Broadway Grosses w/e 7/28/2019: Let’s Go to the Movies
Last week overall grosses were nearly steady at $33.8M. Strong summer attendance and last chances to see several productions closing in August are keeping the box office even.
Movies are king this week on Broadway, with The Lion King reaching $2.77M for nine performances. Disney’s movie bump is also felt by Aladdin, which continues to best its year over year numbers. And a new movie-turned-musical, Moulin Rouge!, officially opened last week and I have a feeling it has some major numbers in store for us. Watch this space to find out.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $1,526,426.60 | 11,366 | 99.77% | $134.30 |
| ALADDIN | $1,621,511.00 | 13,359 | 96.69% | $121.38 |
| BARRY MANILOW | $555,441.00 | 3,374 | 74.78% | $164.62 |
| BE MORE CHILL | $561,392.85 | 6,142 | 86.17% | $91.40 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $519,930.80 | 6,053 | 73.75% | $85.90 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $1,048,493.05 | 11,326 | 94.83% | $92.57 |
| CHICAGO | $665,236.20 | 7,796 | 90.23% | $85.33 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $901,618.52 | 8,529 | 101.92% | $105.71 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,235,847.54 | 7,995 | 101.56% | $154.58 |
| FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE | $352,134.50 | 6,488 | 69.73% | $54.27 |
| FROZEN | $1,311,470.00 | 12,793 | 94.96% | $102.51 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,344,592.50 | 7,445 | 101.38% | $180.60 |
| HAMILTON | $3,068,812.00 | 10,758 | 101.80% | $285.26 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,422,375.00 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $109.62 |
| KING KONG | $775,856.25 | 11,134 | 80.08% | $69.68 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $1,068,058.40 | 9,885 | 100.87% | $108.05 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $1,747,335.50 | 10,431 | 100.14% | $167.51 |
| OKLAHOMA! | $559,928.50 | 4,905 | 94.18% | $114.15 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $662,832.50 | 7,510 | 80.37% | $88.26 |
| SEA WALL/A LIFE | $258,304.00 | 1,936 | 100.00% | $133.42 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,095,314.00 | 8,615 | 102.85% | $127.14 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $799,337.50 | 8,676 | 78.59% | $92.13 |
| THE LION KING | $2,770,947.00 | 14,760 | 96.70% | $187.73 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,108,077.68 | 12,255 | 95.44% | $90.42 |
| THE PROM | $735,823.27 | 7,830 | 93.66% | $93.97 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $2,000,537.48 | 11,683 | 101.77% | $171.23 |
| TOOTSIE | $887,369.50 | 9,456 | 73.78% | $93.84 |
| WAITRESS | $602,372.00 | 6,692 | 80.05% | $90.01 |
| WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME | $540,911.30 | 4,651 | 99.72% | $116.30 |
| WICKED | $2,076,615.00 | 16,334 | 97.58% | $127.13 |
| TOTALS | $33,824,901.44 | 273,153 | 92.11% | $121.30 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -$5,808,383.81 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -14.66% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!
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