Broadway Grosses w/e 01/05/2020: Great start of the year with some great endings…
While grosses took an expected 23% drop last week, many shows (22 at 97% capacity or higher) played to sold-out audiences.
We bid farewell to seven shows last week including the long-running Waitress which went out on a high of $1,316,747.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | Gross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A CHRISTMAS CAROL | $418,555.50 | 4,744 | 69.93% | $88.23 |
| A SOLDIER’S PLAY | $286,010.20 | 4,932 | 97.72% | $57.99 |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $1,507,514.00 | 11,022 | 86.00% | $136.77 |
| ALADDIN | $1,807,150.60 | 13,622 | 98.60% | $132.66 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | $1,237,143.50 | 6,709 | 99.73% | $184.40 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $1,435,799.00 | 10,680 | 102.19% | $134.44 |
| CHICAGO | $883,804.75 | 7,918 | 91.64% | $111.62 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,073,381.00 | 8,544 | 102.10% | $125.63 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,245,047.10 | 7,995 | 101.56% | $155.73 |
| DERREN BROWN: SECRET | $661,050.00 | 6,005 | 84.43% | $110.08 |
| FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME | $971,364.82 | 5,971 | 97.57% | $162.68 |
| FROZEN | $1,397,781.50 | 13,453 | 99.86% | $103.90 |
| GRAND HORIZONS | $151,060.91 | 3,319 | 70.92% | $45.51 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,451,289.00 | 7,447 | 101.40% | $194.88 |
| HAMILTON | $3,194,411.00 | 10,757 | 101.56% | $296.96 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,602,106.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $123.47 |
| JAGGED LITTLE PILL | $1,113,294.99 | 8,951 | 99.46% | $124.38 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,297,302.75 | 9,746 | 99.45% | $133.11 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,085,753.50 | 10,469 | 100.51% | $199.23 |
| MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON | $65,298.00 | 619 | 95.82% | $105.49 |
| OKLAHOMA! | $521,043.80 | 5,025 | 96.49% | $103.69 |
| SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW | $570,731.75 | 6,777 | 80.30% | $84.22 |
| SLAVE PLAY | $541,915.80 | 6,017 | 94.85% | $90.06 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,409,907.30 | 8,605 | 102.73% | $163.85 |
| THE ILLUSIONISTS – MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS | $1,268,153.00 | 11,519 | 69.76% | $110.09 |
| THE INHERITANCE | $409,319.50 | 4,935 | 58.86% | $82.94 |
| THE LIGHTNING THIEF | $655,762.19 | 8,298 | 96.67% | $79.03 |
| THE LION KING | $2,493,061.00 | 13,431 | 98.99% | $185.62 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,375,933.82 | 11,167 | 99.39% | $123.21 |
| THE SOUND INSIDE | $447,916.00 | 5,511 | 69.03% | $81.28 |
| TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL | $1,588,633.00 | 10,381 | 100.34% | $153.03 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,724,760.00 | 11,585 | 100.91% | $148.88 |
| TOOTSIE | $955,611.30 | 10,827 | 84.48% | $88.26 |
| WAITRESS | $1,316,747.00 | 8,444 | 101.00% | $155.94 |
| WEST SIDE STORY | $1,730,917.00 | 13,920 | 100.00% | $124.35 |
| WICKED | $2,200,110.00 | 15,358 | 99.68% | $143.25 |
| TOTALS | $43,095,640.58 | 317,679 | 93.16% | $129.02 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$5,565,367.40 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | 14.83% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!
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