Broadway Grosses w/e 11/17/2019: Big wheel keep on turnin’. . .
Overall grosses were down 7% last week with most shows showing a drop in total box office coming off last week’s Veteran’s Day holiday. Enjoying a post-opening glow was Tina – The Tina Turner Musical which brought in an all-time high of $1.5M. Kristin Chenoweth’s, For The Girls was SRO at The Nederlander and took in $970k.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A CHRISTMAS CAROL | $257,525.00 | 4,194 | 61.82% | $61.40 |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $1,440,027.56 | 10,572 | 92.80% | $136.21 |
| ALADDIN | $1,114,006.70 | 12,769 | 92.42% | $87.24 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | $951,411.25 | 5,726 | 99.31% | $166.16 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $965,164.30 | 9,996 | 83.69% | $96.56 |
| BETRAYAL | $624,575.48 | 6,243 | 75.33% | $100.04 |
| CHICAGO | $508,808.00 | 6,068 | 70.23% | $83.85 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $952,192.76 | 8,489 | 101.45% | $112.17 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,016,920.48 | 7,628 | 96.90% | $133.31 |
| DERREN BROWN: SECRET | $401,112.70 | 4,750 | 66.79% | $84.44 |
| FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME | $720,234.50 | 5,396 | 88.17% | $133.48 |
| FROZEN | $958,448.80 | 11,956 | 88.75% | $80.16 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,313,225.00 | 7,332 | 99.84% | $179.11 |
| HAMILTON | $2,765,850.00 | 10,732 | 101.32% | $257.72 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $941,249.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $72.54 |
| JAGGED LITTLE PILL | $1,000,046.10 | 8,839 | 98.21% | $113.14 |
| KRISTIN CHENOWETH: FOR THE GIRLS | $969,894.00 | 9,584 | 100.00% | $101.20 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $782,779.10 | 8,283 | 84.52% | $94.50 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,155,181.50 | 10,464 | 100.46% | $205.96 |
| OKLAHOMA! | $379,069.10 | 4,070 | 78.15% | $93.14 |
| SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW | $279,547.00 | 6,810 | 80.69% | $41.05 |
| SLAVE PLAY | $404,901.00 | 5,283 | 83.28% | $76.64 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,033,721.15 | 8,233 | 98.29% | $125.56 |
| THE GREAT SOCIETY | $380,018.50 | 5,059 | 59.66% | $75.12 |
| THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM | $251,375.50 | 3,700 | 71.93% | $67.94 |
| THE INHERITANCE | $510,025.50 | 7,130 | 85.04% | $71.53 |
| THE LIGHTNING THIEF | $255,063.58 | 4,038 | 47.04% | $63.17 |
| THE LION KING | $1,655,921.00 | 12,511 | 92.21% | $132.36 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $768,232.90 | 9,023 | 70.27% | $85.14 |
| THE ROSE TATTOO | $507,190.40 | 5,387 | 93.39% | $94.15 |
| THE SOUND INSIDE | $524,606.50 | 5,231 | 65.52% | $100.29 |
| TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL | $1,497,521.00 | 11,901 | 100.65% | $125.83 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,824,941.30 | 11,509 | 100.25% | $158.57 |
| TOOTSIE | $726,701.70 | 8,705 | 67.92% | $83.48 |
| WAITRESS | $657,773.70 | 7,216 | 86.32% | $91.15 |
| WICKED | $1,324,358.50 | 11,999 | 83.00% | $110.37 |
| TOTALS | $32,819,620.56 | 289,802 | 85.16% | $108.19 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -$3,682,267.72 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -10.09% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!
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