Broadway Grosses w/e 10/20/2019: Smooth sailing for ticket sales following Columbus Day

Last week, grosses ticked up just 1.4% from the previous week. While most shows felt a slight decline coming off the holiday weekend, overall, the street was bolstered by newcomer Tina-The Tina Turner Musical which added an extra six performances this week, for a total of seven previews which brought in $1.386M with an average ticket price of $134.

Other notable week-over-week increases were Tootsie, up $55k and Moulin Rouge!, up $36k.

You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:

Show Name Gross  TotalAttn  %Capacity AvgPdAdm
AIN’T TOO PROUD $1,547,412.74 11,004 96.59% $140.62
ALADDIN $1,344,971.10 13,620 98.58% $98.75
AMERICAN UTOPIA $618,120.26 5,646 99.58% $109.48
BEAUTIFUL $1,050,336.00 8,086 98.51% $129.90
BEETLEJUICE $1,104,331.50 11,730 98.21% $94.15
BETRAYAL $723,031.50 6,809 82.15% $106.19
CHICAGO $708,724.80 8,036 93.01% $88.19
COME FROM AWAY $1,026,963.30 8,525 101.88% $120.46
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,105,540.35 7,997 101.59% $138.24
DERREN BROWN: SECRET $353,407.34 4,437 62.39% $79.65
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME $768,238.50 5,674 92.71% $135.40
FROZEN $1,076,414.70 13,126 97.43% $82.01
HADESTOWN $1,433,274.00 7,432 101.20% $192.85
HAMILTON $2,788,638.00 10,736 101.36% $259.75
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $1,038,151.50 12,976 100.00% $80.01
LINDA VISTA $204,624.13 4,501 96.18% $45.46
MEAN GIRLS $940,635.25 9,367 95.58% $100.42
MOULIN ROUGE! $2,238,887.50 10,502 100.83% $213.19
OKLAHOMA! $473,275.00 4,608 88.48% $102.71
SLAVE PLAY $490,671.00 5,739 90.46% $85.50
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,133,571.20 8,594 102.60% $131.90
THE GREAT SOCIETY $405,790.50 4,785 56.43% $84.80
THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM $335,298.00 3,830 74.46% $87.55
THE INHERITANCE $468,149.50 4,190 66.63% $111.73
THE LIGHTNING THIEF $241,741.80 4,475 52.13% $54.02
THE LION KING $2,133,723.00 13,309 98.09% $160.32
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $989,080.44 11,199 87.22% $88.32
THE ROSE TATTOO $401,815.20 4,936 97.80% $81.41
THE SOUND INSIDE $489,909.50 6,436 80.61% $76.12
TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL $1,386,360.00 10,346 100.00% $134.00
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $2,195,338.32 11,677 101.72% $188.01
TOOTSIE $1,018,056.30 10,430 81.38% $97.61
WAITRESS $732,233.80 7,742 92.61% $94.58
WICKED $1,677,867.00 14,302 98.93% $117.32
TOTALS $34,644,583.03    286,802 90.80% $115.02
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON +$299,890.33      
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON 0.87%    

Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!

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