Broadway Grosses w/e 10/6/2019: Gray skies are gonna clear up

There was barely a change in grosses last week as the fall season chugged along. With no new shows on the boards, overall grosses ticked up by just 1% to $30,098,714. American Utopia had a strong start with three previews grossing $395,604 at the Hudson Theatre. An average ticket of $142 put it right behind The Lion King as the sixth-highest.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:

Show Name GrossGross  TotalAttn  %Capacity AvgPdAdm
AIN’T TOO PROUD $1,498,490.80         10,926 95.91% $137.15
ALADDIN $1,203,519.40           13,314 96.37% $90.40
AMERICAN UTOPIA $395,604.00             2,788 98.97% $141.90
BEAUTIFUL $905,609.60             8,064 98.25% $112.30
BEETLEJUICE $925,658.32           10,361 86.75% $89.34
BETRAYAL $688,901.25             6,116 73.79% $112.64
CHICAGO $620,207.40             7,253 83.95% $85.51
COME FROM AWAY $945,635.80             8,445 100.92% $111.98
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $991,113.59             7,686 97.64% $128.95
DERREN BROWN: SECRET $303,287.50             4,978 69.99% $60.93
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME $637,560.95             6,016 98.30% $105.98
FROZEN $967,974.10           11,934 88.58% $81.11
HADESTOWN $1,363,952.00             7,410 100.90% $184.07
HAMILTON $2,992,845.00           10,752 101.51% $278.35
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $1,001,338.50           12,976 100.00% $77.17
LINDA VISTA $166,400.06             3,727 79.64% $44.65
MEAN GIRLS $761,531.40             8,606 87.82% $88.49
MOULIN ROUGE! $2,176,909.50           10,494 100.75% $207.44
OKLAHOMA! $411,667.96             4,333 83.20% $95.01
SLAVE PLAY $352,872.50             5,991 94.44% $58.90
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,025,261.25             8,204 97.95% $124.97
THE GREAT SOCIETY $382,784.50             5,675 66.92% $67.45
THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM $326,052.00             3,838 74.61% $84.95
THE INHERITANCE $271,487.64             4,059 76.73% $66.89
THE LIGHTNING THIEF $219,484.00             4,103 47.80% $53.49
THE LION KING $1,949,218.00           13,296 98.00% $146.60
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $926,380.80           10,488 81.68% $88.33
THE ROSE TATTOO $428,035.70             5,219 90.48% $82.01
THE SOUND INSIDE $412,475.00             5,337 66.85% $77.29
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $2,130,636.00           11,655 101.52% $182.81
TOOTSIE $796,591.00             8,875 69.25% $89.76
WAITRESS $611,357.90             6,823 81.61% $89.60
WICKED $1,307,871.00           12,051 83.36% $108.53
TOTALS $30,098,714.42              261,793 87.10% $107.73
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON -3,282,396.50      
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON -9.83%

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

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