".

DogsandBirds · Guru

Did you like it?

grannygreaser · Senior Member

I did like it. It was fun and I like Abba, so the music is great. I love Pierce Brosnan, but his singing lacks a little. smile

Loved Christine Baranski in it... Meryle Streep is amazing, no matter what she does.

grannygreaser · Senior Member

Figures for week ending 08/03/08

Gross $710,815

Capacity

98.2%

Up

3.0%

Great!

Tay4me · Veteran Member

grannygreaser wrote:
Figures for week ending 08/03/08
Gross $710,815
Capacity
98.2% Up
3.0%

Great!

WOW - That's great news - almost sold out all week long.

BBS420 · Guru

grannygreaser wrote:
Figures for week ending 08/03/08
Gross $710,815
Capacity
98.2% Up
3.0%

Great!

yayy!!! still going strong.

DogsandBirds · Guru

grannygreaser wrote:

Figures for week ending 08/03/08
Gross $710,815
Capacity
98.2% Up
3.0%

Great!

Go Grannygreaser and go Grease!

Nice!

Shadi Ladi · Guru

BBS420 wrote:

grannygreaser wrote:
Figures for week ending 08/03/08
Gross $710,815
Capacity
98.2% Up
3.0%

Great!

yayy!!! still going strong.

Wow! Almost sold out! Amazing!

Kristen · Guru

Excellent news!!! But I'm not surprised!!!!! :)

Just Dandy · Veteran Member

Go Grease! Thank you Grannygreaser.

Shadi Ladi · Guru

Kristen wrote:

Excellent news!!! But I'm not surprised!!!!! :)

Not really surprised either Kristen!

texfans5 · Veteran Member

Great news! I have a friend who travels back and forth to new york on business. He looked up buying Grease tickets and they were not available to be purchased, completely sold out, he was amazed.

Kristen · Guru

texfans5 wrote:

Great news! I have a friend who travels back and forth to new york on business. He looked up buying Grease tickets and they were not available to be purchased, completely sold out, he was amazed.

I am glad that "Grease" is doing so well! Awesome news!!!! smile

hs5sunny · Senior Member

*does the happy dance*

singingdoc · Veteran Member

Has there been any word about Grease "recouping" the original investment? It's got to be pretty close by now.

texfans5 · Veteran Member

I heard that they have recouped the investment.

DogsandBirds · Guru

texfans5 wrote:

I heard that they have recouped the investment.

Have you heard this? From where? Usually it is widely publicized as most shows do not recoup. That doesn't mean it doesn't make money for the investors.

texfans5 · Veteran Member

Could just be hearsay...not sure. Does anyone know what time Playbill posts last week's grosses? I just checked and they're not up yet.

DogsandBirds · Guru

This week
$692,042

Last
Week
$710,815

Capacity
this week
95.0%

Capacity
last
week
98.2%

Percentage
-3.2%

-- Edited by DogsandBirds at 22:40, 2008-08-11

-- Edited by DogsandBirds at 22:42, 2008-08-11

DogsandBirds · Guru

Still nice numbers! Go Grease!

BBS420 · Guru

well the place should be pretty full friday night.

Kristen · Guru

BBS420 wrote:

well the place should be pretty full friday night.

That's great! I hope that you guys have an amazing time!

DogsandBirds · Guru

BBS420 wrote:

well the place should be pretty full friday night.

Usually the nights that might not be full are Tuesdays and Thursdays.

BBS420 · Guru

DogsandBirds wrote:
BBS420 wrote:

well the place should be pretty full friday night.

Usually the nights that might not be full are Tuesdays and Thursdays.

yes, weekends are probably easier to fill. I can hardly wait.

texfans5 · Veteran Member

thanks for the updates...Friday should be an amazing show for y'all. Can't wait to hear about it.

azure · Senior Member

Well, Grease is still doing fantastic! This week down 0.1% to 94.9%, but an actual increase in $$$ brought in. (Grease had the lowest percentage decrease of shows that went down, at 0.1%.)

Only six of Broadway shows increased in seats sold and it looks like two of those are new (or close to it.) Even Mama Mia only showed an increase of 0.2%, and some of the most popular shows took big hits - moving down to low and mid 80% range.

