Broadway Grosses w/e 9/9/2018: Six-Figure Slumps
Grosses continued to slide another 8 percent this week coming off summer and holiday highs, falling to $29.5M. With the same number of shows on the boards, houses were $85% full. However, due to many heavily discounted Broadway Week tickets, shows only managed an average ticket price of $118.
Many shows felt six-figure drops this week, but Summer and Anastasia managed to beat the odds and post healthy increases.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| ALADDIN | $1,146,471.00 | 12,958 | 93.79% | $88.48 |
| ANASTASIA | $743,501.12 | 8,175 | 89.40% | $90.95 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $639,396.00 | 6,696 | 81.58% | $95.49 |
| BERNHARDT/HAMLET | $243,680.70 | 4,301 | 83.48% | $56.66 |
| CAROUSEL | $547,380.21 | 7,715 | 67.53% | $70.95 |
| CHICAGO | $663,768.84 | 8,076 | 93.47% | $82.19 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,015,383.80 | 8,492 | 101.48% | $119.57 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,369,013.98 | 7,739 | 98.31% | $176.90 |
| FROZEN | $1,566,054.00 | 12,538 | 93.07% | $124.90 |
| GETTIN’ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER | $195,896.00 | 3,382 | 44.27% | $57.92 |
| HAMILTON | $3,209,201.00 | 10,756 | 101.78% | $298.36 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,042,596.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $157.41 |
| HEAD OVER HEELS | $215,899.00 | 3,313 | 43.00% | $65.17 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $626,383.10 | 7,247 | 63.61% | $86.43 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,240,612.60 | 9,353 | 95.44% | $132.64 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $1,070,835.00 | 8,231 | 96.25% | $130.10 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $421,307.50 | 4,540 | 81.54% | $92.80 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $1,105,407.10 | 8,743 | 93.57% | $126.43 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $538,499.98 | 7,153 | 58.71% | $75.28 |
| SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS | $828,817.50 | 10,429 | 80.97% | $79.47 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $1,932,670.00 | 3,792 | 100.00% | $509.67 |
| STRAIGHT WHITE MEN | $382,324.40 | 4,440 | 95.52% | $86.11 |
| SUMMER | $749,340.00 | 8,413 | 71.54% | $89.07 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $795,183.80 | 7,848 | 94.42% | $101.32 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,074,447.00 | 8,617 | 102.88% | $124.69 |
| THE LION KING | $1,874,691.00 | 13,270 | 97.80% | $141.27 |
| THE NAP | $106,016.00 | 2,945 | 76.33% | $36.00 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $883,838.08 | 10,681 | 83.19% | $82.75 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $278,953.00 | 4,454 | 65.19% | $62.63 |
| WAITRESS | $611,121.25 | 6,798 | 81.32% | $89.90 |
| WICKED | $1,406,290.50 | 15,007 | 97.40% | $93.71 |
| TOTALS | $29,524,979.46 | 249,078 | 84.74% | $116.94 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +5,918,389.64 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | 25.07% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!
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