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Broadway Grosses w/e 01/19/2020: Oh, Not A Beautiful Mornin’

Last week grosses dipped slightly by 3% to $30M. The holiday weekend did not bring the typical attendance boost, which actually dropped by 4%.

Two productions played their final performances last week. Both Oklahoma! and Slave Play played to full houses for their final bows.

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

Show Name	Gross	TotalAttn	%Capacity	Avg.PdAdm
A SOLDIER’S PLAY	$320,552.50	5,472	94.87%	$58.58
AIN’T TOO PROUD	$1,359,169.30	10,780	94.63%	$126.08
ALADDIN	$1,147,278.40	13,022	94.25%	$88.10
AMERICAN UTOPIA	$1,137,504.00	5,766	100.00%	$197.28
BEETLEJUICE	$1,357,341.20	11,711	98.05%	$115.90
CHICAGO	$653,891.30	7,186	83.17%	$91.00
COME FROM AWAY	$901,336.70	8,494	101.51%	$106.11
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	$1,059,025.14	7,918	100.58%	$133.75
FROZEN	$1,050,845.00	12,219	90.70%	$86.00
GRAND HORIZONS	$215,800.68	3,722	79.53%	$57.98
HADESTOWN	$1,254,171.50	7,445	101.38%	$168.46
HAMILTON	$2,724,599.00	10,758	101.57%	$253.26
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO	$1,177,060.00	12,976	100.00%	$90.71
JAGGED LITTLE PILL	$1,089,725.30	9,032	100.36%	$120.65
MEAN GIRLS	$971,684.50	9,349	95.40%	$103.93
MOULIN ROUGE!	$1,780,175.50	10,419	100.03%	$170.86
MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON	$408,244.80	4,462	98.67%	$91.49
OKLAHOMA!	$672,071.30	5,389	103.48%	$124.71
SLAVE PLAY	$775,716.20	6,332	99.81%	$122.51
THE BOOK OF MORMON	$1,151,435.25	8,358	99.79%	$137.76
THE INHERITANCE	$482,254.04	5,386	64.24%	$89.54
THE LION KING	$1,687,677.00	12,804	94.37%	$131.81
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA	$881,005.32	9,872	76.88%	$89.24
TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL	$1,643,762.00	11,752	99.39%	$139.87
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	$1,637,162.00	11,596	101.01%	$141.18
WEST SIDE STORY	$1,430,906.00	12,180	100.00%	$117.48
WICKED	$1,472,994.00	13,605	94.11%	$108.27
TOTALS	$30,443,387.93	248,005	95.10%	$120.83
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON	-$1,255,801.84
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON	-3.962%

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

January 22, 2020 Broadway Grosses, Musicals, Shows, Plays, Producing, On The Blog No comments yet

Broadway Grosses w/e 01/12/2020: Broadway still in hibernation

While the weather was trying to tell us otherwise last weekend, it’s certainly still January on Broadway. Grosses fell a steep 28% last week to $31M.

Much of the drop was a result of several shows closing last week. But with 19 shows dropping six figures off their weekly gross, the rest of the winter looks grim. When’s spring break again?

