Broadway Grosses w/e 8/4/2019: Hirschfeld Hit

Last week’s overall box office remained steady again, holding on at $34M. Drops came from Wicked and The Lion King returning to a normal 8-performance week, while bumps came from Barry Manilow and Sea Wall/A Life adding performances.

Meanwhile, Moulin Rouge! broke a house record for an 8-performance week at the Hirschfeld, grossing just under $2M. They also had the second-highest average ticket on the street at $190.

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

Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn  %Capacity AvgPdAdm
AIN’T TOO PROUD $1,482,201.04 11,300 99.19% $131.17
ALADDIN $1,624,807.00 13,529 97.92% $120.10
BARRY MANILOW $956,611.00 6,105 81.18% $156.69
BE MORE CHILL $544,745.25 6,227 87.36% $87.48
BEAUTIFUL $503,111.20 5,927 72.21% $84.88
BEETLEJUICE $1,058,005.30 11,251 94.20% $94.04
CHICAGO $639,060.30 7,702 89.14% $82.97
COME FROM AWAY $879,404.61 8,504 101.63% $103.41
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,223,986.52 7,997 101.59% $153.06
FROZEN $1,300,051.40 12,919 95.90% $100.63
HADESTOWN $1,324,129.50 7,442 101.33% $177.93
HAMILTON $3,066,826.00 10,758 101.80% $285.07
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $1,422,213.00 12,976 100.00% $109.60
KING KONG $779,522.31 10,977 78.95% $71.01
MEAN GIRLS $1,045,999.10 9,787 99.87% $106.88
MOULIN ROUGE! $1,987,914.00 10,429 100.12% $190.61
OKLAHOMA! $523,712.22 4,878 93.66% $107.36
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL $634,077.50 7,038 75.32% $90.09
SEA WALL/A LIFE $732,416.25 7,566 97.70% $96.80
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,096,782.50 8,511 101.61% $128.87
THE CHER SHOW $800,337.00 8,222 74.47% $97.34
THE LION KING $2,488,843.00 13,181 97.15% $188.82
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $1,093,341.80 11,974 93.26% $91.31
THE PROM $809,521.60 8,151 97.50% $99.32
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,916,032.78 11,656 101.53% $164.38
TOOTSIE $857,152.00 9,495 74.09% $90.27
WAITRESS $592,445.00 6,583 78.74% $90.00
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME $508,597.10 4,605 98.73% $110.44
WICKED $1,839,043.00 14,377 99.45% $127.92
TOTALS $33,730,889.28 270,067 92.61% $122.02
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON -$2,660,495.70      
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON -7.31%      


Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!

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