Broadway box office held pretty regular because the industry settled right into a post-Memorial Day summer season, with most productions reporting some slippage from the vacation site visitors highs.
In all, the 35 productions grossed $33,662,845 for the week ending June 2, down about 5% from the earlier week (however up 8% over final 12 months at this time). Total paid attendance was 280,253, down 2% from the earlier week (however up 7% 12 months over 12 months). About 86% of all seats have been crammed.
The week’s sole newcomer was Ben Platt: Live At The Palace, the live performance residency on the legendary, now renovated and reopened, venue. For his first six performances (no previews, no critics invited to evaluation), Platt grossed $650,306, reflecting attendance at about 87% of obtainable seats on the Palace (the share has been revised from an preliminary report).
Elsewhere on Broadway, a pair reveals noticed some box office slips as high-profile solid members have been away. Merrily We Roll Along, with Daniel Radcliffe lacking 5 of the eight performances attributable to pre-planned time off, was down $464,004 to a still-sturdy sell-out gross of $1,148,603.
At Uncle Vanya, Steve Carell additionally was out sick for 5 reveals, with the manufacturing taking a extra noticeable hit than Merrily: Attendance was down from the earlier week’s 95% of capability to 74%, with grosses dropping $268,341 to $734,380.
Mother Play, which canceled a Wednesday matinee efficiency attributable to an sickness within the firm, was at $528,216, with attendance at 91% for the seven reveals.
In its second week of previews on the Todd Haimes Theatre, the non-prof Roundabout’s revival of the late Samm-Art Williams‘ Home crammed about 74% of obtainable seats, grossing $116,448. Opening night time is June 5.
The high earner of the week was the ever-reliable The Lion King, taking in $2,084,039. Other productions grossing $1 million or extra have been Aladdin, An Enemy of the People, Cabaret on the Kit Kat Club, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Hell’s Kitchen, Merrily We Roll Along, MJ, The Great Gatsby, The Outsiders, The Wiz and Wicked. Shows promoting out have been An Enemy of the People, Hell’s Kitchen, Merrily We Roll Along and The Outsiders, with Cabaret on the Kit Kat Club, Stereophonic and Wicked every at 99% of capability.
At the opposite finish of the attendance spectrum, reveals beneath 60% of capability have been: Patriots and The Heart of Rock and Roll, each at 58% of capability.
Season thus far, Broadway, within the second week of the brand new season, has grossed $68,958,251, with whole attendance at 567,499.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For full box office listings, go to the League’s website.
Content Source: deadline.com