The Broadway box office report came in a little late this week due to the Jewish New Year holiday of Rosh Hashanah.
Rumours of holding the report as a bargaining tactic are NOT true!
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter have found success on Broadway with “Waiting for Godot” which brought in nearly $2 million last week.
Getting started with its second decade on Broadway with a week of over $3 million to top the list in the Million Dollar Club. Filling out the top five are “the usual suspects” – “Wicked”, “The Lion King”, and “Mamma Mia!”.
“Art” had only three performances last week while the show’s stars were busy filming other projects. But having been open for less than two weeks, the show is still a large number of comped tickets.
Despite the final week of Broadway’s buy-one-get-one deals, box office receipts were higher.
Sixteen shows made it into the Million Dollar Club last week.
The Million Dollar Club:
“Hamilton” – $3.6 million
“Wicked” – $2 million
“Waiting for Godot”
“The Lion King”
“Mamma Mia!”
“Death Becomes Her”
“Just in Time”
“Oh, Mary!”
“MJ The Musical”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“The Outsiders”
“Aladdin”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
“Hell’s Kitchen”
All but five of the 28 shows running last week made it into the 90% Club with “Just in Time” continuing to top the list with a standing room only capacity of 103%. The show has sold out every performance since it debuted on Broadway. Nine of the shows had at least a 100% capacity crowd last week.
The 90% Club:
“Just in Time” – 103.7%
“Hamilton” – 101,36%
“Buena Vista Social Club – 101.18%
“Mamma Mia!” – 101.11%
“Maybe Happy Ending – 100.22%
“Art” – 100%
“Oh, Mary!” – 100%
“Waiting for Godot” – 100%
“Wicked” – 100%
“The Outsiders”
“Operation Mincemeat”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“The Lion King”
“Death Becomes Her”
“Hadestown”
“The Book of Mormon”
“Cabaret”
“MJ The Musical”
“Aladdin”
“Hell’s Kitchen”
“& Juliet”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Childl”
The Great Gatsby”