Broadway Grosses w/e 8/26/2018: Goodbye, Dolly!
For the second week in a row grosses dropped 5%, dipping $1.8M to a total gross for all shows of $33,662,782. With Springsteen on Broadway down to four shows, the average ticket dropped by a few dollars to $131.81.
Most shows felt large drops this week with the notable exceptions of Pretty Woman, a final bow from Hello, Dolly!, and Hamilton, who managed to squeak out an impressive $134k increase from last week’s typical sell-out.
Many shows, especially tourist favorites, are seeing their lowest grosses since the Tony Awards. Fingers crossed that this week’s upcoming three-day weekend brings in flocks of ticket buyers.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| ALADDIN | $1,339,909.00 | 13,305 | 96.30% | $100.71 |
| ANASTASIA | $730,124.44 | 8,557 | 93.58% | $85.32 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $580,345.13 | 6,855 | 83.52% | $84.66 |
| CAROUSEL | $606,103.00 | 7,664 | 67.09% | $79.08 |
| CHICAGO | $625,397.33 | 7,523 | 87.07% | $83.13 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,055,803.40 | 8,541 | 102.07% | $123.62 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,583,120.66 | 7,988 | 101.47% | $198.19 |
| FROZEN | $1,988,339.00 | 13,152 | 97.62% | $151.18 |
| GETTIN’ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER | $181,548.50 | 4,604 | 60.26% | $39.43 |
| HAMILTON | $3,249,628.00 | 10,754 | 101.76% | $302.18 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,187,788.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $168.60 |
| HEAD OVER HEELS | $240,516.05 | 3,702 | 48.05% | $64.97 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,342,740.58 | 11,717 | 101.29% | $199.94 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $543,701.65 | 6,550 | 57.50% | $83.01 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,565,688.60 | 9,888 | 100.90% | $158.34 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $1,162,403.00 | 7,830 | 91.56% | $148.46 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $411,114.00 | 4,339 | 77.93% | $94.75 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $1,155,322.00 | 9,324 | 99.79% | $123.91 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $716,157.58 | 7,996 | 65.63% | $89.56 |
| SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS | $917,992.55 | 11,352 | 88.14% | $80.87 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $1,928,960.00 | 3,792 | 100.00% | $508.69 |
| STRAIGHT WHITE MEN | $355,682.10 | 4,339 | 93.35% | $81.97 |
| SUMMER | $679,069.00 | 7,408 | 62.99% | $91.67 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $894,197.60 | 8,167 | 98.26% | $109.49 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,105,741.50 | 8,628 | 103.01% | $128.16 |
| THE LION KING | $2,160,990.00 | 13,374 | 98.57% | $161.58 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $998,161.03 | 11,281 | 87.86% | $88.48 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $310,523.50 | 4,770 | 69.82% | $65.10 |
| WAITRESS | $577,784.00 | 6,129 | 73.31% | $94.27 |
| WICKED | $1,467,931.00 | 12,874 | 89.06% | $114.02 |
| TOTALS | $33,662,782.20 | 255,379 | 86.59% | $130.11 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$7,084,279.22 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +26.65% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!
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