Broadway Grosses w/e 01/06/2019: Back to Earth for 2019
Broadway Grosses across the board land back on earth this week following after last week’s record-shattering numbers. Overall, grosses last week were $37.5M down with several shows playing only 7 performances. Despite the drop, which was felt hardest for the big musicals, grosses indicate that 2019 is off to a strong start.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| ALADDIN | $1,634,003.00 | 13,616 | 98.55% | $120.01 |
| AMERICAN SON | $563,571.95 | 5,444 | 87.92% | $103.52 |
| ANASTASIA | $785,201.10 | 7,330 | 91.61% | $107.12 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $623,691.20 | 7,213 | 87.88% | $86.47 |
| CHICAGO | $695,186.36 | 6,890 | 79.75% | $100.90 |
| CHOIR BOY | $239,473.50 | 4,878 | 95.72% | $49.09 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,057,354.90 | 8,543 | 102.09% | $123.77 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,455,251.90 | 7,998 | 101.60% | $181.95 |
| FROZEN | $1,675,853.50 | 13,383 | 99.34% | $125.22 |
| HAMILTON | $3,344,261.00 | 10,757 | 101.79% | $310.89 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,251,788.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $173.53 |
| HEAD OVER HEELS | $342,866.50 | 5,908 | 87.64% | $58.03 |
| KING KONG | $799,952.08 | 8,000 | 65.76% | $99.99 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $760,266.75 | 8,050 | 70.66% | $94.44 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,444,083.75 | 9,845 | 100.46% | $146.68 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $1,038,006.00 | 7,880 | 92.14% | $131.73 |
| NETWORK | $1,196,999.76 | 8,059 | 99.25% | $148.53 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $727,235.50 | 5,778 | 103.77% | $125.86 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $940,504.20 | 8,162 | 87.35% | $115.23 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $1,057,603.60 | 11,249 | 92.33% | $94.02 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $534,785.00 | 5,925 | 81.47% | $90.26 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,232,861.00 | 8,691 | 103.76% | $141.85 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $1,095,626.90 | 10,307 | 93.36% | $106.30 |
| THE FERRYMAN | $781,247.22 | 7,414 | 90.95% | $105.37 |
| THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT | $902,522.00 | 7,699 | 95.85% | $117.23 |
| THE LION KING | $2,468,269.00 | 13,418 | 98.89% | $183.95 |
| THE NEW ONE | $353,461.50 | 5,143 | 59.91% | $68.73 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,208,964.80 | 10,863 | 84.60% | $111.29 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $497,220.50 | 6,033 | 88.31% | $82.42 |
| THE PROM | $617,817.45 | 7,139 | 85.39% | $86.54 |
| THE WAVERLY GALLERY | $345,186.00 | 4,865 | 88.31% | $70.95 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,585,250.28 | 11,667 | 101.63% | $135.87 |
| TORCH SONG | $276,173.40 | 4,000 | 85.47% | $69.04 |
| TRUE WEST | $418,005.50 | 4,871 | 94.03% | $85.82 |
| WAITRESS | $539,472.00 | 5,510 | 65.91% | $97.91 |
| WICKED | $2,040,256.00 | 15,058 | 97.73% | $135.49 |
| TOTALS | $37,530,273.10 | 300,562 | 90.59% | $116.28 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$5,322,766.57 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +16.53% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!
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