Broadway Grosses w/e 3/17/2019: Some Luck From the Irish
Most shows recovered this week from slight bumps over last week’s grosses. Overall, the street was up about 6% with the biggest jumps coming from Wicked and The Lion King.
Three new plays, Burn This, What the Constitution Means to Me, and Hillary and Clinton, played to nearly full houses for their first several previews.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $949,780.60 | 9,810 | 98.41% | $96.82 |
| ALADDIN | $1,382,225.10 | 13,733 | 99.40% | $100.65 |
| ANASTASIA | $837,802.90 | 9,055 | 99.03% | $92.52 |
| BE MORE CHILL | $770,748.10 | 6,669 | 93.56% | $115.57 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $585,129.00 | 6,852 | 83.48% | $85.40 |
| BURN THIS | $279,668.50 | 1,888 | 100.00% | $148.13 |
| CHICAGO | $614,657.33 | 7,288 | 84.35% | $84.34 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $987,847.80 | 8,543 | 102.09% | $115.63 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,401,222.90 | 7,991 | 101.51% | $175.35 |
| FROZEN | $1,195,378.50 | 12,821 | 95.17% | $93.24 |
| GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS | $411,940.00 | 5,161 | 95.75% | $79.82 |
| HAMILTON | $3,196,394.00 | 10,758 | 101.80% | $297.12 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,948,859.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $150.19 |
| HILLARY AND CLINTON | $187,364.50 | 2,261 | 95.76% | $82.87 |
| KING KONG | $741,398.51 | 10,522 | 75.68% | $70.46 |
| KING LEAR | $558,713.50 | 6,242 | 85.01% | $89.51 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $852,675.85 | 9,492 | 83.32% | $89.83 |
| KISS ME, KATE | $681,659.30 | 8,037 | 100.66% | $84.82 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,238,048.90 | 9,611 | 98.07% | $128.82 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $784,413.00 | 7,403 | 86.56% | $105.96 |
| NETWORK | $1,060,740.00 | 7,211 | 101.49% | $147.10 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $733,521.00 | 7,254 | 77.63% | $101.12 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $652,552.00 | 7,920 | 95.28% | $82.39 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,076,621.50 | 8,720 | 104.11% | $123.47 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $805,744.00 | 8,622 | 78.10% | $93.45 |
| THE FERRYMAN | $570,339.00 | 7,012 | 86.02% | $81.34 |
| THE LION KING | $2,024,027.00 | 13,571 | 100.02% | $149.14 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,037,083.60 | 11,604 | 90.37% | $89.37 |
| THE PROM | $533,391.75 | 6,922 | 82.80% | $77.06 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,511,717.00 | 11,656 | 101.53% | $129.69 |
| TRUE WEST | $638,811.10 | 5,961 | 100.69% | $107.17 |
| WAITRESS | $613,885.00 | 6,684 | 79.95% | $91.84 |
| WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME | $243,358.40 | 2,896 | 99.35% | $84.03 |
| WICKED | $1,836,854.00 | 15,398 | 99.94% | $119.29 |
| TOTALS | $32,944,572.64 | 288,544 | 93.44% | $110.69 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$993,202.15 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +3.11% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!
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