Broadway recovered from its July 4 slump with overall industry-wide revenues up 12 percent last week over the previous week and attendance up 5.4 percent.
Hamilton topped the pack with $2.1 million, followed by Death of a salesman With $2.09 million (highest gross to date, bringing in over seven shows), The lion king In the amount of 1.9 million dollars, MJ In the amount of $1.7 million Harry Potter and the Cursed Child In the amount of 1.6 million dollars.
Cats: Jellicle Ball It also had gains at the box office over the previous week, with grosses rising $75,000 to $766,808, but capacity fell to 82 percent from 87 percent. The average ticket price rose to $100 from $85. This comes as the musical revival announced an early closure on August 8. Ragtime musicwhich won the Best Revival of a Musical Tony, saw its gross jump to $1.5 million and capacity remain around 100 percent with an average ticket price of $184.
Other new shows also raised their numbers with new musicals Lost Boysbrought in $1.4 million and played at 93 percent capacity Shmegadon! It brought in just over $1 million, playing at 97 percent capacity.
Totals for Everything is great Last week it stumbled from the highs of Mariska Hargitay’s final week on Broadway. The play, which now stars Tracee Ellis Ross, has grossed $485,981 after making $1.1 million the previous week, and has a 91 percent run.
Last week also saw the planned closure dog day afternoon, Starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, it struggled at the box office after opening in March to mixed and negative reviews. The play saw a boom in its final week, jumping more than $350,000 to $861,712, with capacity also increasing to 89 percent from 73 percent the week before.
