Broadway Grosses w/e 3/1/2020: Falling Slowly
Broadway slid 11% last week due in large part to the Kid’s Night on Broadway promo. Attendance was down 3% despite two new musicals starting previews.
At first glance, the numbers this week look eye popping, and given everything going on in the news affecting domestic and international travel and tourism, but the year over year comparison (KNOB played the same week in 2019) is only down 4% which can mostly be attributed to three fewer shows playing.
You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League:
| Show Name | Gross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A SOLDIER’S PLAY | $470,330.90 | 5,424 | 94.04% | $86.71 |
| AIN’T TOO PROUD | $1,015,750.01 | 9,364 | 82.20% | $108.47 |
| ALADDIN | $1,092,062.60 | 13,290 | 96.19% | $82.17 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $1,077,911.60 | 11,373 | 95.22% | $94.78 |
| CHICAGO | $546,842.00 | 6,537 | 75.66% | $83.65 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $804,635.60 | 8,418 | 100.60% | $95.59 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $965,733.10 | 7,638 | 97.03% | $126.44 |
| FROZEN | $925,094.10 | 12,323 | 91.47% | $75.07 |
| GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY | $503,694.00 | 6,156 | 77.10% | $81.82 |
| GRAND HORIZONS | $305,196.90 | 4,299 | 91.86% | $70.99 |
| HADESTOWN | $1,016,674.75 | 7,389 | 100.61% | $137.59 |
| HAMILTON | $2,696,189.00 | 10,756 | 101.55% | $250.67 |
| HANGMEN | $139,321.40 | 1,542 | 96.13% | $90.35 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $838,927.00 | 12,863 | 99.13% | $65.22 |
| JAGGED LITTLE PILL | $845,495.80 | 8,326 | 92.51% | $101.55 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $778,089.15 | 8,873 | 90.54% | $87.69 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $1,571,113.75 | 10,416 | 100.00% | $150.84 |
| MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON | $568,736.10 | 4,443 | 98.25% | $128.01 |
| SIX | $896,885.00 | 8,066 | 97.79% | $111.19 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $896,999.50 | 7,960 | 95.03% | $112.69 |
| THE INHERITANCE | $409,086.00 | 5,328 | 63.55% | $76.78 |
| THE LION KING | $1,414,593.50 | 12,391 | 91.33% | $114.16 |
| THE MINUTES | $437,237.20 | 6,270 | 73.32% | $69.73 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $639,215.93 | 8,856 | 68.97% | $72.18 |
| TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL | $1,320,766.00 | 10,004 | 84.61% | $132.02 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,132,278.54 | 9,811 | 97.67% | $115.41 |
| WEST SIDE STORY | $1,598,947.32 | 13,920 | 100.00% | $114.87 |
| WICKED | $1,202,089.50 | 12,479 | 86.32% | $96.33 |
| TOTALS | $26,109,896.25 | 244,515 | 90.67% | $104.75 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -$1,049,375.20 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | -3.86% |
Today’s blog was guest-written by Ryan Conway, President of Architect Theatrical. Find out more here!
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