Broadway Grosses w/e 2/3/2019: Going Deep for the Deep Freeze

The week of The Superbowl is usually counted as one of the worst weeks of the year for Broadway shows. And this week’s well-below-zero-temps did not help. Overall grosses were down 12% and quite off the mark from this week last season (down 3.67%). Most shows posted significant drops compared to the previous week.

On Monday the Tony Award-winning show The Band’s Visit made a somewhat surprising closing announcement and will play its final performance in just two months prior to heading out on the road for a national tour.

You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:

Show Name GrossGross  TotalAttn  %Capacity AvgPdAdm
ALADDIN $1,098,894.40 13,190 95.47% $83.31
ANASTASIA $508,700.00 7,357 80.46% $69.15
BEAUTIFUL $563,391.00 6,629 80.76% $84.99
CHICAGO $526,433.20 6,702 77.57% $78.55
CHOIR BOY $343,830.30 4,524 88.78% $76.00
COME FROM AWAY $911,125.30 8,427 100.71% $108.12
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,196,117.48 7,877 100.06% $151.85
FROZEN $1,225,939.00 12,780 94.86% $95.93
HAMILTON $3,128,049.00 10,754 101.76% $290.87
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $1,927,390.00 12,976 100.00% $148.53
KING KONG $650,580.71 9,155 65.84% $71.06
KINKY BOOTS $618,633.00 7,412 65.06% $83.46
MEAN GIRLS $990,674.50 9,013 91.97% $109.92
MY FAIR LADY $813,732.50 7,181 83.97% $113.32
NETWORK $1,040,402.42 6,950 97.82% $149.70
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL $744,514.30 7,567 80.98% $98.39
THE BAND’S VISIT $511,073.40 7,160 86.14% $71.38
THE BOOK OF MORMON $900,396.50 7,450 101.65% $120.86
THE CHER SHOW $934,635.20 9,591 86.88% $97.45
THE FERRYMAN $719,525.60 6,837 83.87% $105.24
THE LION KING $1,649,169.00 13,263 97.75% $124.34
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $677,387.84 9,188 71.56% $73.73
THE PROM $500,132.47 6,243 74.68% $80.11
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,494,444.94 11,638 101.38% $128.41
TRUE WEST $487,144.30 5,452 92.09% $89.35
WAITRESS $986,836.70 7,565 90.49% $130.45
WICKED $1,363,201.50 14,227 98.42% $95.82
TOTALS: $26,512,354.56  237,108 88.55% $108.53
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON +$1,642,722.90      
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON +6.61%

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

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