Broadway Grosses w/e 4/8/2018: At least the sun is shining on the box office!
Spring may be stuck but at least we’ve got some big box office grosses to keep us warm as winter sticks around.
Broadway set a record last week for the best performing non-Holiday week ever, thanks in part to a few late arrivals this season that we all knew would buoy our box office.
Harry Potter debuted at $2.1mm and set a record for a gross for a play . . . a record, mind you, that it will probably crush every week, from here on out. I’d expect Harry to hit $3mm before you can say, “explodious box officus!”
Frozen did over $2.2, which, when added to the gross of The Lion King and Aladdin, represented over 15% of Broadway’s total gross! That’s some pretty good market share, no? Mean Girls was over $1.1mm in its opening (and therefore papered week), and the 7.5 hour Angels in America nipped at the heels of the million dollar club.With all these rookies doing so well, it’s no wonder why we were up over 20% compared to the same frame last year, especially during this spring break week.
Right now, this season has given us more winners than not . . . which means, expect the real estate crunch to get a little tighter, as some of these shows settle into long, long runs.
Here are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 8, 2018:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | $757,140.86 | 8,110 | 97.10% | $93.36 |
| ALADDIN | $1,811,639.00 | 13,763 | 99.62% | $131.63 |
| ANASTASIA | $1,124,558.92 | 8,968 | 98.08% | $125.40 |
| ANGELS IN AMERICA | $981,172.00 | 9,149 | 91.91% | $107.24 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $816,255.96 | 7,491 | 91.26% | $108.96 |
| CAROUSEL | $1,190,735.45 | 11,311 | 99.01% | $105.27 |
| CHICAGO | $818,179.25 | 8,123 | 94.02% | $100.72 |
| CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD | $375,273.50 | 6,966 | 86.73% | $53.87 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,239,523.00 | 8,528 | 101.91% | $145.35 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,793,512.76 | 7,988 | 101.47% | $224.53 |
| ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE | $801,325.50 | 9,253 | 71.13% | $86.60 |
| FROZEN | $2,275,395.00 | 13,450 | 100.07% | $169.17 |
| HAMILTON | $3,142,588.00 | 10,760 | 101.82% | $292.06 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,138,859.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $164.83 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $1,148,480.68 | 11,422 | 98.74% | $100.55 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $1,151,501.35 | 11,036 | 96.88% | $104.34 |
| LOBBY HERO | $472,563.30 | 4,604 | 99.05% | $102.64 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,176,175.30 | 9,827 | 100.28% | $119.69 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $984,625.00 | 8,552 | 100.00% | $115.13 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $560,959.40 | 5,299 | 95.17% | $105.86 |
| ROCKTOPIA | $864,349.75 | 11,404 | 81.23% | $75.79 |
| SAINT JOAN | $185,752.00 | 3,493 | 77.13% | $53.18 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $1,201,852.60 | 11,723 | 96.22% | $102.52 |
| SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS | $1,024,300.00 | 11,896 | 92.36% | $86.10 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $1,932,495.00 | 3,792 | 100.00% | $509.62 |
| SUMMER | $893,307.00 | 8,959 | 87.07% | $99.71 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $896,624.22 | 8,109 | 97.56% | $110.57 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,185,403.50 | 8,669 | 103.50% | $136.74 |
| THE ICEMAN COMETH | $872,285.50 | 6,324 | 100.00% | $137.93 |
| THE LION KING | $2,507,181.00 | 13,551 | 99.87% | $185.02 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,461,456.25 | 12,307 | 95.85% | $118.75 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $446,582.00 | 6,232 | 91.22% | $71.66 |
| THREE TALL WOMEN | $779,655.72 | 6,296 | 100.00% | $123.83 |
| TRAVESTIES | $289,613.90 | 4,202 | 82.57% | $68.92 |
| WAITRESS | $904,209.60 | 8,017 | 95.90% | $112.79 |
| WICKED | $2,390,664.00 | 15,399 | 99.94% | $155.25 |
| TOTALS | $42,596,195.27 | 327,949 | 95.13% | $130.71 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$7,409,483.96 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | + 21.1% |
*Broadway Grosses courtesy of The Broadway League.
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