The musical “Moulin Rouge!” gave its final performance on Sunday (Aug 30) and finished the run at the top with a draw at the box office of over $2 million!
“Hamilton” was the only other production to bring in over $2 million at the box office last week.
The return of Tom Felton ass Draco Malfoy in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” after a planned holiday helped to put the play in the top five.
With just 26 shows running last week, the Broadway box office brought in just $25.75 million; up nearly four percent from last week.
While the upcoming holiday weekend will no doubt give Broadway a boost, it also marks the beginning of school for the remainder of the country. It will also mean the beginning of the two week “Broadway Week” where theatre fans can get a buy-one-get-one-free deal to many of the shows.
And the new Broadway season is on the horizon with a whole new group of shows to wow and amaze.
There were just eight shows in the Million Dollar Club last week with the top two reaching the $2 Million mark.
The Million Dollar Club:
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical” – $2.34 million
“Hamilton” – $2.01 million
“MJ The Musical”
“The Lion King”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
“The Lost Boys”
“Wicked”
“Oh, Mary!”
A total of 13 shows made it into the 90% Club last week with the top three packing the house with at least 100% audience capacity.
The 90% Club:
“Just in Time” – 101.11%
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical” – 100.56%
“Hamilton” – 100.25%
“Oh, Mary!”
“Hadestown”
“Paranormal Activity”
“MJ The Musical”
“The Rocky Horror Show”
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“The Book of Mormon”
“The Lion King”
“Schmigadoon!”
“Operation Mincemeat”