Broadway Grosses w/e 8/11/2019: Summer Days, Drifting Away
Steady summer does it again with grosses maintaining $34M. Although several shows had slight drops in grosses last week, large bumps came to The Prom and Be More Chill, who both played their final performances on Sunday.
If the pattern holds, we should see one more steady week of summer traffic before we brace ourselves for the September slump.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $1,466,393.60 | 11,098 | 97.42% | $132.13 |
| ALADDIN | $1,659,795.50 | 13,498 | 97.70% | $122.97 |
| BARRY MANILOW | $966,953.00 | 6,200 | 82.45% | $155.96 |
| BE MORE CHILL | $694,441.30 | 6,992 | 98.09% | $99.32 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $516,272.90 | 6,025 | 73.40% | $85.69 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $1,023,008.30 | 11,175 | 93.56% | $91.54 |
| CHICAGO | $612,642.02 | 7,306 | 84.56% | $83.85 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $872,435.44 | 8,513 | 101.73% | $102.48 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,217,469.35 | 7,990 | 101.50% | $152.37 |
| FROZEN | $1,336,666.90 | 13,291 | 98.66% | $100.57 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,318,508.00 | 7,448 | 101.42% | $177.03 |
| HAMILTON | $3,040,621.00 | 10,755 | 101.77% | $282.72 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,411,355.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $108.77 |
| KING KONG | $725,499.57 | 10,279 | 73.93% | $70.58 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,015,497.30 | 9,769 | 99.68% | $103.95 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,130,933.50 | 10,482 | 100.63% | $203.29 |
| OKLAHOMA! | $507,603.50 | 4,716 | 90.55% | $107.63 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $641,807.50 | 7,096 | 75.94% | $90.45 |
| SEA WALL/A LIFE | $624,837.50 | 7,716 | 99.13% | $80.98 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,084,640.60 | 8,516 | 101.67% | $127.37 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $843,908.50 | 8,748 | 79.24% | $96.47 |
| THE LION KING | $2,459,148.00 | 13,218 | 97.42% | $186.05 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,112,453.00 | 12,176 | 94.83% | $91.36 |
| THE PROM | $916,256.45 | 8,308 | 99.38% | $110.29 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,904,809.00 | 11,618 | 101.20% | $163.95 |
| TOOTSIE | $823,896.50 | 8,945 | 69.80% | $92.11 |
| WAITRESS | $594,282.00 | 6,680 | 79.90% | $88.96 |
| WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME | $519,343.60 | 4,657 | 99.85% | $111.52 |
| WICKED | $1,766,537.00 | 14,135 | 97.78% | $124.98 |
| TOTALS | $33,808,015.83 | 270,326 | 92.87% | $122.25 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -$3,481,877.58 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -9.34% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!
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