Industry profits are also rising guide, Shmegadon And more began previews last week, and Harry Potter Tom Felton extended in the fall.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child It has been at the top of the box office charts for weeks, thanks to the casting of Tom Felton, who stars in the film series, and it looks set to continue, as the production announced on Tuesday that Felton will continue in the role until November 1.
The lion king It took first place in grosses last week, with $2.82 million but across nine shows, it’s next Harry Potter and the Cursed Child With $2.8 million, which played the typical round of eight, Hamilton In the amount of 2.6 million dollars, evil In the amount of $2.1 million and Aladdin In the amount of $1.8 million.
Several other shows saw the impact of star power last week, e.g Chess It saw its gross halve, falling to $585,803 from $1.1 million, as Lea Michele missed seven of the week’s shows due to a scheduled vacation. Just in time It’s down more than $1.1 million from last week, when ticket prices rose due to Jonathan Groff’s final week on the show. The musical also played seven performances, with Matthew Morrison in the lead, instead of eight, leading to a total of $745,152 at 99 percent capacity.
Overall, Broadway revenues rose 12 percent year over year and attendance rose 4 percent as the four new shows were added to the lineup, and nine shows are in mid-previews.
Among these, guidestarring Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle, had a strong start, grossing $726,603 across its first five previews at the Booth Theater and running at 100 percent capacity with an average ticket price of $188. Shmegadonan adaptation of the Apple+ series, also ran 100 percent in its first preview at Nederlander Theater and grossed $169,191 across a single showing. and Joe Turner come and gostarring Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer, brought in just under $1 million in its first eight showings at the Barrymore Theater, but capacity was 84 percent smaller.
