Broadway Grosses w/e 8/26/2018: Goodbye, Dolly!

For the second week in a row grosses dropped 5%, dipping $1.8M to a total gross for all shows of $33,662,782. With Springsteen on Broadway down to four shows, the average ticket dropped by a few dollars to $131.81.

Most shows felt large drops this week with the notable exceptions of Pretty Woman, a final bow from Hello, Dolly!, and Hamilton, who managed to squeak out an impressive $134k increase from last week’s typical sell-out.

Many shows, especially tourist favorites, are seeing their lowest grosses since the Tony Awards. Fingers crossed that this week’s upcoming three-day weekend brings in flocks of ticket buyers.

You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:

Show Name GrossGross  TotalAttn %Capacity AvgPdAdm
ALADDIN $1,339,909.00 13,305 96.30% $100.71
ANASTASIA $730,124.44 8,557 93.58% $85.32
BEAUTIFUL $580,345.13 6,855 83.52% $84.66
CAROUSEL $606,103.00 7,664 67.09% $79.08
CHICAGO $625,397.33 7,523 87.07% $83.13
COME FROM AWAY $1,055,803.40 8,541 102.07% $123.62
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,583,120.66 7,988 101.47% $198.19
FROZEN $1,988,339.00 13,152 97.62% $151.18
GETTIN’ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER $181,548.50 4,604 60.26% $39.43
HAMILTON $3,249,628.00 10,754 101.76% $302.18
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $2,187,788.00 12,976 100.00% $168.60
HEAD OVER HEELS $240,516.05 3,702 48.05% $64.97
HELLO, DOLLY! $2,342,740.58 11,717 101.29% $199.94
KINKY BOOTS $543,701.65 6,550 57.50% $83.01
MEAN GIRLS $1,565,688.60 9,888 100.90% $158.34
MY FAIR LADY $1,162,403.00 7,830 91.56% $148.46
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND $411,114.00 4,339 77.93% $94.75
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL $1,155,322.00 9,324 99.79% $123.91
SCHOOL OF ROCK $716,157.58 7,996 65.63% $89.56
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS $917,992.55 11,352 88.14% $80.87
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $1,928,960.00 3,792 100.00% $508.69
STRAIGHT WHITE MEN $355,682.10 4,339 93.35% $81.97
SUMMER $679,069.00 7,408 62.99% $91.67
THE BAND’S VISIT $894,197.60 8,167 98.26% $109.49
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,105,741.50 8,628 103.01% $128.16
THE LION KING $2,160,990.00 13,374 98.57% $161.58
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $998,161.03 11,281 87.86% $88.48
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG $310,523.50 4,770 69.82% $65.10
WAITRESS $577,784.00 6,129 73.31% $94.27
WICKED $1,467,931.00 12,874 89.06% $114.02
TOTALS $33,662,782.20 255,379 86.59% $130.11
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON +$7,084,279.22      
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON +26.65%      

 

Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!

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