Broadway Grosses w/e 2/24/2019: Steady Box Office as Spring Openings Line Up.
Grosses remained steady this week at $30M, just under the previous week. Many shows slipped slightly coming out of last week’s holiday bump, and a few shows added preview performances which were just enough to keep overall gross and attendance in line with last week.
Newly in previews, Be More Chill softens this week after a record first 7 previews at the Lyceum. Similarly, the new cast at The Ferryman saw a dip in grosses from the previous week, though still selling to 87% capacity.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| ALADDIN | $1,313,733.00 | 13,777 | 99.72% | $95.36 |
| ANASTASIA | $638,469.70 | 7,576 | 82.85% | $84.28 |
| BE MORE CHILL | $705,491.00 | 6,696 | 94.15% | $105.36 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $633,985.12 | 7,404 | 90.20% | $85.63 |
| CHICAGO | $581,514.66 | 6,742 | 78.03% | $86.25 |
| CHOIR BOY | $348,721.60 | 4,376 | 85.87% | $79.69 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $964,310.90 | 8,540 | 102.06% | $112.92 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,335,901.35 | 7,998 | 101.60% | $167.03 |
| FROZEN | $1,423,488.40 | 13,388 | 99.38% | $106.33 |
| HAMILTON | $3,150,186.00 | 10,756 | 101.78% | $292.88 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,022,610.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $155.87 |
| KING KONG | $769,000.85 | 10,138 | 72.91% | $75.85 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $736,181.45 | 8,151 | 71.55% | $90.32 |
| KISS ME, KATE | $630,670.90 | 6,893 | 98.67% | $91.49 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,205,489.40 | 9,439 | 96.32% | $127.71 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $734,139.00 | 6,444 | 75.35% | $113.93 |
| NETWORK | $1,057,115.17 | 7,124 | 100.27% | $148.39 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $826,631.00 | 7,875 | 84.28% | $104.97 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $534,963.40 | 7,361 | 88.56% | $72.68 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,054,953.00 | 8,677 | 103.59% | $121.58 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $912,788.00 | 9,154 | 82.92% | $99.71 |
| THE FERRYMAN | $537,468.50 | 6,222 | 87.23% | $86.38 |
| THE LION KING | $2,017,833.00 | 13,568 | 100.00% | $148.72 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $842,365.60 | 9,756 | 75.98% | $86.34 |
| THE PROM | $521,141.65 | 6,708 | 80.24% | $77.69 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,646,705.47 | 11,651 | 101.49% | $141.34 |
| TRUE WEST | $560,389.00 | 5,384 | 90.95% | $104.08 |
| WAITRESS | $547,237.00 | 5,832 | 69.76% | $93.83 |
| WICKED | $1,609,708.00 | 13,269 | 91.79% | $121.31 |
| TOTALS | $29,863,192.12 | 253,875 | 89.91% | $113.03 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$2,813,519.49 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +10.40% |
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