Broadway Grosses w/e 1/14/2018: Didn’t we just have one of these?
A holiday weekend? Already?
It’s true, my friends. This past weekend was our first three day weekend of the year, and it helped keep this string of successful weeks going.
And not only did we keep the New Year’s Eve ball in the air, this past week jumped 27% over last year. If to start off the year with some big-time numbers was Broadway’s resolution . . . well, done and done.
Grosses were buoyed by Charlie’s final week on Broadway as well as the usual suspects (Bruce, Bette, and Hamil-you-know-who). But I continue to be impressed by the middle of the market, which in previous years has been unable to keep its head above water. But so many shows that may not have received the initial accolades one has historically needed to survive are all putting up numbers well above their breakevens.
It’s a trickle-down effect, and on Broadway, it seems to be working.
Here are this past week’s grosses:
| Show Name | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Capacity | AvgPdAdm |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | $830,343.90 | 7,958 | 95.28% | $104.34 |
| ALADDIN | $1,450,456.00 | 13,776 | 99.71% | $105.29 |
| ANASTASIA | $1,016,708.80 | 9,020 | 98.64% | $112.72 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $772,540.34 | 6,878 | 83.80% | $112.32 |
| CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY | $1,234,418.50 | 10,953 | 91.52% | $112.70 |
| CHICAGO | $655,713.11 | 7,694 | 89.05% | $85.22 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $1,296,339.00 | 8,533 | 101.97% | $151.92 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,741,089.66 | 7,993 | 101.54% | $217.83 |
| FARINELLI AND THE KING | $867,899.56 | 8,233 | 97.92% | $105.42 |
| HAMILTON | $3,105,160.00 | 10,759 | 101.81% | $288.61 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,436,207.84 | 10,289 | 101.65% | $236.78 |
| JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART | $307,280.40 | 5,614 | 94.83% | $54.73 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $825,292.10 | 9,026 | 79.23% | $91.43 |
| LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS | $525,021.50 | 5,739 | 81.66% | $91.48 |
| METEOR SHOWER | $935,524.66 | 6,318 | 102.03% | $148.07 |
| MISS SAIGON | $1,143,668.95 | 11,571 | 83.27% | $98.84 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $610,829.80 | 5,495 | 98.69% | $111.16 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $822,716.51 | 8,969 | 73.61% | $91.73 |
| SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS | $880,317.50 | 10,986 | 85.30% | $80.13 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $2,411,150.00 | 4,740 | 100.00% | $508.68 |
| THE BAND’S VISIT | $1,125,016.00 | 8,312 | 100.00% | $135.35 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,276,483.50 | 8,682 | 101.81% | $147.03 |
| THE CHILDREN | $282,652.10 | 4,381 | 84.25% | $64.52 |
| THE LION KING | $1,941,493.00 | 13,561 | 99.95% | $143.17 |
| THE PARISIAN WOMAN | $462,636.50 | 6,474 | 82.83% | $71.46 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $862,596.14 | 9,867 | 76.85% | $87.42 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $418,670.00 | 5,435 | 79.55% | $77.03 |
| WAITRESS | $1,063,743.90 | 8,039 | 96.16% | $132.32 |
| WICKED | $1,646,233.00 | 13,743 | 95.07% | $119.79 |
| TOTALS: | $32,948,202.27 | 249,038 | 92.34% | $134.05 |
| +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | +$7,076,153.56 | |||
| PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON | + 27.35% |
*Broadway Grosses courtesy of The Broadway League.
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