Broadway Grosses w/e 01/26/2020: American Utopia Rises
Broadway grosses continued to drop last week. Nearly all shows posted grosses well below the previous week. Bucking the trending, however, was American Utopia whose $205 average
ticket boosted its haul in the final three weeks of performances. Overall, grosses fell 9% from the previous week with attendance dropping just 4%.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | Gross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A SOLDIER’S PLAY | $328,111.00 | 5,009 | 99.25% | $65.50 |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $1,254,912.40 | 10,180 | 89.36% | $123.27 |
| ALADDIN | $1,118,994.90 | 13,157 | 95.23% | $85.05 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | $1,180,829.00 | 5,766 | 100.00% | $204.79 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $1,145,688.10 | 11,900 | 99.63% | $96.28 |
| CHICAGO | $628,048.15 | 7,494 | 86.74% | $83.81 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $894,079.84 | 8,478 | 101.31% | $105.46 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,035,421.06 | 7,986 | 101.45% | $129.65 |
| FROZEN | $1,001,849.00 | 12,659 | 93.97% | $79.14 |
| GRAND HORIZONS | $216,238.46 | 4,346 | 92.86% | $49.76 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,122,009.00 | 7,432 | 101.20% | $150.97 |
| HAMILTON | $2,674,005.00 | 10,752 | 101.51% | $248.70 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,018,786.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $78.51 |
| JAGGED LITTLE PILL | $1,021,505.20 | 8,901 | 98.90% | $114.76 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $856,636.00 | 9,249 | 94.38% | $92.62 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $1,652,702.00 | 10,449 | 100.32% | $158.17 |
| MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON | $537,802.20 | 4,470 | 98.85% | $120.31 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,021,700.80 | 8,083 | 96.50% | $126.40 |
| THE INHERITANCE | $424,249.50 | 4,764 | 56.82% | $89.05 |
| THE LION KING | $1,615,226.00 | 12,955 | 95.48% | $124.68 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $773,134.20 | 9,868 | 76.85% | $78.35 |
| TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL | $1,536,310.00 | 11,541 | 97.61% | $133.12 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,494,086.94 | 11,548 | 100.59% | $129.38 |
| WEST SIDE STORY | $1,590,210.50 | 13,920 | 100.00% | $114.24 |
| WICKED | $1,469,430.50 | 14,296 | 98.89% | $102.79 |
| TOTALS | $27,611,965.75 | 238,179 | 95.11% | $115.39 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -2,370,414.55 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -7.91% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!
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