Broadway Grosses w/e 10/7/2018: Not Monkeying Around

A three-day weekend for many locals and tourists brought a welcome boost to the box office last week by 13% over the previous week to a total of $33.3M.
Three newcomers, The Ferryman, King Kong, and American Son, all had a strong showing. Nearly all shows posted significant jumps over the previous week with family favorites, Wicked and The Long King posting the largest increases.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
Show Name GrossGross  TotalAttn %Capacity AvgPdAdm
ALADDIN $1,340,113.30 13,143 95.13% $101.96
AMERICAN SON $204,803.80 1,450 93.67% $141.24
ANASTASIA $677,187.60 6,719 73.48% $100.79
BEAUTIFUL $829,402.28 7,543 91.90% $109.96
BERNHARDT/HAMLET $365,370.70 4,556 77.38% $80.20
CHICAGO $792,844.51 8,452 97.82% $93.81
COME FROM AWAY $1,186,268.74 8,538 102.03% $138.94
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,505,369.19 7,997 101.59% $188.24
FROZEN $1,600,999.20 12,298 91.29% $130.18
HAMILTON $3,227,193.00 10,758 101.80% $299.98
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $2,101,243.00 12,976 100.00% $161.93
HEAD OVER HEELS $227,083.75 3,219 41.78% $70.54
KING KONG $364,854.00 3,472 100.00% $105.08
KINKY BOOTS $750,620.70 8,185 71.85% $91.71
MEAN GIRLS $1,341,523.00 9,767 99.66% $137.35
MY FAIR LADY $1,139,773.50 7,675 89.75% $148.50
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND $426,463.70 4,783 85.90% $89.16
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL $1,210,340.80 9,003 96.35% $134.44
SCHOOL OF ROCK $745,372.40 8,354 68.57% $89.22
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $2,410,527.50 4,740 100.00% $508.55
SUMMER $576,926.50 6,083 51.73% $94.84
THE BAND’S VISIT $935,616.00 8,075 97.15% $115.87
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,236,053.00 8,716 104.06% $141.81
THE FERRYMAN $572,006.46 5,795 94.78% $98.71
THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT $793,068.50 6,285 78.25% $126.18
THE LION KING $2,277,162.00 13,572 100.03% $167.78
THE NAP $228,087.00 3,790 73.68% $60.18
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $1,163,986.79 12,266 95.53% $94.90
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG $298,897.50 4,919 72.00% $60.76
THE WAVERLY GALLERY $361,161.50 5,102 92.61% $70.79
WAITRESS $717,115.00 6,984 83.54% $102.68
WICKED $1,773,676.00 14,030 97.05% $126.42
TOTALS $33,381,110.92 249,245 88.14% $130.71
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON +$3,141,572.50      
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON 10%      

Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!

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