Broadway Grosses w/e 12/16/2018: The Boss Is Out
While seasonal grosses surpassed $1B ahead of schedule, Broadway bid farewell to The Boss who helped accelerate those numbers this year. No doubt, part of Springsteen’s legacy will be his unmatched average ticket price of $500.For the rest of the street this week, grosses stayed steady at $40M with attendance around the same at 313k.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| ALADDIN | $1,410,192.50 | 13,220 | 95.69% | $106.67 |
| AMERICAN SON | $607,022.72 | 5,056 | 81.65% | $120.06 |
| ANASTASIA | $705,610.30 | 7,052 | 77.12% | $100.06 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $741,342.00 | 6,517 | 79.40% | $113.76 |
| CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY | $115,653.00 | 1,404 | 85.71% | $82.37 |
| CHICAGO | $592,063.72 | 6,865 | 79.46% | $86.24 |
| CHOIR BOY | $150,962.00 | 3,420 | 76.70% | $44.14 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,180,003.00 | 8,519 | 101.80% | $138.51 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,465,586.58 | 7,993 | 101.54% | $183.36 |
| FROZEN | $1,929,357.50 | 13,206 | 98.03% | $146.10 |
| HAMILTON | $3,255,649.00 | 10,759 | 101.81% | $302.60 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,049,378.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $157.94 |
| HEAD OVER HEELS | $214,570.75 | 4,115 | 53.41% | $52.14 |
| KING KONG | $1,001,532.80 | 10,785 | 77.57% | $92.86 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $698,843.60 | 7,357 | 64.58% | $94.99 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,364,408.70 | 9,737 | 99.36% | $140.13 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $1,105,243.00 | 7,539 | 88.15% | $146.60 |
| NETWORK | $1,224,692.00 | 8,234 | 101.40% | $148.74 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $444,984.30 | 5,050 | 90.70% | $88.12 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $1,172,237.00 | 8,791 | 94.08% | $133.35 |
| RUBEN & CLAY’S FIRST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAROL FAMILY FUN PAGEANT SPECTACULAR REUNION SHOW | $162,962.00 | 4,500 | 38.58% | $36.21 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $815,700.10 | 8,802 | 72.24% | $92.67 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $1,895,695.00 | 3,792 | 100.00% | $499.92 |
| SUMMER | $548,217.00 | 6,385 | 54.29% | $85.86 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $702,383.30 | 7,014 | 84.38% | $100.14 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,262,917.50 | 8,663 | 103.43% | $145.78 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $1,247,673.00 | 10,756 | 97.43% | $116.00 |
| THE FERRYMAN | $951,620.94 | 7,084 | 86.90% | $134.33 |
| THE ILLUSIONISTS – MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS | $1,096,165.00 | 10,683 | 81.52% | $102.61 |
| THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT | $790,460.00 | 6,620 | 82.42% | $119.40 |
| THE LION KING | $2,353,831.00 | 13,480 | 99.35% | $174.62 |
| THE NEW ONE | $264,595.00 | 4,479 | 52.18% | $59.07 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $946,021.00 | 9,985 | 77.76% | $94.74 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $324,990.50 | 5,049 | 73.90% | $64.37 |
| THE PROM | $600,030.00 | 6,557 | 78.43% | $91.51 |
| THE WAVERLY GALLERY | $420,172.00 | 5,608 | 89.07% | $74.92 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,174,950.81 | 11,626 | 101.27% | $101.06 |
| TORCH SONG | $239,418.50 | 3,170 | 67.74% | $75.53 |
| WAITRESS | $593,192.20 | 6,202 | 74.19% | $95.65 |
| WICKED | $2,045,142.00 | 14,867 | 99.56% | $137.56 |
| TOTALS | $39,865,469.32 | 313,917 | 84.07% | $122.02 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$5.506.048.65 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | 16.02% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!
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