Broadway Grosses w/e 6/23/2019: Mockingbird Soars
Last week grosses inched up to $36M, a 4% increase over the previous week. Most notably, To Kill A Mockingbird broke $2M for eight performances at the Shubert Theatre.
Two post-Tonys closing announcements came last week with news that The Prom and Be More Chill will play their final performances on Aug 11th. Both saw slight increases last week in the wake of their closing news.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $1,590,238.00 | 11,392 | 100.00% | $139.59 |
| ALADDIN | $1,584,580.00 | 13,812 | 99.97% | $114.72 |
| ALL MY SONS | $560,874.00 | 5,470 | 92.40% | $102.54 |
| BE MORE CHILL | $459,378.80 | 5,056 | 70.93% | $90.86 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $544,343.00 | 6,039 | 73.57% | $90.14 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $981,335.44 | 10,570 | 88.50% | $92.84 |
| BURN THIS | $686,422.75 | 6,461 | 84.13% | $106.24 |
| CHICAGO | $589,170.32 | 6,947 | 80.41% | $84.81 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $973,423.00 | 8,526 | 101.89% | $114.17 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,268,953.92 | 7,996 | 101.58% | $158.70 |
| FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE | $301,180.50 | 3,944 | 42.39% | $76.36 |
| FROZEN | $1,276,123.20 | 13,197 | 97.96% | $96.70 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,298,013.00 | 7,440 | 101.31% | $174.46 |
| HAMILTON | $3,179,856.00 | 10,758 | 101.80% | $295.58 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,530,639.50 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $117.96 |
| HILLARY AND CLINTON | $302,871.00 | 5,476 | 86.98% | $55.31 |
| INK | $397,578.00 | 4,040 | 79.28% | $98.41 |
| KING KONG | $782,914.31 | 10,876 | 78.22% | $71.99 |
| KISS ME, KATE | $778,214.60 | 7,586 | 95.02% | $102.59 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,101,176.60 | 9,850 | 100.51% | $111.79 |
| MEL BROOKS | $583,140.00 | 2,967 | 99.23% | $196.54 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $831,192.50 | 8,010 | 93.66% | $103.77 |
| OKLAHOMA! | $614,473.57 | 4,995 | 95.91% | $123.02 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $612,732.00 | 6,652 | 71.19% | $92.11 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,045,277.90 | 8,675 | 103.57% | $120.49 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $858,578.00 | 8,311 | 75.28% | $103.31 |
| THE FERRYMAN | $863,927.30 | 7,411 | 90.91% | $116.57 |
| THE LION KING | $2,422,497.00 | 13,569 | 100.01% | $178.53 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,041,449.28 | 11,728 | 91.34% | $88.80 |
| THE PROM | $700,279.22 | 7,448 | 89.09% | $94.02 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $2,018,314.00 | 11,681 | 101.75% | $172.79 |
| TOOTSIE | $1,159,155.30 | 10,350 | 80.76% | $112.00 |
| WAITRESS | $519,144.50 | 5,999 | 71.76% | $86.54 |
| WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME | $536,780.50 | 4,625 | 99.16% | $116.06 |
| WICKED | $1,992,828.00 | 15,237 | 98.89% | $130.79 |
| TOTALS | $35,987,055.01 | 296,070 | 89.70% | $118.03 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -4,298,828.81 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -10.67% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, General Manager for DTE Management. Find out more here!
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