Broadway Grosses w/e 6/18/2017 – Tony? Who needs a Tony?
We should have The Tony Awards more often.
Last week’s grosses were up a whopping +22% over last year . . . and without a doubt, we’ve got the Tonys to thank. Hello, Dolly! did a whopping $2.2mm (and something tells me Bette’s acceptance speech sold more tickets than the number itself), The Great Comet jumped back up to over $1.2mm after a performance on the telecast that many thought should have won “Best performance on the telecast,” and Bandstand got a Biden bump to $642k.
But what’s also fascinating to me, and should be a lesson to all of us for years to come . . . is that many a musical are grossing over $1mm that didn’t win a single Tony . . . including the non-nominated Anastasia and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
And sure, Come From Away may not have come away with the trophy, but they did come away with a gross of $1.2mm. Something tells me the Producers aren’t losing any sleep just because they don’t have something to put on their mantle.
The season is up, y’all . . . and I’m predicting the strongest summer Broadway has ever, ever seen.
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| 1984 | $288,446.08 | 5,554 | 71.57% | $51.93 |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | $771,461.75 | 7,491 | 89.69% | $102.99 |
| A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 | $530,698.00 | 5,837 | 94.15% | $90.92 |
| ALADDIN | $1,594,328.50 | 13,704 | 99.19% | $116.34 |
| ANASTASIA | $1,111,664.20 | 9,170 | 100.28% | $121.23 |
| BANDSTAND | $642,593.70 | 7,463 | 90.31% | $86.10 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $774,941.20 | 6,598 | 80.38% | $117.45 |
| CATS | $759,698.50 | 8,820 | 80.18% | $86.13 |
| CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY | $1,254,021.60 | 11,825 | 98.81% | $106.05 |
| CHICAGO | $573,552.22 | 6,762 | 78.26% | $84.82 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,238,179.00 | 8,533 | 101.97% | $145.10 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,247,782.63 | 7,989 | 101.49% | $156.19 |
| GROUNDHOG DAY | $842,776.60 | 8,820 | 89.78% | $95.55 |
| HAMILTON | $3,038,936.00 | 10,753 | 101.75% | $282.61 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,297,057.00 | 11,706 | 101.19% | $196.23 |
| INDECENT | $377,789.30 | 6,007 | 69.98% | $62.89 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $1,077,446.05 | 10,274 | 90.19% | $104.87 |
| MARVIN’S ROOM | $202,231.80 | 4,415 | 75.19% | $45.81 |
| MISS SAIGON | $835,848.75 | 9,968 | 71.73% | $83.85 |
| NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 | $1,319,765.76 | 9,084 | 99.78% | $145.28 |
| ON YOUR FEET! | $588,054.00 | 7,071 | 54.36% | $83.16 |
| OSLO | $808,195.00 | 8,104 | 96.75% | $99.73 |
| PRESENT LAUGHTER | $783,749.80 | 8,005 | 71.63% | $97.91 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $1,082,849.56 | 10,901 | 89.47% | $99.33 |
| SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION | $316,539.30 | 4,494 | 53.40% | $70.44 |
| SUNSET BOULEVARD | $922,481.30 | 9,189 | 78.18% | $100.39 |
| SWEAT | $275,430.90 | 4,036 | 76.56% | $68.24 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,223,741.00 | 8,710 | 102.13% | $140.50 |
| THE LION KING | $2,122,697.00 | 13,574 | 100.04% | $156.38 |
| THE LITTLE FOXES | $533,192.60 | 4,906 | 94.35% | $108.68 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,129,909.21 | 12,426 | 96.78% | $90.93 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $377,205.50 | 5,270 | 77.14% | $71.58 |
| WAITRESS | $782,982.40 | 7,609 | 91.02% | $102.90 |
| WAR PAINT | $806,480.10 | 7,210 | 77.16% | $111.86 |
| WICKED | $1,959,694.00 | 15,351 | 99.63% | $127.66 |
| TOTALS | $34,505,435.31 | 298,093 | 87.16% | $108.86 |
| +/-THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$6,276,179.50 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/-THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +22.23% |
*Broadway Grosses courtesy of The Broadway League
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