Broadway Grosses* w/e 1/8/2017
Looks like we had a successful first full week of 2017! Grosses were up from last year, even though a lot of shows closed in these last two weeks, and we have three shows less than last year. The beginning of a new year is usually hard on Producers since tourists have already taken their holiday breaks and aren’t planning to travel again until the weather warms up.
A lot of shows this season chose not to let that deter them and decided to open in the Fall, giving ticket-buyers a lot of strong options of shows to see in these couple of months before the rush of shows opening in March and April.
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | $917,804.40 | 8,050 | 96.38% | $114.01 |
| ALADDIN | $1,550,638.00 | 13,805 | 99.92% | $112.32 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $868,194.30 | 7,499 | 91.36% | $115.77 |
| CATS | $1,034,653.00 | 10,644 | 96.76% | $97.21 |
| CHICAGO | $743,142.19 | 8,019 | 92.81% | $92.67 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,065,347.43 | 7,997 | 101.59% | $133.22 |
| FALSETTOS | $661,019.00 | 6,435 | 98.64% | $102.72 |
| HAMILTON | $2,456,491.00 | 10,754 | 101.76% | $228.43 |
| HOLIDAY INN | $504,930.50 | 6,769 | 84.78% | $74.59 |
| IN TRANSIT | $311,123.15 | 4,490 | 85.30% | $69.29 |
| JERSEY BOYS | $1,359,616.75 | 9,745 | 99.20% | $139.52 |
| JITNEY | $230,872.80 | 4,243 | 93.25% | $54.41 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $878,015.20 | 9,556 | 83.88% | $91.88 |
| LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES | $442,766.60 | 4,704 | 76.36% | $94.13 |
| NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 | $1,189,171.92 | 9,065 | 99.57% | $131.18 |
| OH, HELLO ON BROADWAY | $706,472.50 | 7,154 | 98.16% | $98.75 |
| ON YOUR FEET! | $806,478.00 | 9,378 | 72.09% | $86.00 |
| PARAMOUR | $1,218,860.80 | 14,491 | 95.54% | $84.11 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $1,129,295.22 | 11,442 | 93.91% | $98.70 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,446,662.00 | 8,747 | 102.57% | $165.39 |
| THE COLOR PURPLE | $1,173,670.14 | 8,532 | 101.47% | $137.56 |
| THE ENCOUNTER | $344,129.50 | 5,013 | 83.00% | $68.65 |
| THE FRONT PAGE | $1,022,453.48 | 9,032 | 95.84% | $113.20 |
| THE HUMANS | $646,944.22 | 7,374 | 89.06% | $87.73 |
| THE LION KING | $2,045,683.00 | 13,572 | 100.03% | $150.73 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,150,605.31 | 12,222 | 95.19% | $94.14 |
| THE PRESENT | $929,214.50 | 8,324 | 98.81% | $111.63 |
| WAITRESS | $888,311.40 | 8,116 | 97.08% | $109.45 |
| WICKED | $1,845,325.00 | 14,992 | 97.30% | $123.09 |
| TOTALS | $29,567,891.31 | 260,164 | 93.85% | $109.67 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$3,237,420.36 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +12.29% |
*Broadway Grosses courtesy of The Broadway League
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