Broadway Grosses w/e 9/29/2019: Leaves are falling, but sales are not!
Last week grosses increased just slightly by 2% to $30M. With attendance increasing the same, the street is steady. Sea Wall/A Life play it’s final performance to nearly full houses and a final weekly gross of $854,678.
Several shows are feeling year two or three growing pains this September over the same weeks in 2018. Harry Potter, Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, and Mean Girls are all tracking down between $440k to $824k. These are some of the biggest year over year drops we’ve seen this season to date.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | Gross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | Avg.Pd.Adm. |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $1,486,705.24 | 11,005 | 96.60% | $135.09 |
| ALADDIN | $1,125,745.20 | 13,156 | 95.22% | $85.57 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $869,182.20 | 8,053 | 98.11% | $107.93 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $899,376.92 | 10,039 | 84.05% | $89.59 |
| BETRAYAL | $658,615.13 | 5,938 | 71.65% | $110.92 |
| CHICAGO | $588,046.38 | 6,936 | 80.28% | $84.78 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $982,669.14 | 8,475 | 101.28% | $115.95 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $989,409.40 | 7,532 | 95.68% | $131.36 |
| DERREN BROWN: SECRET | $306,989.00 | 4,321 | 60.28% | $71.05 |
| FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME | $609,021.50 | 5,304 | 86.67% | $114.82 |
| FROZEN | $837,078.50 | 10,564 | 78.41% | $79.24 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,369,455.50 | 7,432 | 101.20% | $184.26 |
| HAMILTON | $2,991,505.00 | 10,758 | 101.57% | $278.07 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,107,617.50 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $85.36 |
| LINDA VISTA | $137,786.18 | 3,584 | 76.58% | $38.44 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $700,634.05 | 8,221 | 83.89% | $85.22 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,159,241.00 | 10,497 | 100.78% | $205.70 |
| OKLAHOMA! | $414,223.38 | 4,481 | 86.04% | $92.44 |
| SEA WALL/A LIFE | $854,677.90 | 7,560 | 97.12% | $113.05 |
| SLAVE PLAY | $415,775.50 | 5,891 | 92.86% | $70.58 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,053,286.70 | 8,355 | 99.75% | $126.07 |
| THE GREAT SOCIETY | $411,488.00 | 6,212 | 73.25% | $66.24 |
| THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM | $240,860.50 | 3,935 | 76.50% | $61.21 |
| THE INHERITANCE | $116,396.50 | 1,494 | 70.60% | $77.91 |
| THE LIGHTNING THIEF | $216,708.50 | 4,626 | 53.89% | $46.85 |
| THE LION KING | $1,833,703.00 | 13,471 | 99.29% | $136.12 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $860,614.69 | 9,851 | 76.72% | $87.36 |
| THE ROSE TATTOO | $402,652.20 | 4,825 | 83.65% | $83.45 |
| THE SOUND INSIDE | $395,519.50 | 5,427 | 67.97% | $72.88 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $2,091,418.84 | 11,662 | 101.59% | $179.34 |
| TOOTSIE | $816,874.50 | 8,728 | 68.10% | $93.59 |
| WAITRESS | $575,304.50 | 6,585 | 78.77% | $87.37 |
| WICKED | $1,376,195.00 | 12,604 | 87.19% | $109.19 |
| TOTALS | $29,894,777.05 | 260,498 | 85.62% | $106.27 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | $373,059.95 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | 1.26% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!
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