Broadway Grosses w/e 12/2/2018: Grosses Temper After Holiday Heat

It was back to reality this week coming off a record-breaking Thanksgiving week. Total grosses fell to $38M, down 12% from the previous week.

Although total attendance was unchanged this week, the average paid ticket dropped by $18 following a week where premium prices were high and discounts scarce.

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

Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Capacity AvgPdAdm
AMERICAN SON $598,514.10 4,977 80.38% $120.26
ANASTASIA $652,184.30 6,789 74.25% $96.06
BEAUTIFUL $789,154.26 6,887 83.91% $114.59
CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY $41,882.00 1,336 81.56% $31.35
CHICAGO $631,323.61 7,368 85.28% $85.68
COME FROM AWAY $1,144,391.35 8,502 101.60% $134.60
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,401,387.65 7,639 97.04% $183.45
FROZEN $1,850,444.60 13,062 96.96% $141.67
HAMILTON $2,947,169.00 10,735 101.58% $274.54
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $2,024,212.50 12,976 100.00% $156.00
HEAD OVER HEELS $160,862.50 2,654 34.45% $60.61
KING KONG $943,849.75 10,280 73.94% $91.81
KINKY BOOTS $713,878.55 8,057 70.73% $88.60
MEAN GIRLS $1,272,934.75 9,485 96.79% $134.21
MY FAIR LADY $1,074,613.50 7,360 86.06% $146.01
NETWORK $1,097,763.00 8,136 100.20% $134.93
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND $361,134.90 4,212 75.65% $85.74
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL $1,205,530.20 8,813 94.32% $136.79
SCHOOL OF ROCK $733,386.90 8,235 67.59% $89.06
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $1,929,320.00 3,792 100.00% $508.79
SUMMER $511,549.50 5,720 48.64% $89.43
THE BAND’S VISIT $751,464.10 7,197 86.59% $104.41
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,158,059.50 8,619 102.90% $134.36
THE CHER SHOW $1,075,110.00 10,386 94.08% $103.52
THE FERRYMAN $967,901.46 7,019 86.10% $137.90
THE ILLUSIONISTS – MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS $904,020.00 9,886 75.44% $91.44
THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT $809,880.50 6,565 81.74% $123.36
THE LION KING $2,198,618.00 13,567 99.99% $162.06
THE NEW ONE $247,548.50 4,570 53.24% $54.17
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $883,873.80 9,747 75.91% $90.68
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG $283,366.46 4,534 66.36% $62.50
THE PROM $556,472.80 6,640 79.43% $83.81
THE WAVERLY GALLERY $448,634.50 5,339 84.80% $84.03
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,336,029.50 11,569 100.64% $115.48
TORCH SONG $220,458.50 3,041 64.98% $72.50
WAITRESS $600,000.90 6,003 71.81% $99.95
WICKED $1,874,882.00 14,266 98.69% $131.42
TOTALS $37,805,785.34 299,411 83.45% $122.64
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON +$7,822,940.12      
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON 26.09%      

 

Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!

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