Broadway Grosses w/e 9/16/2018: Three Shows Take Their Bows
While most shows posted slight increases over last week, grosses overall dropped 2.5% to $28.7M with The Boss coming off the boards. Three shows, SpongeBob, Carousel and Gettin’ The Band Back Together took their final bows.
This week being the final week of the Broadway Week promotion, we’ll likely see big drops for the final weeks of September.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| ALADDIN | $1,178,811.50 | 12,962 | 93.82% | $90.94 |
| ANASTASIA | $729,724.64 | 8,395 | 91.81% | $86.92 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $757,474.70 | 7,632 | 92.98% | $99.25 |
| BERNHARDT/HAMLET | $301,943.20 | 4,921 | 83.58% | $61.36 |
| CAROUSEL | $753,033.40 | 9,671 | 84.66% | $77.87 |
| CHICAGO | $699,831.38 | 8,356 | 96.71% | $83.75 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,082,601.40 | 8,506 | 101.65% | $127.28 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,423,700.00 | 7,945 | 100.93% | $179.19 |
| FROZEN | $1,601,096.50 | 12,673 | 94.07% | $126.34 |
| GETTIN’ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER | $255,805.25 | 5,800 | 75.92% | $44.10 |
| HAMILTON | $3,201,498.00 | 10,754 | 101.76% | $297.70 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,004,006.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $154.44 |
| HEAD OVER HEELS | $232,461.25 | 3,424 | 44.44% | $67.89 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $758,429.40 | 8,916 | 78.27% | $85.06 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,189,435.10 | 9,269 | 94.58% | $128.32 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $1,148,509.50 | 8,194 | 95.81% | $140.16 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $434,147.30 | 4,674 | 83.94% | $92.89 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $1,165,224.30 | 9,189 | 98.34% | $126.81 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $554,869.42 | 7,520 | 61.72% | $73.79 |
| SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS | $1,052,896.50 | 12,131 | 94.18% | $86.79 |
| SUMMER | $820,256.50 | 9,121 | 77.56% | $89.93 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $831,184.46 | 8,055 | 96.91% | $103.19 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,084,821.50 | 8,662 | 103.41% | $125.24 |
| THE LION KING | $1,925,953.00 | 13,529 | 99.71% | $142.36 |
| THE NAP | $187,664.00 | 3,962 | 77.02% | $47.37 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $996,938.20 | 11,743 | 91.46% | $84.90 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $296,680.75 | 4,829 | 70.68% | $61.44 |
| WAITRESS | $642,351.25 | 7,142 | 85.43% | $89.94 |
| WICKED | $1,460,436.00 | 15,312 | 99.38% | $95.38 |
| TOTALS | $28,771,784.40 | 256,263 | 88.65% | $105.88 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$2,158,597.41 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +8.1% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!
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