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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