Broadway Grosses w/e 01/05/2020: Great start of the year with some great endings…

While grosses took an expected 23% drop last week, many shows (22 at 97% capacity or higher) played to sold-out audiences. 

We bid farewell to seven shows last week including the long-running Waitress which went out on a high of $1,316,747.

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

 

Show Name Gross  TotalAttn  %Capacity AvgPdAdm
A CHRISTMAS CAROL $418,555.50           4,744 69.93% $88.23
A SOLDIER’S PLAY $286,010.20           4,932 97.72% $57.99
AIN’T TOO PROUD $1,507,514.00         11,022 86.00% $136.77
ALADDIN $1,807,150.60         13,622 98.60% $132.66
AMERICAN UTOPIA $1,237,143.50           6,709 99.73% $184.40
BEETLEJUICE $1,435,799.00         10,680 102.19% $134.44
CHICAGO $883,804.75           7,918 91.64% $111.62
COME FROM AWAY $1,073,381.00           8,544 102.10% $125.63
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,245,047.10           7,995 101.56% $155.73
DERREN BROWN: SECRET $661,050.00           6,005 84.43% $110.08
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME $971,364.82           5,971 97.57% $162.68
FROZEN $1,397,781.50         13,453 99.86% $103.90
GRAND HORIZONS $151,060.91           3,319 70.92% $45.51
HADESTOWN $1,451,289.00           7,447 101.40% $194.88
HAMILTON $3,194,411.00         10,757 101.56% $296.96
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $1,602,106.00         12,976 100.00% $123.47
JAGGED LITTLE PILL $1,113,294.99           8,951 99.46% $124.38
MEAN GIRLS $1,297,302.75           9,746 99.45% $133.11
MOULIN ROUGE! $2,085,753.50         10,469 100.51% $199.23
MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON $65,298.00              619 95.82% $105.49
OKLAHOMA! $521,043.80           5,025 96.49% $103.69
SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW $570,731.75           6,777 80.30% $84.22
SLAVE PLAY $541,915.80           6,017 94.85% $90.06
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,409,907.30           8,605 102.73% $163.85
THE ILLUSIONISTS – MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS $1,268,153.00         11,519 69.76% $110.09
THE INHERITANCE $409,319.50           4,935 58.86% $82.94
THE LIGHTNING THIEF $655,762.19           8,298 96.67% $79.03
THE LION KING $2,493,061.00         13,431 98.99% $185.62
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $1,375,933.82         11,167 99.39% $123.21
THE SOUND INSIDE $447,916.00           5,511 69.03% $81.28
TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL $1,588,633.00         10,381 100.34% $153.03
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,724,760.00         11,585 100.91% $148.88
TOOTSIE $955,611.30         10,827 84.48% $88.26
WAITRESS $1,316,747.00           8,444 101.00% $155.94
WEST SIDE STORY $1,730,917.00         13,920 100.00% $124.35
WICKED $2,200,110.00         15,358 99.68% $143.25
TOTALS $43,095,640.58    317,679 93.16% $129.02
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON +$5,565,367.40      
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON 14.83%  

 

Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!

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