Broadway Grosses w/e 7/22/2018: Look who’s back in town.
Grosses were up a whopping 17% from last season, mostly thanks to the return of The Divine Miss M to Hello Dolly. (From what I hear, she’s so made the role her own, there’s a petition circling to change the title of the show to Hello, Bette!)
And while the big branded tourist musicals did the best in the last seven days, I’ll admit, I expected to see more post numbers greater than $1mm.
That said, our tally is still up 14.6% over last year (with special thanks to the four new shows this summer, including mine). But more importantly, attendance is up 1.4%.
The more butts in the seats today, the greater our audience is tomorrow.
Here are the Broadway grosses for w/e 7/22/18:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | $667,359.80 | 7,749 | 92.78% | $86.12 |
| ALADDIN | $1,686,462.50 | 15,187 | 97.71% | $111.05 |
| ANASTASIA | $818,003.61 | 8,637 | 94.46% | $94.71 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $736,537.75 | 7,288 | 88.79% | $101.06 |
| CAROUSEL | $775,564.00 | 8,864 | 77.59% | $87.50 |
| CHICAGO | $684,806.91 | 7,976 | 92.31% | $85.86 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,129,233.20 | 8,537 | 102.02% | $132.28 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,653,882.20 | 7,995 | 101.56% | $206.86 |
| FROZEN | $2,103,866.00 | 13,295 | 98.69% | $158.24 |
| GETTIN’ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER | $229,554.75 | 4,935 | 86.13% | $46.52 |
| HAMILTON | $3,143,813.00 | 10,754 | 101.76% | $292.34 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,225,761.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $171.53 |
| HEAD OVER HEELS | $284,400.00 | 6,077 | 80.13% | $46.80 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,062,015.00 | 11,278 | 97.49% | $182.84 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $725,884.75 | 8,278 | 72.67% | $87.69 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,572,867.70 | 9,902 | 101.04% | $158.84 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $1,339,603.00 | 8,504 | 99.44% | $157.53 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $563,828.40 | 5,348 | 96.05% | $105.43 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $328,854.00 | 2,336 | 100.00% | $140.78 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $1,046,800.74 | 11,087 | 91.00% | $94.42 |
| SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS | $958,171.00 | 11,629 | 90.29% | $82.39 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $964,162.50 | 1,895 | 99.95% | $508.79 |
| STRAIGHT WHITE MEN | $336,876.40 | 4,551 | 97.91% | $74.02 |
| SUMMER | $800,001.50 | 7,748 | 65.88% | $103.25 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $1,061,435.00 | 8,312 | 100.00% | $127.70 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,221,789.00 | 9,771 | 103.69% | $125.04 |
| THE BOYS IN THE BAND | $985,030.92 | 6,331 | 102.24% | $155.59 |
| THE LION KING | $2,488,032.00 | 13,520 | 99.65% | $184.03 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,168,466.30 | 12,512 | 97.45% | $93.39 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $344,448.50 | 5,501 | 80.52% | $62.62 |
| WAITRESS | $789,647.00 | 7,334 | 87.73% | $107.67 |
| WICKED | $1,958,763.00 | 15,339 | 99.55% | $127.70 |
| TOTAL | $36,855,921.43 | 281,446 | 93.64% | $134.39 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +5,459,958.31 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +17.39 |
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