Broadway Grosses* w/e 5/7/2017 – The Award Boost.
This week we can thank the onslaught of all the award nominations for some of the higher grosses…especially the plays. All the nominated plays experienced a jump this week from last, with A Doll’s House experiencing a boost of over 90% from last week.
Audience interests around this time tend to trend towards the new shows, especially since all those shows are advertising like their runs depend on it (in actuality, they’re advertising like their awards depend on it – a much heavily debated issue within the industry).
Although we’re down in attendance from last week, we’re slightly up in grosses and ticket prices. One show to thank for that is (shocking) Hamilton, which burst past $3 million again this week.
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending May 7th, 2017:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | $751,489.50 | 7,121 | 85.26% | $105.53 |
| A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 | $276,159.50 | 5,187 | 83.66% | $53.24 |
| ALADDIN | $1,388,432.00 | 13,220 | 95.69% | $105.03 |
| AMÉLIE | $353,443.40 | 5,014 | 67.61% | $70.49 |
| ANASTASIA | $1,062,556.10 | 8,993 | 98.35% | $118.15 |
| BANDSTAND | $535,243.30 | 5,817 | 70.39% | $92.01 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $839,286.98 | 7,271 | 88.58% | $115.43 |
| CATS | $669,518.50 | 7,821 | 71.10% | $85.61 |
| CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY | $1,165,443.00 | 11,361 | 94.93% | $102.58 |
| CHICAGO | $592,784.27 | 7,046 | 81.55% | $84.13 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,098,080.08 | 8,521 | 101.83% | $128.87 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,296,754.63 | 7,988 | 101.47% | $162.34 |
| GROUNDHOG DAY | $823,511.85 | 8,629 | 87.84% | $95.44 |
| HAMILTON | $3,141,642.00 | 10,754 | 101.76% | $292.14 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $1,963,963.20 | 10,257 | 102.68% | $191.48 |
| INDECENT | $254,338.00 | 4,538 | 52.87% | $56.05 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $693,699.00 | 8,331 | 73.13% | $83.27 |
| MISS SAIGON | $916,049.90 | 10,058 | 72.38% | $91.08 |
| NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 | $875,722.56 | 8,575 | 94.19% | $102.13 |
| ON YOUR FEET! | $624,338.30 | 7,485 | 57.54% | $83.41 |
| OSLO | $692,653.00 | 7,369 | 87.98% | $94.00 |
| PRESENT LAUGHTER | $753,368.05 | 8,334 | 74.57% | $90.40 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $702,687.50 | 8,289 | 68.03% | $84.77 |
| SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION | $399,522.80 | 5,304 | 63.02% | $75.32 |
| SUNSET BOULEVARD | $1,161,015.10 | 9,165 | 77.98% | $126.68 |
| SWEAT | $314,733.58 | 4,561 | 86.51% | $69.01 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,213,266.00 | 8,675 | 101.72% | $139.86 |
| THE GLASS MENAGERIE | $269,536.86 | 5,176 | 65.16% | $52.07 |
| THE LION KING | $1,950,008.00 | 13,470 | 99.28% | $144.77 |
| THE LITTLE FOXES | $456,576.00 | 5,057 | 97.25% | $90.29 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $952,405.74 | 10,969 | 85.43% | $86.83 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $348,272.51 | 4,842 | 70.87% | $71.93 |
| THE PRICE | $645,810.30 | 5,917 | 99.95% | $109.14 |
| WAITRESS | $1,183,018.30 | 7,918 | 94.71% | $149.41 |
| WAR PAINT | $958,063.10 | 8,524 | 91.22% | $112.40 |
| WICKED | $1,539,527.00 | 13,161 | 91.04% | $116.98 |
| TOTALS | $32,862,919.91 | 290,718 | 84.38% | $106.45 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$5,283,746.98 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +19.15% |
*Broadway Grosses courtesy of The Broadway League
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