Broadway began its march into the lucrative holiday season at a steady pace last week, with its 28 shows grossing a total of $29,163,440 in the week ending Nov. 12. This is about 10% more than the previous week, but about the same percentage as the previous week. year at this point.
Last year’s gross at this point in the fall — $32,314,920 for 34 shows — was closer to pre-Covid levels: for the week ending November 11, 2018, there were Broadway grosses of $36,501,888, while the week ending ended on 10 November 2019, was. $35,399,366. In 2021, when Broadway returned after its more than year-long shutdown, the comparable take for the week of November was $25,565,641.
The better news is that most of the shows currently on the shelves are doing fairly well, with only six of the 28 shows attracting viewers at less than 90% (A Beautiful Sound, Chicago, Melissa Etheridge: My Window, Purlie Victorious, Some Like It Hot And The shark is broken).
Twelve of the 28 shows earned more than $1 million this week: & Julia ($1,107,122); Aladdin ($1,188,415); Back to the Future ($1,299,452); Gutenberg! The musical ($1,031,617); Hamilton ($1,941,374); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ($1,241,808); We roll happily together ($1,865,831); MJ ($1,556,037); Moulin Rouge! ($1,269,624); Sweeney Todd ($1,770,126); The lion king ($1,990,894); And Bad ($1,864,500). Six was almost there at $999,517.
The We roll happily together The $1,865,831 gross was another Hudson Theater house record, with the musical starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez also topping the list in average ticket price: $241.44 (the average ticket price for all 28 performances).
Two shows were previewed last week: harmony, which opened last night, filled about 92% of the Barrymore’s seats and earned $643,894; And Lots of spam, at 91% capacity for seven previews at St. James, who earns $753,230. The numbers for both shows were undoubtedly influenced by heavily compressed press appearances. Lots of spam opens November 16.
To date, Broadway has grossed $708,085,316 with a total attendance of 5,808,985.
All figures courtesy of the Broadway League. Visit the league’s website for a complete box office overview.
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