Broadway Grosses w/e 12/15/2019: Something’s coming, something good . . .
Last week, new arrivals kept the overall box office steady at $38M. New to the boards was West Side Story which grossed $1.25M for 6 performances. In its second week of performances, Harry Connick, Jr. – A Celebration of Cole Porter grossed $1.32M for 8 performances.
Beetlejuice, which announced last week that a premature closing was coming in 2020, was SRO at the Winter Garden.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | Gross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A CHRISTMAS CAROL | $822,983.07 | 6,619 | 97.57% | $124.34 |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $1,671,950.91 | 11,200 | 98.31% | $149.28 |
| ALADDIN | $1,372,694.20 | 13,020 | 94.24% | $105.43 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | $1,037,759.25 | 5,756 | 99.83% | $180.29 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $1,182,899.14 | 11,666 | 97.67% | $101.40 |
| CHICAGO | $635,283.70 | 7,207 | 83.41% | $88.15 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,071,077.91 | 8,506 | 101.65% | $125.92 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,106,852.76 | 7,968 | 101.22% | $138.91 |
| DERREN BROWN: SECRET | $434,617.00 | 4,549 | 63.96% | $95.54 |
| FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME | $695,317.00 | 5,405 | 88.32% | $128.64 |
| FROZEN | $1,169,837.70 | 12,947 | 96.10% | $90.36 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,382,018.00 | 7,426 | 101.12% | $186.11 |
| HAMILTON | $2,769,865.00 | 10,734 | 101.34% | $258.05 |
| HARRY CONNICK, JR. – A CELEBRATION OF COLE PORTER | $1,332,596.00 | 8,996 | 93.71% | $148.13 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,112,146.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $85.71 |
| JAGGED LITTLE PILL | $1,096,220.10 | 8,906 | 98.96% | $123.09 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,038,345.00 | 9,397 | 95.89% | $110.50 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,317,655.50 | 10,477 | 100.59% | $221.21 |
| OKLAHOMA! | $455,741.60 | 4,714 | 90.51% | $96.68 |
| SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW | $466,930.50 | 5,431 | 64.35% | $85.98 |
| SLAVE PLAY | $472,866.73 | 5,871 | 92.54% | $80.54 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,232,837.00 | 8,467 | 101.09% | $145.60 |
| THE ILLUSIONISTS – MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS | $801,146.60 | 8,726 | 79.27% | $91.81 |
| THE INHERITANCE | $560,854.76 | 5,117 | 61.03% | $109.61 |
| THE LIGHTNING THIEF | $288,226.10 | 5,025 | 58.54% | $57.36 |
| THE LION KING | $2,084,320.00 | 12,816 | 94.46% | $162.63 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $969,099.70 | 10,045 | 78.23% | $96.48 |
| THE SOUND INSIDE | $500,060.00 | 5,405 | 67.70% | $92.52 |
| TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL | $1,666,857.00 | 11,903 | 100.67% | $140.04 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,874,481.08 | 11,529 | 100.43% | $162.59 |
| TOOTSIE | $1,012,247.80 | 10,412 | 81.24% | $97.22 |
| WAITRESS | $956,704.70 | 8,118 | 97.11% | $117.85 |
| WEST SIDE STORY | $1,254,440.00 | 10,440 | 100.00% | $120.16 |
| WICKED | $2,022,209.00 | 15,098 | 97.99% | $133.94 |
| TOTALS | $38,869,140.81 | 302,872 | 90.56% | $125.06 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -$996,328.51 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -2.50% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!
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