Broadway Grosses w/e 11/24/2019: Plenty to be Thankful For
Last week, grosses were down just slightly with a 2% dip. Family favorites fared best last week with Wicked, The Lion King, and Frozen showing the biggest increases. Coming off recent openings, both Tina – The Tina Turner Musical and The Inheritance showed six-figure increases.
Thanksgiving week usually brings large audiences willing to pay premium prices for shows, but this season is tracking nearly two weeks behind (down about $70M). Will that affect the peak week as well?
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | Gross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A CHRISTMAS CAROL | $384,492.75 | 5,590 | 82.40% | $68.78 |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $1,416,921.46 | 10,642 | 93.42% | $133.14 |
| ALADDIN | $1,215,541.90 | 13,087 | 94.72% | $92.88 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | $932,780.50 | 5,703 | 98.91% | $163.56 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $965,559.60 | 9,753 | 81.66% | $99.00 |
| BETRAYAL | $549,436.12 | 5,663 | 68.33% | $97.02 |
| CHICAGO | $477,167.25 | 5,748 | 66.53% | $83.01 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $932,942.88 | 8,481 | 101.35% | $110.00 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $969,296.52 | 7,541 | 95.80% | $128.54 |
| DERREN BROWN: SECRET | $363,599.80 | 4,340 | 61.02% | $83.78 |
| FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME | $765,589.00 | 5,487 | 89.66% | $139.53 |
| FROZEN | $1,099,887.00 | 12,370 | 91.82% | $88.92 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,236,163.75 | 7,309 | 99.52% | $169.13 |
| HAMILTON | $2,654,389.00 | 10,737 | 101.37% | $247.22 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $930,990.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $71.75 |
| JAGGED LITTLE PILL | $902,143.60 | 8,276 | 91.96% | $109.01 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $863,464.80 | 8,201 | 83.68% | $105.29 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,058,469.00 | 10,465 | 100.47% | $196.70 |
| OKLAHOMA! | $346,426.20 | 4,024 | 77.27% | $86.09 |
| SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW | $388,814.00 | 5,771 | 68.38% | $67.37 |
| SLAVE PLAY | $388,710.00 | 5,144 | 81.08% | $75.57 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $988,888.20 | 8,282 | 98.88% | $119.40 |
| THE GREAT SOCIETY | $355,449.00 | 5,263 | 62.06% | $67.54 |
| THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM | $191,162.00 | 3,682 | 71.58% | $51.92 |
| THE INHERITANCE | $649,237.00 | 6,038 | 72.02% | $107.53 |
| THE LIGHTNING THIEF | $241,163.67 | 4,210 | 49.04% | $57.28 |
| THE LION KING | $1,846,819.00 | 12,477 | 91.96% | $148.02 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $716,752.50 | 8,171 | 63.64% | $87.72 |
| THE ROSE TATTOO | $481,549.10 | 5,407 | 93.74% | $89.06 |
| THE SOUND INSIDE | $472,832.50 | 5,062 | 63.40% | $93.41 |
| TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL | $1,607,079.00 | 11,911 | 100.74% | $134.92 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,666,008.00 | 11,497 | 100.15% | $144.91 |
| TOOTSIE | $720,714.50 | 8,168 | 63.73% | $88.24 |
| WAITRESS | $650,074.00 | 7,030 | 84.09% | $92.47 |
| WICKED | $1,585,415.00 | 13,550 | 93.73% | $117.00 |
| TOTALS | $32,015,928.60 | 278,056 | 83.95% | $109.02 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -$11,027,337.53 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -3.90% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!
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