Broadway Grosses w/e 8/05/2018: Rain or Shine
This week we said goodbye to A Bronx Tale, which played to full houses and felt an 8% jump to $799,426. Taking their cue from The Boss himself, many chose to take their summer vacations this week and stayed out of the mid-town heat, causing most shows to feel a slight dip in grosses.
No doubt we’ll be looking back fondly at these numbers come September, but August is typically the beginning of the end of summer sales patterns. Overall, grosses dropped to $36M from last week’s summer high of nearly $40M. However, not bad considering last week’s flash flooding and extreme heat.
While we rarely see limited run plays this deep into the summer, the schedule is having no effect on The Boys in the Band, which played to 103% of its capacity. Similarly, Straight White Men played to full houses at 95%, despite a lower average ticket.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | $799,425.50 | 8,282 | 99.16% | $96.53 |
| ALADDIN | $1,610,757.00 | 13,754 | 99.55% | $117.11 |
| ANASTASIA | $827,414.50 | 8,658 | 94.69% | $95.57 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $811,408.58 | 7,797 | 94.99% | $104.07 |
| CAROUSEL | $675,659.50 | 8,855 | 77.51% | $76.30 |
| CHICAGO | $705,292.48 | 8,081 | 93.53% | $87.28 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,122,416.86 | 8,537 | 102.02% | $131.48 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,640,842.10 | 7,993 | 101.54% | $205.28 |
| FROZEN | $2,068,943.00 | 13,268 | 98.49% | $155.93 |
| GETTIN’ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER | $249,724.80 | 6,690 | 87.57% | $37.33 |
| HAMILTON | $3,150,942.00 | 10,756 | 101.78% | $292.95 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,267,293.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $174.73 |
| HEAD OVER HEELS | $297,420.75 | 5,639 | 73.20% | $52.74 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,051,392.76 | 11,531 | 99.68% | $177.90 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $685,408.70 | 7,743 | 67.97% | $88.52 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,592,807.20 | 9,901 | 101.03% | $160.87 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $1,269,449.00 | 8,135 | 95.12% | $156.05 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $523,594.10 | 4,913 | 88.24% | $106.57 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $1,008,726.00 | 8,043 | 98.37% | $125.42 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $983,919.30 | 10,665 | 87.53% | $92.26 |
| SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS | $1,008,670.50 | 12,139 | 94.25% | $83.09 |
| STRAIGHT WHITE MEN | $354,340.50 | 4,392 | 94.49% | $80.68 |
| SUMMER | $679,484.50 | 7,032 | 59.80% | $96.63 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $976,255.70 | 8,312 | 100.00% | $117.45 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,147,756.50 | 8,698 | 103.84% | $131.96 |
| THE BOYS IN THE BAND | $1,017,551.10 | 6,354 | 102.62% | $160.14 |
| THE LION KING | $2,476,144.00 | 13,573 | 100.04% | $182.43 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,200,011.00 | 12,737 | 99.20% | $94.21 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $375,051.50 | 5,753 | 84.21% | $65.19 |
| WAITRESS | $891,884.55 | 8,107 | 96.97% | $110.01 |
| WICKED | $1,921,398.00 | 15,231 | 98.85% | $126.15 |
| TOTAL | $36,391,384.98 | 284,545 | 93.43% | $122.03 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$4,966,786.11 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +15.81% |
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