Broadway Grosses w/e 7/16/2017: Lovin’ Summer, Box Office a Blast!
The mid to last weeks of July are some of the best of the Broadway year. While the Christmas/New Year week gives us some of the biggest single week totals, July offers the strongest consecutive number of big-biz weeks.
Of course, that’s because of the insane number of tourists who visit our fair city this time of year. Thank G-d.
What is interesting, however, is that advance sales for these weeks in July are often much softer than other times of the year . . . but the week-of walk-up traffic is so strong, the final totals end up being much higher.
In fact, it’s not uncommon for shows with tickets to sell, to do $300k, $400k, or even $500k of ticket sales during that week, for that week! A show can start with $400k in the till (making a Producer sweat just a bit) and end up grossing over $800k.
That’s July, baby!
This past week saw a big jump over last week’s grosses, thanks mostly to Bette Midler’s return to Dolly (it’s getting a bit boring seeing her come and go and watching the grosses rise and fall as a result). Overall, grosses were up over 10%, continuing this season’s strong start over last season.
Can you only imagine what these numbers are going to look like when Frozen AND Harry Potter are running?
That’s not as far away as you’d think!
A complete breakdown of last week’s Broadway grosses is below. How did your favorite show do?
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| 1984 | $382,754.58 | 5,831 | 75.14% | $65.64 |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | $719,078.55 | 7,585 | 90.82% | $94.80 |
| A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 | $557,756.93 | 5,829 | 94.02% | $95.69 |
| ALADDIN | $1,632,589.00 | 13,442 | 97.29% | $121.45 |
| ANASTASIA | $1,071,172.50 | 9,104 | 99.56% | $117.66 |
| BANDSTAND | $588,532.64 | 6,806 | 82.36% | $86.47 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $687,938.78 | 6,476 | 78.90% | $106.23 |
| CATS | $814,825 | 9,489 | 86.26% | $85.77 |
| CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY | $1,093,433.00 | 11,296 | 94.39% | $96.80 |
| CHICAGO | $661,562.65 | 7,397 | 85.61% | $89.44 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,268,952.04 | 8,536 | 102.01% | $148.66 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,664,265.20 | 7,969 | 101.39% | $208.84 |
| GROUNDHOG DAY | $660,291.15 | 7,528 | 76.63% | $87.71 |
| HAMILTON | $3,019,947.00 | 10,755 | 101.77% | $280.79 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,232,161.60 | 11,706 | 101.19% | $190.69 |
| INDECENT | $389,687.50 | 6,209 | 72.33% | $62.76 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $1,392,657.00 | 11,441 | 100.43% | $121.73 |
| MARVIN’S ROOM | $227,422.10 | 4,063 | 69.19% | $55.97 |
| MISS SAIGON | $668,057.90 | 8,226 | 69.71% | $81.21 |
| NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 | $939,747.78 | 8,829 | 96.98% | $106.44 |
| ON YOUR FEET! | $695,863.00 | 8,597 | 66.09% | $80.94 |
| OSLO | $898,523.50 | 8,208 | 97.99% | $109.47 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $1,050,212.50 | 10,986 | 90.17% | $95.60 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,336,479.00 | 9,756 | 101.69% | $136.99 |
| THE LION KING | $2,511,628.00 | 15,261 | 99.98% | $164.58 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,053,239.90 | 12,043 | 93.79% | $87.46 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $381,420.02 | 5,529 | 80.93% | $68.99 |
| WAITRESS | $766,447.50 | 7,470 | 89.35% | $102.60 |
| WAR PAINT | $655,168.00 | 7,523 | 80.51% | $87.09 |
| WICKED | $1,900,445.00 | 14,960 | 97.09% | $127.04 |
| Totals | $31,922,259.32 | 268,850 | 89.12% | $112.18 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$4,797,120.87 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +17.68% |
*Broadway Grosses courtesy of The Broadway League.
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