Broadway Grosses* w/e 1/1/2017
Greetings Gross Fans!
Broadway couldn’t have asked for a better start to 2017 or end to 2016. Almost every show hit a new record! To name just a few, Dear Evan Hansen, Oh, Hello, Aladdin, School of Rock, Cats, Matilda, and Phantom of the Opera broke the record for their houses, by grossing the most ever in a year. And grosses weren’t the only thing up, almost every house played above 95% capacity!
Not only were personal records set this week, but Broadway as a whole set a record with their highest grossing year ever!
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending January 1st, 2017:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | $1,293,125.32 | 9,048 | 96.30% | $142.92 |
| ALADDIN | $2,583,344.00 | 15,532 | 99.93% | $166.32 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $1,198,245.00 | 9,277 | 100.47% | $129.16 |
| CATS | $1,723,568.70 | 12,312 | 99.49% | $139.99 |
| CHICAGO | $1,248,473.10 | 9,864 | 101.48% | $126.57 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,266,197.37 | 8,997 | 101.59% | $140.74 |
| FALSETTOS | $712,168.80 | 7,164 | 96.08% | $99.41 |
| FIDDLER ON THE ROOF | $1,848,029.90 | 15,101 | 98.29% | $122.38 |
| HAMILTON | $3,335,429.50 | 10,755 | 101.77% | $310.13 |
| HOLIDAY INN | $765,647.50 | 7,769 | 97.31% | $98.55 |
| IN TRANSIT | $477,430.73 | 5,211 | 87.99% | $91.62 |
| JERSEY BOYS | $1,778,189.00 | 10,951 | 99.09% | $162.38 |
| JITNEY | $141,046.60 | 2,486 | 95.62% | $56.74 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $1,422,339.00 | 12,821 | 100.04% | $110.94 |
| LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES | $395,622.08 | 4,607 | 66.48% | $85.87 |
| MATILDA | $1,902,189.44 | 12,960 | 100.56% | $146.77 |
| NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 | $1,371,949.99 | 8,746 | 96.07% | $156.87 |
| OH, HELLO ON BROADWAY | $911,601.70 | 8,147 | 99.37% | $111.89 |
| ON YOUR FEET! | $1,304,174.80 | 13,137 | 89.77% | $99.27 |
| PARAMOUR | $1,908,018.95 | 15,125 | 99.72% | $126.15 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $2,022,136.11 | 13,696 | 99.92% | $147.64 |
| SOMETHING ROTTEN! | $1,478,302.20 | 14,533 | 96.87% | $101.72 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $2,108,804.00 | 9,846 | 102.63% | $214.18 |
| THE COLOR PURPLE | $1,172,090.50 | 9,192 | 97.18% | $127.51 |
| THE ENCOUNTER | $334,415.50 | 5,460 | 80.35% | $61.25 |
| THE FRONT PAGE | $1,291,255.48 | 10,315 | 97.29% | $125.18 |
| THE HUMANS | $814,554.90 | 8,313 | 89.24% | $97.99 |
| THE ILLUSIONISTS – TURN OF THE CENTURY | $2,397,105.90 | 24,305 | 84.55% | $98.63 |
| THE LION KING | $3,098,330.00 | 15,266 | 100.01% | $202.96 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,942,351.41 | 14,529 | 100.58% | $133.69 |
| THE PRESENT | $969,495.00 | 7,367 | 99.95% | $131.60 |
| WAITRESS | $1,331,954.30 | 9,365 | 99.57% | $142.23 |
| WICKED | $3,162,603.00 | 17,298 | 99.79% | $182.83 |
| Totals | $49,710,189.78 | 359,495 | 96.22% | $133.09 |
| +/- This Week Last Season | +$6,644,724.08 | |||
| Percentage +/- This Week Last Season | +15.43% |
*Broadway Grosses courtesy of The Broadway League
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