Broadway Grosses* w/e 4/16/2017 – Easter brings eggs…filled with box office gold!
Greeting Gross Fans!
For those with access to these reports, we’ve known this past week was going to be a good one.
But no one expected it to be this good.
19 of the 40 Broadway shows running did over $1mm. That’s 47.5% for those without calculators. That’s also amazing.
The shows that did the best were once again the family shows and shows that catered to international audiences with the usuals doing $2mm and $3mm, and Cats, Anatastsia and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory all doing well over $1mm.
It just can’t keep going up like this . . . expect a downturn turn this coming week as the spring break season comes to an end.
But boy oh boy did this bull market run a lot hotter than we thought, which makes me think we’re going to have one helluva summer.
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 16th, 2017:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | $858,229.25 | 8,035 | 96.20% | $106.81 |
| A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 | $90,503.00 | 3,772 | 69.53% | $23.99 |
| ALADDIN | $2,147,229.50 | 15,528 | 99.90% | $138.28 |
| AMÉLIE | $589,165.30 | 6,574 | 88.65% | $89.62 |
| ANASTASIA | $1,207,938.00 | 9,196 | 100.57% | $131.35 |
| BANDSTAND | $446,966.50 | 6,534 | 90.36% | $68.41 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $826,037.40 | 7,251 | 88.34% | $113.92 |
| CATS | $1,080,104.00 | 10,701 | 97.28% | $100.93 |
| CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY | $1,342,578.00 | 11,968 | 100.00% | $112.18 |
| CHICAGO | $845,785.35 | 8,608 | 99.63% | $98.26 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,087,151.40 | 8,537 | 102.02% | $127.35 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,185,025.12 | 7,992 | 101.52% | $148.28 |
| GROUNDHOG DAY | $607,324.15 | 8,175 | 95.10% | $74.29 |
| HAMILTON | $3,117,682.00 | 10,753 | 101.75% | $289.94 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,032,256.00 | 10,095 | 101.06% | $201.31 |
| IN TRANSIT | $264,361.70 | 4,814 | 91.45% | $54.92 |
| INDECENT | $186,187.50 | 5,927 | 69.05% | $31.41 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $955,372.40 | 10,122 | 88.85% | $94.39 |
| MISS SAIGON | $1,070,767.00 | 10,558 | 75.98% | $101.42 |
| NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 | $1,050,854.00 | 8,921 | 97.99% | $117.80 |
| ON YOUR FEET! | $712,384.30 | 8,517 | 65.48% | $83.64 |
| OSLO | $494,320.00 | 7,330 | 87.51% | $67.44 |
| PARAMOUR | $1,285,595.51 | 13,812 | 91.06% | $93.08 |
| PRESENT LAUGHTER | $813,602.75 | 8,417 | 75.31% | $96.66 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $1,449,008.80 | 12,255 | 100.58% | $118.24 |
| SIGNIFICANT OTHER | $138,549.00 | 2,968 | 48.75% | $46.68 |
| SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION | $365,762.00 | 6,191 | 73.56% | $59.08 |
| SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE | $1,227,530.00 | 7,685 | 99.86% | $159.73 |
| SUNSET BOULEVARD | $1,146,839.20 | 9,562 | 81.36% | $119.94 |
| SWEAT | $319,827.96 | 4,547 | 86.25% | $70.34 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,295,938.00 | 8,732 | 102.39% | $148.41 |
| THE GLASS MENAGERIE | $301,612.00 | 4,913 | 61.85% | $61.39 |
| THE LION KING | $2,862,724.00 | 15,151 | 99.26% | $188.95 |
| THE LITTLE FOXES | $337,035.60 | 5,052 | 97.15% | $66.71 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,469,435.73 | 12,272 | 95.58% | $119.74 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $509,168.67 | 6,402 | 93.71% | $79.53 |
| THE PRICE | $662,644.30 | 5,897 | 99.61% | $112.37 |
| WAITRESS | $1,381,419.90 | 8,456 | 101.15% | $163.37 |
| WAR PAINT | $832,089.10 | 8,416 | 90.07% | $98.87 |
| WICKED | $2,554,030.00 | 17,077 | 98.52% | $149.56 |
| TOTALS | $41,151,034.39 | 347,713 | 90.11% | $108.21 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$13,973,948.31 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +51.41% |
*Broadway Grosses courtesy of The Broadway League
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