Broadway Grosses w/e 9/8/2019: “Fall”-ing Flat
Last week, overall grosses were down 10%, coming in at $26 M. Despite two more productions on the rolls, attendance remained flat at 224 k.
Nearly every show on the boards posted a decrease in sales coming off the Labor Day holiday weekend. Weathering the storm are Betrayal, which opened last week to glowing reviews, and Hadestown, who felt just a slight dip of $14k.
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 | $1,421,018.14 | 11,188 | 98.21% | $127.01 |
| ALADDIN | $1,127,085.00 | 12,564 | 90.94% | $89.71 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $669,830.90 | 7,428 | 90.50% | $90.18 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $834,375.10 | 9,731 | 81.47% | $85.74 |
| BETRAYAL | $623,474.50 | 7,718 | 93.12% | $80.78 |
| CHICAGO | $640,333.15 | 7,781 | 90.06% | $82.29 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $816,042.81 | 8,414 | 100.55% | $96.99 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $960,500.27 | 7,899 | 100.34% | $121.60 |
| DERREN BROWN: SECRET | $193,108.90 | 3,285 | 80.20% | $58.79 |
| FROZEN | $927,259.50 | 11,755 | 87.26% | $78.88 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,336,924.00 | 7,443 | 101.35% | $179.62 |
| HAMILTON | $2,911,182.00 | 10,754 | 101.76% | $270.71 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,103,760.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $85.06 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $725,379.95 | 8,466 | 86.39% | $85.68 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,095,696.50 | 10,490 | 100.71% | $199.78 |
| OKLAHOMA! | $403,933.00 | 4,318 | 82.91% | $93.55 |
| SEA WALL/A LIFE | $625,431.00 | 7,280 | 93.53% | $85.91 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $982,035.00 | 8,235 | 98.32% | $119.25 |
| THE GREAT SOCIETY | $128,152.50 | 1,739 | 82.03% | $73.69 |
| THE LION KING | $1,678,245.00 | 11,854 | 87.37% | $141.58 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $828,706.83 | 10,232 | 79.69% | $80.99 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,910,723.84 | 11,608 | 101.11% | $164.60 |
| TOOTSIE | $797,589.70 | 8,925 | 69.64% | $89.37 |
| WAITRESS | $873,450.80 | 8,282 | 99.07% | $105.46 |
| WICKED | $1,351,232.50 | 14,037 | 97.10% | $96.26 |
| TOTALS | $25,965,470.89 | 224,402 | 91.74% | $111.34 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -$3,559,508.57 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -12.06% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!
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