Broadway grosses are in from last week, and The Phantom of the Opera is once again topping the list. The long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber musical pulled in a staggering $3 million last week, the highest weekly gross in the British show's entire, historic 35-year run. That achievement is made further notable because the production gave just eight performances last week. The production's previous box office record came from a nine-performance holiday week. It's also the first time the production has ever broken the $3 million mark, part of the show's victory lap as it prepares for its final chandelier crash April 16.
Attendance on Broadway also remains extremely healthy. Last week, 259,832 people saw a Broadway show, with 11 out of 29 productions playing to more-than-100% capacity. In fact, only seven productions played to less-than-90% capacity. With an average ticket price coming in at $131.33 across all 29 shows, Broadway took in a cumulative $34 million last week, a sharp increase from $28.6 million the week prior with only two additional productions.
Excluding long-running hits, Broadway's newest winners are looking to be Sweeney Todd, which brought in $1.63 million last week even as its leading man Josh Groban was sidelined from at least three performances; & Juliet, a sell-out at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, bringing in $1.27 million; and Parade, also a sell out and bringing in just over $1 million. Some Like It Hot had a particularly good week, bringing in $971,410 last week with 88% of seats filled at the Shubert. That box office is the production's second-highest since its nine-performance Christmas-New Year's week.
Take a look at the full report here.
The $1 Million Club (Shows that earned $1 million or more at the box office):
- The Phantom of the Opera ($3.03 million)
- The Lion King ($2.25 million)
- Hamilton ($2.13 million)
- Wicked ($2.04 million)
- MJ The Musical
- Sweeney Todd
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- Moulin Rouge! The Musical
- Jonas Brothers
- Aladdin
- & Juliet
- Funny Girl
- SIX: The Musical
- The Book of Mormon
- Parade
(15 of 29 currently running productions)
The 90s Club (Shows that played to 90% or higher of their seats filled over the entire week):
- Parade (101.78%)
- The Phantom of the Opera (101.71%)
- Hamilton (101.01%)
- SIX: The Musical (100.62%)
- Hadestown (100.61%)
- The Book of Mormon (100.47%)
- & Juliet (100.39%)
- Moulin Rouge! The Musical (100.39%)
- MJ The Musical (100.11%)
- Jonas Brothers (100%)
- Shucked (100%)
- Aladdin
- The Lion King
- Wicked
- A Doll's House
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- Chicago
- Kimberly Akimbo
- Sweeney Todd
- Life of Pi
- Bob Fosse's Dancin'
- Camelot
(22 of 29 currently running productions)
