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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