Theatre aficionados have shown that the actor can make or break the production.  And last week they proved it at the box office when the big screen’s Draco Malfoy reprises his performance on stage in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”, which saw a seven-figure increase at the box office last week.  Original Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” franchise, Tom Felton joined the cast of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”.  In a week when the play put on seven performances with one heavily comped and still brought in over $2.5 million. 

Tom Felton is scheduled to be a part of the cast until May 10 of next year.

Having just opened, “Chess” is still being heavily comped and still managed to bring in nearly $2 million last week.

“Oedipus” also opened last week and nearly sold out the house.

“The Great Gatsby” saw a big increase after the return of original actor Jeremy Jordan.

There were 18 shows in the Million Dollar Club last week with the top three topping the $2 million mark and one show topping the $3 million mark.

The Million Dollar Club:
“Hamilton” – $3.5 million
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” – $2.59 million
“Wicked” – $2.39 million
“Chess”
“The Lion King”
“Mamma Mia!”
“Waiting for Godot”
“Art”
“Just in Time”
“Death Becomes Her”
“Ragtime”
“Oh, Mary!”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“The Great Gatsby”
“MJ The Musical”
“The Queen of versailles”
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“The Outsiders”

Twenty-three of the 34 shows running made it into the 90% Club last week with the top seven reaching at least 100% capacity.  “Justin in Time” holds on to the top spot with a standing room only capacity of over 103%.

The 90% Club:
“Just in Time” – 103.44%
“Hamilton” – 101.51%
“Oedipus” – 100.12%
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” – 100%
“Oh, Mary!” – 100%
“Ragtime” – 100%
“Wicked” – 100$
“Chess”
“Waiting for Godot”
“Mamma Mia!”
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“Art”
“The Lion King”
“Hadestown”
“The Outsiders”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“Death Becomes Her”
“The Great Gatsby”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“Aladdin”
“The Queen of Versailles”
“The Book of Mormon”
“Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”