Broadway Grosses w/e 3/10/2019: A Lil’ Spring Pick-Me-Up
Overall, grosses rebounded nicely to $30M, and have gone up 11% over the previous week. Attendance followed with a 10% boost as well.
Spring is in the air as more productions go into previews and the openings start to line up. Ain’t Too Proud and Kiss Me, Kate both continue to sell well in previews, filling 93% and 98% of their houses respectively.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $872,597.40 | 9,233 | 92.63% | $94.51 |
| ALADDIN | $1,238,638.30 | 13,469 | 97.49% | $91.96 |
| ANASTASIA | $681,937.90 | 7,499 | 82.01% | $90.94 |
| BE MORE CHILL | $490,671.50 | 6,699 | 94.19% | $73.25 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $617,256.00 | 6,776 | 82.55% | $91.09 |
| CHICAGO | $558,974.25 | 6,987 | 80.87% | $80.00 |
| CHOIR BOY | $361,021.05 | 4,703 | 92.29% | $76.76 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $897,757.10 | 8,512 | 101.72% | $105.47 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,278,661.40 | 7,982 | 101.40% | $160.19 |
| FROZEN | $1,360,355.50 | 12,321 | 91.46% | $110.41 |
| HAMILTON | $3,188,375.00 | 10,754 | 101.76% | $296.48 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,974,219.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $152.14 |
| KING KONG | $666,973.92 | 9,367 | 67.37% | $71.20 |
| KING LEAR | $554,620.00 | 6,175 | 83.85% | $89.82 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $762,504.35 | 8,848 | 77.67% | $86.18 |
| KISS ME, KATE | $634,354.15 | 7,845 | 98.26% | $80.86 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,133,871.10 | 9,410 | 96.02% | $120.50 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $759,669.50 | 7,336 | 85.78% | $103.55 |
| NETWORK | $1,060,415.55 | 7,145 | 100.56% | $148.41 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $747,169.00 | 7,008 | 75.00% | $106.62 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $572,572.76 | 7,595 | 91.37% | $75.39 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,019,387.50 | 8,645 | 103.21% | $117.92 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $881,234.00 | 8,963 | 81.19% | $98.32 |
| THE FERRYMAN | $547,359.30 | 6,726 | 82.51% | $81.38 |
| THE LION KING | $1,743,799.50 | 13,363 | 98.49% | $130.49 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $837,646.60 | 9,609 | 74.84% | $87.17 |
| THE PROM | $477,918.30 | 6,415 | 76.73% | $74.50 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,617,090.00 | 11,652 | 101.50% | $138.78 |
| TRUE WEST | $564,358.20 | 5,850 | 98.82% | $96.47 |
| WAITRESS | $595,463.00 | 6,593 | 78.86% | $90.32 |
| WICKED | $1,555,919.00 | 14,596 | 97.75% | $106.60 |
| TOTALS | $30,252,790.13 | 271,052 | 89.94% | $107.34 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$827,231.27 | |||
| PERCENTAGES +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +2.81% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!
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