Lea Michele brings ‘Funny Girl’ to $ 1.6 million at the first week’s box office, setting the show’s record

Even with a reduced schedule from Covid, protagonist Lea Michele funny Girl Last week was serious business, with the music revival doubling the box office from the previous week.

For the week ending 9/11, Michelle’s first week as Fanny Brice, funny Girl grossed $ 1,639,212, a dramatic increase from the prior week’s $ 659,874 and also a significant improvement from the Beanie Feldstein star’s first-week high average of $ 1.3 million last spring.

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Next week’s earnings report should take into account another aspect of Michel’s box office impact: he pulled out of a show this week after testing positive for covid. opening on Tuesday, then I did the Wednesday matinees and late night shows and again on Fridays; Julie Benko takes over the role on Thursdays, replacing the three weekend shows Michele missed). Deadline has learned that there has been a significant number of ticket exchanges this past weekend.

However, even with Michele’s reduced performance schedule, funny Girl it filled 96% of its seats during the week, up from 70-80% in recent weeks.

Indeed, funny Girl it was one of the few Broadway shows that didn’t get much publicity over Labor Day weekend last week. The 19 shows on the bill totaled $ 20,638,554, down 19% from the previous week of the tour. The drop in takings also reflects a slightly weaker list: 19 shows up from last week’s 21, and one missing one was a big moneymaker. music manOn a scheduled hiatus, when star Hugh Jackman does a film festival with Florian Zeller. son. (Another now defunct show was Billy Crystal Mr. Saturday night.)

for producers music man announced today that the show will end on January 1 with Jackman’s departure.

Other shows that went well last week were some behind closed door shows: come from afarwhich closes on October 2, filled 99% of the seats for $ 781,173. Dear Evan HansenClosed on September 18, it was a sale, which raised $ 1,050,167.

There were other higher revenue in the $ 1 million + range Aladdin, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Curse, MJ, Moulin Rouge, Sei, The Lion King Y demon in the forest, The replacement star now grossed $ 1,044,801, a significant drop from $ 1.8 million the previous week.

An important activity will appear on the list in the coming weeks: the advances will begin only in September Cost of Living, Leopoldstadt, 1776, Death of a Salesman, Piano Lesson Y favorite / loser, More coming this fall.

So far, Broadway has raised $ 449,823,161, about 86% of the total attendance capacity of 3,501,670.

There were 19 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, The Lover, The Lion King, MJ, Moulin Rouge! , The phantom of the opera, Sei, The strange cycle Y Evil

All data courtesy of The Broadway League.