Broadway Grosses w/e 2/4/2018: The Patriots aren’t the only ones who lost last week
Well, we didn’t plunge as much as the Dow, but Broadway grosses surely took a tumble last week.
Or should I say, we took a “fumble.”
Super Bowl Sunday always takes a bite out of Broadway business (as I’m sure it does for so many other businesses around the globe – if you don’t have TVs and sell wings, I’d hate to own a restaurant around game time).
You know things are bad when Hamilton drops below $3mm. The horror!
But, there are some silver linings in this super-sucky week. Bernadette Peters is holding her own at Hello, Dolly!, keeping the show a part of the $1mm club, when so many people thought the show would dip down to the $600s and $700s without Bette. And speaking of stars, what about that John Lithgow pulling in $400k?
But this was the first week in awhile when a few shows on this list will see red on the bottom of their next profit/loss statement.
And for some reason, this week might end up a little worse, as customers take a spending break before February vacations start.
Hamilton might even drop below $2.75mm!
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending February 4th, 2018:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | $683,940.79 | 7,358 | 88.10% | $92.95 |
| ALADDIN | $1,176,503.00 | 13,370 | 96.77% | $88.00 |
| ANASTASIA | $809,926.76 | 8,876 | 97.07% | $91.25 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $654,733.05 | 6,516 | 79.39% | $100.48 |
| CHICAGO | $514,130.63 | 6,646 | 76.92% | $77.36 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,129,936.50 | 8,493 | 101.49% | $133.04 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,663,824.64 | 7,957 | 101.08% | $209.10 |
| FARINELLI AND THE KING | $799,692.10 | 7,686 | 91.41% | $104.05 |
| HAMILTON | $2,789,366.00 | 10,736 | 101.59% | $259.81 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $1,012,052.96 | 10,609 | 91.71% | $95.40 |
| JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART | $405,363.60 | 4,938 | 83.41% | $82.09 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $660,652.65 | 7,845 | 68.86% | $84.21 |
| LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS | $521,851.50 | 5,874 | 83.58% | $88.84 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $515,456.30 | 5,401 | 97.00% | $95.44 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $569,912.92 | 7,709 | 63.27% | $73.93 |
| SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS | $650,492.80 | 9,685 | 75.19% | $67.16 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $2,408,900.00 | 4,740 | 100.00% | $508.21 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $888,059.50 | 7,631 | 91.81% | $116.38 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $995,121.00 | 7,485 | 100.31% | $132.95 |
| THE CHILDREN | $273,595.20 | 4,563 | 87.75% | $59.96 |
| THE LION KING | $1,667,193.00 | 13,329 | 98.24% | $125.08 |
| THE PARISIAN WOMAN | $400,167.00 | 5,463 | 69.90% | $73.25 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $838,668.38 | 10,470 | 81.54% | $80.10 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $295,910.50 | 4,556 | 66.69% | $64.95 |
| WAITRESS | $1,174,702.40 | 7,297 | 87.28% | $160.98 |
| WICKED | $1,369,478.50 | 14,864 | 99.54% | $92.13 |
| TOTALS | $24,869,631.68 | 210,097 | 87.69% | $121.43 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$4,995,628.66 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +25.13% |
*Broadway Grosses courtesy of The Broadway League.
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