Broadway Grosses w/e 5/5/2019: Industry Dips despite Tony Picks

Despite the excitement of the Tony Award nominations last week, most shows saw drops in their grosses. Overall the industry was down about 11%, coming in at $34M.

Most notably bucking the trend were Tootsie, Hadestown, What the Constitution Means to Meand To Kill A Mockingbird, all of which got top recognition last Tuesday.

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

Show Name GrossGross  TotalAttn  %Capacity Avg. Pd. Admin.
AIN’T TOO PROUD $1,445,734.00 11,242 98.68% $128.60
ALADDIN $1,457,672.50 13,680 99.02% $106.56
ALL MY SONS $469,296.40 5,330 90.03% $88.05
BE MORE CHILL $411,115.85 4,844 67.96% $84.87
BEAUTIFUL $623,319.00 6,810 82.97% $91.53
BEETLEJUICE $818,903.50 10,086 84.44% $81.19
BURN THIS $856,396.50 7,138 92.94% $119.98
CHICAGO $746,860.81 8,296 96.02% $90.03
COME FROM AWAY $959,765.70 8,471 101.23% $113.30
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,208,235.60 7,885 100.17% $153.23
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE $69,369.50 974 83.75% $71.22
FROZEN $1,119,824.50 11,515 85.47% $97.25
GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS $314,335.00 5,817 94.43% $54.04
HADESTOWN $1,055,455.75 7,433 101.21% $142.00
HAMILTON $3,188,340.00 10,755 101.77% $296.45
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $1,602,693.00 12,976 100.00% $123.51
HILLARY AND CLINTON $429,387.78 5,453 86.61% $78.74
INK $428,622.50 4,486 88.03% $95.55
KING KONG $620,396.58 9,041 65.02% $68.62
KING LEAR $493,146.00 5,554 66.18% $88.79
KISS ME, KATE $766,861.00 7,710 96.57% $99.46
MEAN GIRLS $833,504.05 8,175 83.42% $101.96
MY FAIR LADY $719,043.00 7,068 82.65% $101.73
OKLAHOMA! $625,193.00 5,206 99.96% $120.09
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL $773,022.50 7,460 79.84% $103.62
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,001,871.15 8,603 102.71% $116.46
THE CHER SHOW $921,366.00 8,859 80.24% $104.00
THE FERRYMAN $560,318.50 5,678 69.65% $98.68
THE LION KING $2,221,394.00 13,541 99.80% $164.05
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $1,099,151.20 12,205 95.05% $90.06
THE PROM $527,885.95 6,594 78.88% $80.06
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,767,464.47 11,634 101.34% $151.92
TOOTSIE $1,256,768.80 11,129 86.84% $112.93
WAITRESS $652,861.90 6,889 82.40% $94.77
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME $495,659.50 4,649 99.68% $106.62
WICKED $1,610,389.00 13,911 96.23% $115.76
TOTALS $34,151,624.49 297,097 89.48% $109.32
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON -$2,842,402.30      
PERCENTAGES +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON -7.68%      

 

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

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