After the departure of Lesli Odom Jr from “Hamilton”, the show remains in the top five, it has dropped at the box office; but still brought in over $2.
There is a new leader at the top in one of its biggest box office weeks in Broadway history with “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” with nearly $3 million. The return of original Draco Malfoy – Tom Felton – has also brought a big boost to the show.
The week after Thanksgiving, it was no surprise that the overall box office draw was down; but still draw in over $42 million.
A total of 21 of the 34 shows running made it into the Million Dollar Club last week.
Million Dollar Club:
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” – $2.94 million
“Hamilton” – $2.75 million
“Wicked” – $2.7 million
“The Lion King” – $2.4 million
“Chess”
“Mamma Mia!”
“Art”
“Death Becomes Her”
“MJ The Musical”
“Just in Time”
“Aladdin”
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow”
“Waiting for Godot”
“Ragtime”
“Oh, Mary!”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“The Outsiders”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“The Great Gatsby”
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“The Book of Mormon”
“Just in Time” returns to the top of the 90% Club with 20 of the 34 shows making the club. The top six shows had an audience capacity of at least 100%.
The 90% Club:
“Just in Time” – 103%
“Hamilton” – 100.11%
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” – 100%
“Oh, Mary!” – 100%
“Ragtime” – 100%
“Wicked” – 100%
“Art”
“Waiting for Godot”
“The Lion King”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“Mamma Mia!”
“Hadestown”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“Death Becomes Her”
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“Aladdin”
“The Book of Mormon”
“The Outsiders”
“Marjorie Prime”
“Chess”