Broadway Grosses w/e 9/22/2019: Falling into Fall
Last week overall grosses inched up just 1% over the previous week, bringing in total receipts of $29,320,908. With eight new shows for the fall and three new shows beginning last week, the static overall numbers indicate larger drops across running shows.
To Kill A Mockingbird and Ain’t Too Proud have proven themselves immune to the dips of the calendar, both posting increases last week.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | Gross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $1,529,416.06 | 11,214 | 98.44% | $136.38 |
| ALADDIN | $1,081,016.10 | 11,862 | 85.86% | $91.13 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $812,477.70 | 7,958 | 96.95% | $102.10 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $856,466.30 | 10,523 | 88.10% | $81.39 |
| BETRAYAL | $683,274.40 | 6,172 | 74.47% | $110.71 |
| CHICAGO | $608,087.00 | 7,123 | 82.44% | $85.37 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $974,276.20 | 8,515 | 101.76% | $114.42 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,002,863.30 | 7,563 | 96.07% | $132.60 |
| DERREN BROWN: SECRET | $324,370.00 | 4,573 | 63.80% | $70.93 |
| FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME | $701,508.54 | 5,245 | 85.70% | $133.75 |
| FROZEN | $800,562.50 | 11,258 | 83.57% | $71.11 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,413,374.00 | 7,431 | 101.18% | $190.20 |
| HAMILTON | $2,973,580.00 | 10,752 | 101.51% | $276.56 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,017,975.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $78.45 |
| LINDA VISTA | $127,393.42 | 2,883 | 82.14% | $44.19 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $714,663.05 | 8,416 | 85.88% | $84.92 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,157,446.50 | 10,499 | 100.80% | $205.49 |
| OKLAHOMA! | $410,703.63 | 4,441 | 85.27% | $92.48 |
| SEA WALL/A LIFE | $737,787.50 | 7,333 | 94.21% | $100.61 |
| SLAVE PLAY | $396,469.00 | 6,245 | 98.44% | $63.49 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,026,084.75 | 8,252 | 98.52% | $124.34 |
| THE GREAT SOCIETY | $404,000.50 | 5,487 | 64.71% | $73.63 |
| THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM | $299,624.00 | 4,581 | 89.06% | $65.41 |
| THE LIGHTNING THIEF | $175,766.50 | 3,526 | 65.72% | $49.85 |
| THE LION KING | $1,846,698.00 | 13,162 | 97.01% | $140.31 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $828,670.22 | 9,591 | 74.70% | $86.40 |
| THE ROSE TATTOO | $160,063.00 | 2,112 | 97.64% | $75.79 |
| THE SOUND INSIDE | $412,733.00 | 5,644 | 70.69% | $73.13 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $2,093,266.84 | 11,672 | 101.67% | $179.34 |
| TOOTSIE | $879,511.40 | 9,505 | 74.17% | $92.53 |
| WAITRESS | $562,579.70 | 6,475 | 77.45% | $86.88 |
| WICKED | $1,308,200.00 | 11,835 | 81.87% | $110.54 |
| TOTALS | $29,320,908.11 | 254,824 | 87.49% | $107.01 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | $3,011,572.59 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | 11.45% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!
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