Broadway Grosses w/e 12/1/2019: The Whole “Breaking Records” Thing

Thanksgiving week gave a big goose to Broadway grosses. A 30% increase from the previous week resulted in a $41.6M box office haul. Most notably, Beetlejuice and Tina – The Tina Turner Musical broke house records at the Winter Garden and Lunt-Fontanne perhaps due to two energetic performances on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Most shows enjoyed large six-figure boosts week-over-week. Hamilton, Moulin Rouge!, and Hadestown each had average tickets over $200.

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

Show Name Gross  TotalAttn  %Capacity AvgPdAdm
A CHRISTMAS CAROL $734,745.14 5,988 78.46% $122.70
AIN’T TOO PROUD $1,596,418.12 10,870 95.42% $146.86
ALADDIN $1,737,231.80 13,389 96.91% $129.75
AMERICAN UTOPIA $1,013,988.25 5,705 98.94% $177.74
BEETLEJUICE $1,589,838.90 12,102 101.32% $131.37
BETRAYAL $623,430.86 6,339 76.48% $98.35
CHICAGO $707,572.56 7,904 91.48% $89.52
COME FROM AWAY $1,202,520.04 8,521 101.83% $141.12
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,352,409.05 7,990 101.50% $169.26
DERREN BROWN: SECRET $573,810.70 5,060 71.15% $113.40
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME $772,944.78 5,211 85.15% $148.33
FROZEN $1,638,530.40 13,306 98.77% $123.14
HADESTOWN $1,623,019.50 7,438 101.28% $218.21
HAMILTON $3,379,716.00 10,756 101.55% $314.22
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $1,457,094.50 12,976 100.00% $112.29
JAGGED LITTLE PILL $935,865.40 8,652 96.13% $108.17
MEAN GIRLS $1,228,894.60 8,178 83.45% $150.27
MOULIN ROUGE! $2,354,190.00 10,487 100.68% $224.49
OKLAHOMA! $509,839.62 4,382 84.14% $116.35
SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW $532,718.10 6,152 72.89% $86.59
SLAVE PLAY $395,364.64 4,606 72.60% $85.84
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,266,042.50 8,186 97.73% $154.66
THE GREAT SOCIETY $330,992.50 5,252 61.93% $63.02
THE ILLUSIONISTS – MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS $775,795.80 6,624 68.77% $117.12
THE INHERITANCE $510,836.44 5,099 60.82% $100.18
THE LIGHTNING THIEF $390,328.99 5,125 59.70% $76.16
THE LION KING $2,451,315.00 12,759 94.04% $192.12
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $1,281,179.36 10,885 84.77% $117.70
THE ROSE TATTOO $508,849.30 5,478 94.97% $92.89
THE SOUND INSIDE $395,880.50 4,678 66.96% $84.63
TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL $1,834,636.00 11,909 100.72% $154.05
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $2,018,899.36 11,553 100.64% $174.75
TOOTSIE $877,007.50 7,636 59.58% $114.85
WAITRESS $884,650.00  7,361 88.05% $120.18
WICKED $2,200,777.00 14,383 99.50% $153.01
TOTALS $41,687,333.21 292,940 87.09% $134.95
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON $3,881,547.87      
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON 10.27%      

Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!

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