Broadway Grosses w/e 3/3/2019: Droppin’ Like It’s Hot (but it’s snowing!)
Despite a few hot new entrants to the Spring slate, grosses froze over, slipping to $27M overall. Most shows experienced six-figure drops over the last week. The average ticket price even dropped by $7.
Ain’t Too Proud played three preview performances to a healthy 97.5% capacity. To Kill A Mockingbird continues to play to SRO audiences and seemingly benefited from staying in the press this past weekend, where stories of whether or not Producer, Scott Rudin, would allow licensed productions across the world to go on dominating.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $472,627.00 | 4,164 | 97.47% | $113.50 |
| ALADDIN | $1,157,167.20 | 13,514 | 97.81% | $85.63 |
| ANASTASIA | $557,479.80 | 7,020 | 76.77% | $79.41 |
| BE MORE CHILL | $559,274.00 | 5,964 | 83.86% | $93.77 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $523,597.39 | 5,832 | 71.05% | $89.78 |
| CHICAGO | $461,881.25 | 5,941 | 68.76% | $77.74 |
| CHOIR BOY | $265,235.50 | 3,814 | 74.84% | $69.54 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $841,248.50 | 8,355 | 99.84% | $100.69 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,195,638.27 | 7,742 | 98.35% | $154.44 |
| FROZEN | $1,214,017.90 | 12,130 | 90.04% | $100.08 |
| HAMILTON | $3,085,519.50 | 10,753 | 101.75% | $286.94 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,915,060.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $147.58 |
| KING KONG | $566,244.88 | 8,911 | 64.09% | $63.54 |
| KING LEAR | $259,023.50 | 2,800 | 88.72% | $92.51 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $611,290.30 | 7,286 | 63.96% | $83.90 |
| KISS ME, KATE | $640,331.60 | 7,650 | 95.82% | $83.70 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $935,842.30 | 8,724 | 89.02% | $107.27 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $646,203.00 | 5,781 | 67.60% | $111.78 |
| NETWORK | $1,024,594.47 | 7,035 | 99.01% | $145.64 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $654,780.50 | 6,567 | 70.28% | $99.71 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $483,801.44 | 6,759 | 81.32% | $71.58 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $959,383.00 | 8,551 | 102.09% | $112.20 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $782,712.00 | 8,088 | 73.26% | $96.77 |
| THE FERRYMAN | $522,045.50 | 6,403 | 78.55% | $81.53 |
| THE LION KING | $1,795,460.00 | 13,094 | 96.51% | $137.12 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $645,804.56 | 8,235 | 64.14% | $78.42 |
| THE PROM | $415,934.65 | 5,810 | 69.50% | $71.59 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,598,023.84 | 11,614 | 101.17% | $137.59 |
| TRUE WEST | $532,362.60 | 5,320 | 89.86% | $100.07 |
| WAITRESS | $485,749.00 | 5,706 | 68.25% | $85.13 |
| WICKED | $1,350,938.00 | 13,126 | 90.80% | $102.92 |
| TOTALS | $27,159,271.45 | 245,665 | 84.34% | $105.23 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$842,951.66 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +3.20% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!
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