Broadway Grosses w/e 8/27/2017 – Summer is slip, slidin’ away.

The good news is. . . the current week is going to be a good one, thanks to the long Labor Day weekend.

 

The bad news is . . . we had to get through last week to get to this one.

 

Even Hamilton couldn’t crack $3mm last week!  The horror!  The outrage!

 

Overall, grosses dropped a touch over 7% as we shed over $2mm for our industry totals.  But just like a dog’s, this shedding is totally expected, and hopefully, shows planned for it.

 

And when the grosses drop like this, you can start to see cracks in the foundations of some shows that you thought might be a bit more resilient.  In fact, I’m predicting that at least one show will announce its closing earlier than anyone anticipated.  Because if there are cracks showing now, what will the middle of September be like?

 

Right now General Managers all over the city are overheating their Microsoft Excels, calculating if profits made in Q4 (holiday times!) will make up for the losses incurred during Q3.

 

Will it be worth it to stay open?

 

We’ll find out soon enough.

 

Show Name   GrossGross TotalAttn  %Capacity AvgPdAdm
1984 $267,344.08 4,491 57.87% $59.53
A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL $654,985.90 7,594 90.92% $86.25
A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 $198,210.50 3,817 61.56% $51.93
ALADDIN $1,477,796.00 13,337 96.53% $110.80
ANASTASIA $872,527.84 8,011 87.61% $108.92
BANDSTAND $542,591.55 6,505 78.71% $83.41
BEAUTIFUL $674,311.52 6,658 81.12% $101.28
CATS $636,225.00 7,425 67.50% $85.69
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY $850,506.00 8,932 74.63% $95.22
CHICAGO $592,339.85 7,096 82.13% $83.48
COME FROM AWAY $1,273,301.90 8,532 101.96% $149.24
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,649,281.18 7,947 100.95% $207.54
GROUNDHOG DAY $650,415.55 7,858 79.99% $82.77
HAMILTON $2,964,052.00 10,758 101.80% $275.52
HELLO, DOLLY! $2,198,976.76 11,559 99.92% $190.24
KINKY BOOTS $673,293.00 7,817 68.62% $86.13
MARVIN’S ROOM $209,430.86 3,888 66.21% $53.87
MISS SAIGON $545,647.58 6,711 56.87% $81.31
NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 $974,280.15 8,988 98.73% $108.40
PRINCE OF BROADWAY $305,107.80 4,786 96.96% $63.75
SCHOOL OF ROCK $817,373.46 8,946 73.42% $91.37
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,179,694.00 8,686 101.85% $135.82
THE LION KING $2,053,299.00 13,410 98.84% $153.12
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $915,495.00 10,460 81.46% $87.52
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG $328,979.00 4,993 73.08% $65.89
THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER $353,934.50 5,697 70.65% $62.13
WAITRESS $600,143.50 6,416 76.75% $93.54
WAR PAINT $510,004.50 7,627 81.62% $66.87
WICKED $1,608,955.00 13,356 92.39% $120.47
TOTALS $26,578,502.98   232,301 82.78% $104.90
 +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON +$5,082,737.96      
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON + 23.66%

*Broadway Grosses courtesy of The Broadway League.

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