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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