Broadway Grosses w/e 11/18/2018: Early Snow Brings Flurries to Broadway
Box Office Grosses slipped slightly to $36.5M this week. Some softening might be due to the surprise winter weather last Friday which had most of Manhattan and surrounding areas in grid-lock from 4pm on.
Very strong previews continue for Network, To Kill A Mocking Bird, and The Cher Show, with each show grossing near or above $1M.
Grosses for the season continue to outpace last year’s record numbers, but as we’ve seen in the past, attendance isn’t quite as accelerated. It means that audiences are continuing to pay higher and higher prices for shows. No doubt, this trend will set the stage for another banner holiday season on Broadway.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| ALADDIN | $1,328,971.40 | 13,179 | 95.39% | $100.84 |
| AMERICAN SON | $598,762.30 | 4,983 | 80.47% | $120.16 |
| ANASTASIA | $603,914.80 | 6,715 | 73.44% | $89.94 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $633,176.59 | 6,037 | 73.55% | $104.88 |
| BERNHARDT/HAMLET | $361,533.40 | 5,409 | 91.86% | $66.84 |
| CHICAGO | $669,160.65 | 7,755 | 89.76% | $86.29 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,137,731.40 | 8,510 | 101.70% | $133.69 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,492,231.70 | 7,986 | 101.45% | $186.86 |
| FROZEN | $1,639,775.10 | 12,715 | 94.38% | $128.96 |
| HAMILTON | $2,934,086.00 | 10,736 | 101.59% | $273.29 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,095,399.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $161.48 |
| HEAD OVER HEELS | $182,462.50 | 2,985 | 38.75% | $61.13 |
| KING KONG | $1,018,560.75 | 11,164 | 80.29% | $91.24 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $583,495.90 | 6,691 | 58.73% | $87.21 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,287,601.70 | 9,296 | 94.86% | $138.51 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $1,044,754.92 | 7,408 | 86.62% | $141.03 |
| NETWORK | $994,920.00 | 7,027 | 98.90% | $141.59 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $379,458.50 | 4,461 | 80.12% | $85.06 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $1,104,271.90 | 8,488 | 90.84% | $130.10 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $692,045.50 | 7,922 | 65.02% | $87.36 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $2,423,700.00 | 4,740 | 100.00% | $511.33 |
| SUMMER | $531,161.00 | 5,819 | 49.48% | $91.28 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $734,267.86 | 6,999 | 84.20% | $104.91 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,110,401.50 | 8,558 | 102.17% | $129.75 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $1,147,507.00 | 10,198 | 92.37% | $112.52 |
| THE FERRYMAN | $1,000,731.00 | 7,265 | 89.12% | $137.75 |
| THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT | $873,924.00 | 6,866 | 85.48% | $127.28 |
| THE LION KING | $2,036,711.00 | 13,469 | 99.27% | $151.21 |
| THE NEW ONE | $283,486.50 | 5,629 | 65.58% | $50.36 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $830,928.72 | 9,515 | 74.10% | $87.33 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $251,431.50 | 4,215 | 61.69% | $59.65 |
| THE PROM | $401,844.25 | 7,070 | 87.24% | $56.84 |
| THE WAVERLY GALLERY | $474,891.50 | 5,079 | 80.67% | $93.50 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,291,741.44 | 11,521 | 100.22% | $112.12 |
| TORCH SONG | $259,249.00 | 3,914 | 83.63% | $66.24 |
| WAITRESS | $540,180.00 | 5,643 | 67.50% | $95.73 |
| WICKED | $1,527,418.00 | 13,538 | 93.65% | $112.82 |
| TOTALS | $36,501,888.28 | 292,481 | 84.16% | $122.08 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$5,354,572.69 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +17.19% | |||
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!
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