With the exception of Jersey Boys and Wicked, Grease had the highest ticket price. Even the low ticket prices were higher than average. I doubt that TPTB at the Brooks Atkinson are complaining with this week's figures! Great job!

-- Edited by azure at 22:27, 2008-08-18

Shadi Ladi · Guru

Not sure how to read that chart, but it looks to me like the Grosses are up from last week.
Go Grease!

Shadi Ladi · Guru

azure wrote:
Well, Grease is still doing fantastic! This week down 0.1% to 94.9%, but an actual increase in $$$ brought in. (Grease had the lowest percentage decrease of shows that went down, at 0.1%.)

Only six of Broadway shows increased in seats sold and it looks like two of those are new (or close to it.) Even Mama Mia only showed an increase of 0.2%, and some of the most popular shows took big hits - moving down to low and mid 80% range.

With the exception of Jersey Boys and Wicked, Grease had the highest ticket price. Even the low ticket prices were higher than average. I doubt that TPTB at the Brooks Atkinson are complaining with this week's figures! Great job!

-- Edited by azure at 22:27, 2008-08-18

Thanks for info Azure. Glad you can read that chart! lol

DogsandBirds · Guru

azure wrote:

Well, Grease is still doing fantastic! This week down 0.1% to 94.9%, but an actual increase in $$$ brought in. (Grease had the lowest percentage decrease of shows that went down, at 0.1%.)

Only six of Broadway shows increased in seats sold and it looks like two of those are new (or close to it.) Even Mama Mia only showed an increase of 0.2%, and some of the most popular shows took big hits - moving down to low and mid 80% range.

With the exception of Jersey Boys and Wicked, Grease had the highest ticket price. Even the low ticket prices were higher than average. I doubt that TPTB at the Brooks Atkinson are complaining with this week's figures! Great job!

-- Edited by azure at 22:27, 2008-08-18

In the Heights, South Pacific, Lion King, Little Mermaid all had higher ticket prices than Grease.

But Grease is doing great! Go Grease!

DogsandBirds · Guru

Grease is down a little bit from last week (-4.8%) but still doing just fine! Many other shows are not doing quite as well. Go Grease!

Gross for week ending 8/24: $625,927

Last week
$696,092

average ticket $80.97

highest ticket
$251.50

Tickets sold
7,730

# of Seats
8,576

# of shows
8

Percent full
90.1%

Last week
94.9%

-4.8%

-- Edited by DogsandBirds at 20:30, 2008-08-25

Shadi Ladi · Guru

Looks like capacity was up this week 2.6%. Go Grease!

DogsandBirds · Guru

Go Grease!

This week's gross: $570,245

Last week's gross: $625,927

Average Ticket price: $81.99

Top Ticket Price: $251.50

Tickets sold: 6,955

Total seats: 7,504

Performances: 7

Percent this week: 92.7%

Percent last week: 90.1%

Change: +2.6%

The gorss is lower because they only did 7 shows. Overall, Go Grease!!

Shadi Ladi · Guru

That explains it! I was a little confused by that. Thanks for the clarification!

azure · Senior Member

My goodness! The grosses are out, and not one show went up!!

They all took hits - even "Jersey Boys" - which I thought had never gone below 100%!

The hugest hits were Spamalot, Mary Poppins, and Grease! (Only about 55% capacity at Grease!)

The overall loss for all productions averaged out to over 30% (Sorry, I can't remember. I'm still in a state of shock!)

Is this normal for Labor Day Weekend? Does it stay like this until the holidays?

MrE1111 · Guru

Sept - mid-Nov is always tough, and many shows close during this time period.

It's also tough from Jan - March.

That Girl · Senior Member

I got this off of broadway world-Grease isn't it the only one who took a hit this week.

Broadway Grosses - Week Ending 9/7/2008

I tried to cut and paste the information and it was a mess. Here is a link

http://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

-- Edited by That Girl at 23:13, 2008-09-08

Shadi Ladi · Guru

That Girl wrote:
I got this off of broadway world-Grease isn't it the only one who took a hit this week.

Broadway Grosses - Week Ending 9/7/2008

I tried to cut and paste the information and it was a mess. Here is a link

http://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

-- Edited by That Girl at 23:13, 2008-09-08

This is all quite normal for this time of year. Kids go back to school. No one is traveling! Not surprised at all by this. Same thing happened last year.