Broadway Grosses w/e 9/30/2018: Out of the Woods?

A full week of previews for The Lifespan of a Fact, 6 previews for the new-to-the-boards The Waverly Gallery, and the return of the always-reliable Springsteen meant a 12% increase in the overall gross. Seasonal grosses and attendance continue to be up year over year at 16% and 4%, respectively.

Most shows saw moderate increases this week with one of the largest posted by Anatasia, jumping $151k over last week.

Most of the street will be happy to put September behind them as the month posted some of the lowest grosses of the season so far.

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

Show Name GrossGross  TotalAttn %Capacity AvgPdAdm
ALADDIN $1,194,129.90 12,852 93.02% $92.91
ANASTASIA $737,202.00 8,177 89.42% $90.16
BEAUTIFUL $781,108.00 7,264 88.50% $107.53
BERNHARDT/HAMLET $280,541.70 4,751 92.22% $59.05
CHICAGO $728,813.10 8,081 93.53% $90.19
COME FROM AWAY $1,135,036.50 8,513 101.73% $133.33
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,458,927.85 7,988 101.47% $182.64
FROZEN $1,569,170.70 12,519 92.93% $125.34
HAMILTON $3,246,831.00 10,755 101.77% $301.89
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $2,006,719.00 12,976 100.00% $154.65
HEAD OVER HEELS $250,249.15 3,598 46.70% $69.55
KINKY BOOTS $648,457.60 7,534 66.13% $86.07
MEAN GIRLS $1,261,744.55 9,540 97.35% $132.26
MY FAIR LADY $1,104,087.00 7,745 90.56% $142.55
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND $373,076.50 4,460 80.10% $83.65
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL $1,174,744.70 9,285 99.37% $126.52
SCHOOL OF ROCK $571,549.00 7,644 62.74% $74.77
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $1,927,620.00 3,792 100.00% $508.34
SUMMER $665,020.00 6,818 57.98% $97.54
THE BAND’S VISIT $868,171.60 7,795 93.78% $111.38
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,139,021.50 8,696 103.82% $130.98
THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT $737,129.00 5,897 73.42% $125.00
THE LION KING $1,990,243.00 13,570 100.01% $146.66
THE NAP $180,312.50 4,483 87.15% $40.22
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $983,291.50 11,281 87.86% $87.16
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG $263,008.00  4,743 69.42% $55.45
THE WAVERLY GALLERY $307,718.00 4,208 89.11% $73.13
WAITRESS $602,569.75 6,560 78.47% $91.86
WICKED $1,335,224.00 11,864 82.07% $112.54
TOTALS $29,521,717.10 233,389 86.92% $125.29
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON +$6,315,393.36      
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON 27.21%    

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

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