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

Show Name	Gross	TotalAttn	%Capacity	AvgPdAdm
A SOLDIER’S PLAY	$305,205.00	4,901	84.97%	$62.27
AIN’T TOO PROUD	$1,266,884.40	10,168	89.26%	$124.60
ALADDIN	$1,159,820.60	13,230	95.76%	$87.67
AMERICAN UTOPIA	$1,106,070.00	5,764	99.97%	$191.89
BEETLEJUICE	$1,243,994.07	12,110	101.39%	$102.72
CHICAGO	$647,410.10	7,262	84.05%	$89.15
COME FROM AWAY	$923,883.60	8,505	101.64%	$108.63
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	$1,106,753.20	7,993	101.54%	$138.47
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME	$1,062,219.00	6,218	101.60%	$170.83
FROZEN	$1,052,392.50	12,850	95.38%	$81.90
GRAND HORIZONS	$213,547.32	3,473	74.21%	$61.49
HADESTOWN	$1,175,197.00	7,445	101.38%	$157.85
HAMILTON	$2,763,874.00	10,755	101.54%	$256.99
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO	$1,153,186.00	12,976	100.00%	$88.87
JAGGED LITTLE PILL	$1,062,058.00	9,092	101.02%	$116.81
MEAN GIRLS	$890,812.60	9,292	94.82%	$95.87
MOULIN ROUGE!	$1,859,181.00	10,451	100.34%	$177.90
MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON	$478,414.40	4,365	96.53%	$109.60
OKLAHOMA!	$555,451.10	5,145	98.79%	$107.96
SLAVE PLAY	$588,514.10	6,178	97.38%	$95.26
THE BOOK OF MORMON	$1,097,362.50	8,332	99.47%	$131.70
THE INHERITANCE	$501,028.50	5,380	64.17%	$93.13
THE LION KING	$1,610,115.00	12,756	94.02%	$126.22
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA	$801,986.02	9,112	70.97%	$88.01
THE SOUND INSIDE	$630,651.00	6,671	83.55%	$94.54
TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL	$1,572,756.00	11,679	98.77%	$134.67
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	$1,516,362.14	11,531	100.44%	$131.50
WEST SIDE STORY	$1,443,410.34	12,180	100.00%	$118.51
WICKED	$1,337,825.00	13,287	91.91%	$100.69
TOTALS	$31,126,364.49	259,101	93.96%	$118.82
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON	+ $592,219.42
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON	+ 1.94%

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

January 14, 2020 Broadway, Broadway Grosses, Producing, On The Blog No comments yet

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!

January 7, 2020 Broadway, Broadway Grosses, Producing, On The Blog No comments yet

Broadway Grosses w/e 12/15/2019: Something’s coming, something good . . .

Last week, new arrivals kept the overall box office steady at $38M. New to the boards was West Side Story which grossed $1.25M for 6 performances. In its second week of performances, Harry Connick, Jr. – A Celebration of Cole Porter grossed $1.32M for 8 performances.

Beetlejuice, which announced last week that a premature closing was coming in 2020, was SRO at the Winter Garden.

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

Show Name	Gross	TotalAttn	%Capacity	AvgPdAdm
A CHRISTMAS CAROL	$822,983.07	6,619	97.57%	$124.34
AIN’T TOO PROUD	$1,671,950.91	11,200	98.31%	$149.28
ALADDIN	$1,372,694.20	13,020	94.24%	$105.43
AMERICAN UTOPIA	$1,037,759.25	5,756	99.83%	$180.29
BEETLEJUICE	$1,182,899.14	11,666	97.67%	$101.40
CHICAGO	$635,283.70	7,207	83.41%	$88.15
COME FROM AWAY	$1,071,077.91	8,506	101.65%	$125.92
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	$1,106,852.76	7,968	101.22%	$138.91
DERREN BROWN: SECRET	$434,617.00	4,549	63.96%	$95.54
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME	$695,317.00	5,405	88.32%	$128.64
FROZEN	$1,169,837.70	12,947	96.10%	$90.36
HADESTOWN	$1,382,018.00	7,426	101.12%	$186.11
HAMILTON	$2,769,865.00	10,734	101.34%	$258.05
HARRY CONNICK, JR. – A CELEBRATION OF COLE PORTER	$1,332,596.00	8,996	93.71%	$148.13
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO	$1,112,146.00	12,976	100.00%	$85.71
JAGGED LITTLE PILL	$1,096,220.10	8,906	98.96%	$123.09
MEAN GIRLS	$1,038,345.00	9,397	95.89%	$110.50
MOULIN ROUGE!	$2,317,655.50	10,477	100.59%	$221.21
OKLAHOMA!	$455,741.60	4,714	90.51%	$96.68
SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW	$466,930.50	5,431	64.35%	$85.98
SLAVE PLAY	$472,866.73	5,871	92.54%	$80.54
THE BOOK OF MORMON	$1,232,837.00	8,467	101.09%	$145.60
THE ILLUSIONISTS – MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS	$801,146.60	8,726	79.27%	$91.81
THE INHERITANCE	$560,854.76	5,117	61.03%	$109.61
THE LIGHTNING THIEF	$288,226.10	5,025	58.54%	$57.36
THE LION KING	$2,084,320.00	12,816	94.46%	$162.63
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA	$969,099.70	10,045	78.23%	$96.48
THE SOUND INSIDE	$500,060.00	5,405	67.70%	$92.52
TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL	$1,666,857.00	11,903	100.67%	$140.04
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	$1,874,481.08	11,529	100.43%	$162.59
TOOTSIE	$1,012,247.80	10,412	81.24%	$97.22
WAITRESS	$956,704.70	8,118	97.11%	$117.85
WEST SIDE STORY	$1,254,440.00	10,440	100.00%	$120.16
WICKED	$2,022,209.00	15,098	97.99%	$133.94
TOTALS	$38,869,140.81	302,872	90.56%	$125.06
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON	-$996,328.51
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON	-2.50%

