Broadway sent Billy Crystal a note last week with an asterisk Mr. Saturday night The musical grossed over $ 1 million in its last week of performances. That number – $ 1,014,614, to be exact – is a huge leap to the show’s weekly box office in recent months. About 98% of the seats at the Nederlander Theater were filled for Crystal’s farewell week.
Overall, Broadway’s box office for 21 shows rose about 8% for the week ending September 4, likely due to tourists vacationing on Labor Day and some late-night visitors hoping to see similar shows. Mr. Saturday night Before the new autumn invasion.
In total, the 21 functions raised $ 25,329,740 with an attendance of 194,473, which is a 5% increase over the previous week.
There was another particularly impressive artist. MJThe Michael Jackson musical broke the house record (for the fifth time) at the Neil Simon Theater with $ 1,762,559. The musical filled all places.
funny Girl She showed a marked improvement over the last week of Julie Benko’s performance as Fanny Brice (the revival grossed $ 659,874, an improvement of $ 86,728 from the previous week). 79% attendance is likely to be the lowest in a musical for some time – tonight Lea Michele takes on the role and the box office will undoubtedly return to the levels that production enjoyed in the first few weeks of Beanie’s shortened run. . Next week’s box office report will at least tell the story.
There were other good results last week In the woodsfilling nearly 99% of the seats and grossing a whopping $ 1,867,862. music manWith Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, he continued his weekly cashout of $ 2,863,653.
Next week’s box office report won’t just cover the first week funny Girl’It was from Leah, but some preliminary results from this year’s Broadway Week promo (September 6-25).
The season to date, Broadway has grossed $ 429,184,607, with a total stake of 3,324,893 approximately 86% of the capacity.
There were 21 productions reported on Broadway last week. Aladdin, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Chicago, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Funny Girl, Hadestown, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Curse, Into the Woods, Predator, The Lion King, MJ, Moulin Rouge! , Mr. Saturday Night, The Music Man, Phantom of the Opera, Six, The Strange Loop Y Evil
All data courtesy of The Broadway League.
Source: Deadline
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