Broadway Box Office Falls Back to Earth After Holiday Week Highlights; ‘Beetlejuice’ goes out with a bang as the industry crosses the seasonal $1 billion mark

The Broadway box office saw the expected drop last week, dropping nearly 30% (to $37,394,931) from last week’s $52 million. Attendance for the 32 shows was down around 12% (to 275,834) but remained at a solid 92% of total capacity.

The reason for the drop, of course, is the previous week’s New Year’s week numbers, including annual bonus shows and premium ticket prices (average paid admission for the week ending Jan. 8 was $135.57, compared to $165.92 for the holiday week before). .

Also note: Broadway’s gross to date has passed the $1 billion mark. Thirty-three weeks into the start of the 2022-2023 season, the Broadway box office totaled $1,003,018,654. In its most recent season, plagued by the Covid shutdown, Broadway grossed just $845,354,915 over its entire 52-week season.

Four shows played together in their final weeks bug juice crowned Dear Deceased with a sellout gross of $2,146,200, a new eight-run record at the marquee. (The musical set a new record for nine performances last week, grossing $2,462,667.) STar Alex Brightman returned to the musical for three performances this weekend after recovering from a backstage accident on December 24 that left him with a concussion.

Other shows that closed on January 8 were Almost known ($886,112, with 92% seats filled); 1776 ($361,426, 90%); and In the forest ($1,496,876, 85%).

A home record of eight appearances was also set Funny girl, which grossed $2,062,739 at the August Wilson Theatre. The revival, starring Lea Michele, previously set Wilson’s record with $2,005,696 for the week ending December 28, 2022, when it broke a 2018 record. mean girls.

One of the longest running shows The lion king was 99.8% of Minskoff capacity and earned $1,998,294, down from the holiday week’s massive record high of $4,315,264. The skim of the opera was SRO at the Majestic, with another week of astounding earnings of $2,185,286.

the music manjust before the close on January 15, it was the highest gross profit of the past week at $3,146,164.

In the season to date, Broadway has grossed $1,003,018,654 with a total admission of 7,719,509 at an approximately 87% seat load rate.

All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. The full box office list can be found on the league’s website.