Broadway Grosses w/e 10/1/2017: So long September, you will NOT be missed.

Another $800k disappeared from the grosses this week, as we lost another 3% from the previous week’s totals.  The cause of the drop was mostly due to Yom Kippur, which occurred much earlier in the season than last year, and had a double whammy impact on the slow September month.

 

The shows that suffer the most during these times are the ones that do the best when schools are out . . . the family shows.

 

Several shows were resistant to the seasonal downswing including the usual suspects, but I remain impressed by A Bronx Tale‘s $713k, Beautiful‘s $890k and did anyone notice that Book of Mormon is still doing way over $1mm a week, despite being over six years old?

 

And expect ALL of these grosses to jump up big time this week, as we cruise into Columbus Day.  The first 3-day weekend of the Fall will bring the tourists back to the city.  Let’s hope they come with enough juice to make up for some of the losses that so many shows endured throughout the September month.

 

Here are the Broadway grosses from last week:

 

Show Name   GrossGross TotalAttn  %Capacity AvgPdAdm
1984 $302,268.08 5,012 64.59% $60.31
A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL $713,274.08 7,494 89.73% $95.18
ALADDIN $1,308,151.50 13,339 96.55% $98.07
ANASTASIA $822,992.84 7,858 85.94% $104.73
BEAUTIFUL $890,616.29 7,584 92.40% $117.43
CATS $578,075.00 7,202 65.47% $80.27
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY $558,635.50 7,941 66.35% $70.35
CHICAGO $572,509.16 6,830 79.05% $83.82
COME FROM AWAY $1,298,162.50 8,527 101.90% $152.24
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,680,306.45 7,995 101.56% $210.17
HAMILTON $2,941,667.00 10,754 101.76% $273.54
HELLO, DOLLY! $2,310,278.02 11,595 100.23% $199.25
KINKY BOOTS $766,075.00 8,604 75.53% $89.04
MISS SAIGON $587,490.25 7,488 63.46% $78.46
PRINCE OF BROADWAY $332,392.80 4,111 83.29% $80.85
SCHOOL OF ROCK $603,839.00 7,541 61.89% $80.07
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,193,980.50 8,675 101.72% $137.63
THE LION KING $1,876,322.00 13,565 99.98% $138.32
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $931,861.70 10,728 83.55% $86.86
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG $319,543.25 5,279 77.27% $60.53
THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER $261,107.20 5,982 74.18% $43.65
TIME AND THE CONWAYS $297,651.37 4,805 81.83% $61.95
WAITRESS $640,059.25 6,890 82.42% $92.90
WICKED $1,419,065.00 12,684 87.74% $111.88
TOTALS $23,206,323.74 198,483 84.10% $108.65
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON +$381,555.06      
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON +1.67%      

*Broadway Grosses courtesy of The Broadway League.

 

 

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