Broadway Grosses w/e 12/23/2018: The Holiday Wind Up
The penultimate week of the year typically bears gifts and this year did not disappoint. Despite many shows choosing to play seven performances this week (and nine in the following week), grosses inched up about $1M to a total of $41M. The average paid ticket price for all shows was a healthy $134.
Expect next week’s gross to break more records as Broadway wraps up another banner year.
Happy holidays, everyone!
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| ALADDIN | $1,752,473.40 | 13,585 | 98.33% | $129.00 |
| AMERICAN SON | $555,073.76 | 4,635 | 74.85% | $119.76 |
| ANASTASIA | $854,240.60 | 7,886 | 86.24% | $108.32 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $596,233.00 | 5,443 | 66.31% | $109.54 |
| CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY | $65,859.00 | 1,384 | 84.49% | $47.59 |
| CHICAGO | $624,418.81 | 6,109 | 80.81% | $102.21 |
| CHOIR BOY | $172,471.00 | 4,187 | 82.16% | $41.19 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,068,405.70 | 7,471 | 102.03% | $143.01 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,642,987.55 | 7,991 | 101.51% | $205.60 |
| FROZEN | $2,109,577.00 | 13,317 | 98.85% | $158.41 |
| HAMILTON | $3,612,858.00 | 10,755 | 101.77% | $335.92 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,228,592.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $171.75 |
| HEAD OVER HEELS | $206,949.25 | 3,656 | 47.46% | $56.61 |
| KING KONG | $1,114,273.75 | 11,075 | 79.65% | $100.61 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $669,673.05 | 6 673 | 66.94% | $100.36 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,589,811.20 | 9 846 | 100.47% | $161.47 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $1,106,045.00 | 7,261 | 84.90% | $152.33 |
| NETWORK | $1,211,044.35 | 8,081 | 99.52% | $149.86 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $534,169.80 | 5,519 | 99.12% | $96.79 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $1,011,053.80 | 7,992 | 85.53% | $126.51 |
| RUBEN & CLAY’S FIRST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAROL FAMILY FUN PAGEANT SPECTACULAR REUNION SHOW | $139,749.35 | 4,095 | 35.11% | $34.13 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $988,509.70 | 9,567 | 78.52% | $103.32 |
| SUMMER | $492,604.00 | 5,761 | 55.99% | $85.51 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $731,625.84 | 6,843 | 82.33% | $106.92 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,365,850.50 | 8,672 | 103.53% | $157.50 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $1,122,055.40 | 8,793 | 79.65% | $127.61 |
| THE FERRYMAN | $791,861.20 | 6,160 | 75.56% | $128.55 |
| THE ILLUSIONISTS – MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS | $1,439,258.20 | 13,425 | 91.07% | $107.21 |
| THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT | $839,865.50 | 6,787 | 84,50% | $123,75 |
| THE LION KING | $2,761,271.00 | 13,560 | 99,94% | $203,63 |
| THE NEW ONE | $323,354.54 | 4,530 | 52.77% | $71.38 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,345,228.54 | 12,305 | 95.83% | $109.32 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $380,378.14 | 5,286 | 77.37% | $71.96 |
| THE PROM | $583,380.70 | 6,363 | 76.11% | $91.68 |
| THE WAVERLY GALLERY | $363,740.00 | 5,174 | 82.18% | $70.30 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,586,946.02 | 11,644 | 101.43% | $136.29 |
| TORCH SONG | $217,970.00 | 2,992 | 63.93% | $72.85 |
| WAITRESS | $547,519.00 | 5,350 | 73.14% | $102.34 |
| WICKED | $2,264,992.00 | 15,340 | 99.56% | $147.65 |
| TOTALS | $41,012,369.65 | 308,489 | 83.56% | $119.71 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$5,216,156.35 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | 14.57% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!
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