Broadway Grosses w/e 2/16/2020 – Bringin’ Six-y Back
Long over-due relief came to the box office last week thanks to a three-day holiday weekend. Overall grosses were up 16% which was a 2% improvement on the same week last year.
Most shows had six-figure increases over the previous week. The outgoing (for now) American Utopia ended this stint at $1.43 for a week of shows. The incoming Six was off to an impressive start grossing $666k for 5 sold-out performances at The Brooks.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | Gross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A SOLDIER’S PLAY | $447,424.20 | 5,323 | 92.29% | $84.05 |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $1,339,322.02 | 10,797 | 94.78% | $124.05 |
| ALADDIN | $1,297,242.50 | 13,579 | 98.28% | $95.53 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | $1,431,543.00 | 6,727 | 100.00% | $212.81 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $1,337,688.94 | 11,438 | 95.76% | $116.95 |
| CHICAGO | $722,161.55 | 7,615 | 88.14% | $94.83 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $961,505.00 | 8,504 | 101.63% | $113.07 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,065,181.46 | 7,839 | 99.58% | $135.88 |
| FROZEN | $1,074,666.00 | 12,102 | 89.83% | $88.80 |
| GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY | $619,273.60 | 6,679 | 83.65% | $92.72 |
| GRAND HORIZONS | $270,421.69 | 4,093 | 87.46% | $66.07 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,289,258.00 | 7,431 | 101.18% | $173.50 |
| HAMILTON | $2,553,721.00 | 10,740 | 101.40% | $237.78 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,155,902.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $89.08 |
| JAGGED LITTLE PILL | $1,042,412.70 | 9,011 | 100.12% | $115.68 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,007,297.10 | 9,372 | 95.63% | $107.48 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $1,911,377.50 | 10,469 | 100.51% | $182.57 |
| MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON | $578,870.00 | 4,459 | 98.61% | $129.82 |
| SIX | $666,019.00 | 5,195 | 101.17% | $128.20 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,170,197.55 | 8,446 | 100.84% | $138.55 |
| THE INHERITANCE | $345,984.00 | 4,372 | 52.15% | $79.14 |
| THE LION KING | $1,673,492.00 | 12,784 | 94.22% | $130.91 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $971,935.80 | 10,566 | 82.29% | $91.99 |
| TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL | $1,605,793.00 | 11,133 | 94.16% | $144.24 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,560,764.50 | 11,353 | 98.89% | $137.48 |
| WEST SIDE STORY | $1,524,204.00 | 13,920 | 100.00% | $109.50 |
| WICKED | $1,528,895.00 | 13,723 | 94.93% | $111.41 |
| TOTALS | $31,152,553.11 | 250,646 | 94.35% | $123.41 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | $641,001.76 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | 2.10% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!
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