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

December 17, 2019 Broadway Grosses, Broadway, Producing, On The Blog No comments yet

Broadway Grosses w/e 12/8/2019: Ain’t Too Proud Heats Up the Box Office

Most shows saw six-figure drops last weeks as the overall box office dipped by 8%. Bucking the trend, however, was Ain’t Too Proud who managed a $113k increase which was a box office record at the Imperial.

Several shows heading into final weeks managed to stay steady and Tootsie capitalized on its closing weeks by jumping $217k.

You can find the rest of the figures below, courtesy of The Broadway League (Updated 12/10/2019):

Show Name	GrossGross	TotalAttn	%Capacity	AvgPdAdm
A CHRISTMAS CAROL	$757,702.00	6,164	90.86%	$122.92
AIN’T TOO PROUD	$1,710,068.13	11,089	97.34%	$154.21
ALADDIN	$1,498,387.90	13,423	97.16%	$111.63
AMERICAN UTOPIA	$1,027,468.00	5,736	99.48%	$179.13
BEETLEJUICE	$1,076,499.80	10,923	91.45%	$98.55
BETRAYAL	$826,146.96	7,563	91.25%	$109.24
CHICAGO	$681,200.45	7,520	87.04%	$90.59
COME FROM AWAY	$1,072,443.00	8,464	101.15%	$126.71
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	$1,037,684.74	7,791	98.97%	$133.19
DERREN BROWN: SECRET	$447,257.00	4,589	64.52%	$97.46
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME	$695,296.50	5,229	85.44%	$132.97
FROZEN	$1,196,465.50	13,354	99.12%	$89.60
HADESTOWN	$1,404,856.75	7,419	101.02%	$189.36
HAMILTON	$3,060,685.00	10,757	101.56%	$284.53
HARRY CONNICK, JR. – A CELEBRATION OF COLE PORTER	$441,241.00	2,262	94.25%	$195.07
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO	$1,059,050.00	12,976	100.00%	$81.62
JAGGED LITTLE PILL	$998,474.90	8,793	97.70%	$113.55
MEAN GIRLS	$1,039,046.00	9,197	93.85%	$112.98
MOULIN ROUGE!	$2,335,549.50	10,482	100.63%	$222.82
OKLAHOMA!	$505,272.30	4,724	90.71%	$106.96
SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW	$449,561.50	5,541	65.65%	$81.13
SLAVE PLAY	$402,862.00	5,119	80.69%	$78.70
THE BOOK OF MORMON	$1,196,792.00	8,426	100.60%	$142.04
THE ILLUSIONISTS – MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS	$753,648.90	8,734	79.34%	$86.29
THE INHERITANCE	$623,654.00	5,463	65.16%	$114.16
THE LIGHTNING THIEF	$296,008.64	4,923	57.35%	$60.13
THE LION KING	$2,180,133.00	12,635	93.12%	$172.55
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA	$959,340.34	10,216	79.56%	$93.91
THE ROSE TATTOO	$547,689.90	5,499	95.34%	$99.60
THE SOUND INSIDE	$537,392.50	5,665	70.95%	$94.86
TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL	$1,654,353.00	11,917	100.79%	$138.82
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	$1,937,216.00	11,567	100.76%	$167.48
TOOTSIE	$1,094,774.80	10,223	79.77%	$107.09
WAITRESS	$884,132.20	7,580	90.67%	$116.64
WICKED	$1,929,278.00	14,522	97.25%	$132.85
TOTALS	$38,317,632.21	296,485	89.73%	$126.84
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON	-$1,831,938.07
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON	-4.56%

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

December 10, 2019 Broadway, Broadway Grosses, Producing, On The Blog No comments yet

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