Broadway Grosses w/e 6/3/2018: The new season starts off with a . . . bump.
Unfortunately, all weeks can’t have long weekends.
In our first week of the 2018-19 season, our post-Memorial Day weekend grosses dropped 6% from the previous week. And unfortunately, a few of the shows in the list below probably ended up in the red for the week, after a better-than-expected May.
There’s always a dip after a high, however, and we’ll have a dead-cat-bounce this week as we gear up for the Tonys (expect some of the Tony-nominated shows to take a hit this week, as they modify their schedules for the awards – and expect shows with Sunday night performances to have a strong finish).
Standouts are still those plays, like Three Tall Women at over $900k and both Angels and Boys in the Band in the high $800ks.
They’re making some of the musicals jealous.
In the meantime, here are the grosses from last week.
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | $542,166.87 | 6,511 | 77.96% | $83.27 |
| ALADDIN | $1,420,716.50 | 13,501 | 97.72% | $105.23 |
| ANASTASIA | $789,629.80 | 8,136 | 88.98% | $97.05 |
| ANGELS IN AMERICA | $829,637.00 | 8,417 | 84.56% | $98.57 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $596,943.04 | 5,890 | 71.76% | $101.35 |
| CAROUSEL | $968,407.50 | 9,000 | 78.78% | $107.60 |
| CHICAGO | $651,540.33 | 7,449 | 86.22% | $87.47 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,133,157.05 | 8,516 | 101.77% | $133.06 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,670,971.10 | 7,991 | 101.51% | $209.11 |
| ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE | $484,835.50 | 6,191 | 47.59% | $78.31 |
| FROZEN | $1,813,959.00 | 13,310 | 99.03% | $136.29 |
| HAMILTON | $3,123,872.00 | 10,755 | 101.77% | $290.46 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,035,103.50 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $156.84 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $844,173.00 | 9,700 | 83.85% | $87.03 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $649,057.15 | 7,292 | 64.01% | $89.01 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,537,690.05 | 9,901 | 101.03% | $155.31 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $1,202,754.00 | 8,552 | 100.00% | $140.64 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $507,577.70 | 5,056 | 90.80% | $100.39 |
| SAINT JOAN | $214,730.00 | 3,982 | 76.93% | $53.93 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $889,890.62 | 9,890 | 81.17% | $89.98 |
| SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS | $774,588.00 | 11,124 | 86.37% | $69.63 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $1,929,447.50 | 3,792 | 100.00% | $508.82 |
| SUMMER | $1,008,391.50 | 9,743 | 82.85% | $103.50 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $862,762.00 | 8,082 | 97.23% | $106.75 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,140,274.00 | 8,615 | 102.85% | $132.36 |
| THE BOYS IN THE BAND | $881,039.20 | 6,197 | 100.08% | $142.17 |
| THE ICEMAN COMETH | $872,250.00 | 6,594 | 89.37% | $132.28 |
| THE LION KING | $2,184,714.00 | 13,539 | 99.79% | $161.36 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,115,092.10 | 12,578 | 97.96% | $88.65 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $312,664.00 | 4,724 | 69.15% | $66.19 |
| THREE TALL WOMEN | $955,304.40 | 6,298 | 100.03% | $151.68 |
| TRAVESTIES | $410,724.70 | 4,670 | 80.30% | $87.95 |
| WAITRESS | $898,243.20 | 7,853 | 93.94% | $114.38 |
| WICKED | $1,854,648.00 | 15,241 | 98.92% | $121.69 |
| TOTALS | $37,106,954.31 | 292,066 | 89.24% | $129.07 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$4,312,969.99 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +13.15% |
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