Broadway Grosses w/e 9/1/2019: Moulin Rouge! is taking over the box office!
1Broadway Grosses w/e 09/01/2019:
Last week, overall grosses were up only slightly (2.4%) from the holiday weekend. Twenty-three productions total, down one without What the Constitution Means to Me, brought in $28.6M.
Continuing to shine at the Al Hirschfeld is Moulin Rouge!, breaking $2.1M with their average ticket price of $203.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $1,571,125.92 | 11,381 | 99.90% | $138.05 |
| ALADDIN | $1,395,266.70 | 13,290 | 96.19% | $104.99 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $710,397.86 | 7,920 | 96.49% | $89.70 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $1,001,783.00 | 11,006 | 92.15% | $91.02 |
| BETRAYAL | $626,942.74 | 7,199 | 86.86% | $87.09 |
| CHICAGO | $645,851.05 | 7,706 | 89.19% | $83.81 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $955,517.35 | 8,531 | 101.95% | $112.01 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,173,711.05 | 8,000 | 101.63% | $146.71 |
| FROZEN | $1,104,631.50 | 12,837 | 95.29% | $86.05 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,350,502.00 | 7,444 | 101.36% | $181.42 |
| HAMILTON | $3,014,212.00 | 10,759 | 101.81% | $280.16 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,306,469.50 | 12,976 | 100.00% | $100.68 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $934,014.25 | 9,721 | 99.19% | $96.08 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,136,924.50 | 10,504 | 100.84% | $203.44 |
| OKLAHOMA! | $529,035.80 | 4,885 | 93.80% | $108.30 |
| SEA WALL/A LIFE | $660,312.00 | 7,469 | 95.95% | $88.41 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,126,495.25 | 8,608 | 102.77% | $130.87 |
| THE LION KING | $2,036,582.00 | 12,596 | 92.84% | $161.68 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,007,639.10 | 11,348 | 88.38% | $88.79 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,972,702.27 | 11,688 | 101.81% | $168.78 |
| TOOTSIE | $918,349.90 | 10,246 | 79.95% | $89.63 |
| WAITRESS | $963,408.00 | 8,436 | 100.91% | $114.20 |
| WICKED | $1,511,003.00 | 13,018 | 90.05% | $116.07 |
| TOTALS | $28,652,876.74 | 227,568 | 96.06% | $124.69 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -3,436,650.83 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -10.71% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!
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