Broadway Shows See Some Box Office Momentum With Summer-Lean Roster; ‘Into The Woods’ Scores $1.8M, ‘Funny Girl’ At $785G
19.07.2022 - 20:45
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Box office for most Broadway shows – Funny Girl and Mr. Saturday Night included – was up a bit last week, as the hits – Into The Woods and MJ included – stayed strong and even some struggling shows saw a slight uptick in attendance.
Although total Broadway box office was down 4% from the previous week, that was largely attributable to three fewer productions on the roster for the week ending July 17 – 26 shows compared to the previous week’s 29. Absent from list were the now-closed heavy hitters Plaza Suite, Macbeth and American Buffalo.
In all, the 26 productions grossed $28,989,978 for the week ending July 17. Attendance of 225,011 was down a commensurate 4% from the previous week as well.
Funny Girl, which has been slipping at the box office in recent weeks, saw a bit of an upturn, despite star Beanie Feldstein missing weekend performances due to tonsillitis (no official word yet on her return date). The musical revival took in $785,105, an increase of $76,243 over the previous week, with attendance at 73% of capacity (compared to 65% the previous week).
Into The Woods, which just today announced that a cast album will be recorded for a September release, continued its powerhouse run at the St. James Theatre, grossing a huge $1.8 million with attendance at 99% of capacity. Ditto The Music Man at the Winter Garden, grossing $3 million.
Other productions filling at least 90% of their seats were A Strange Loop, Aladdin, Company, Hadestown, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, MJ, Moulin Rouge!, Six, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King and Wicked. Newcomer The Kite Runner, in previews ahead of an official opening this Thursday, came close, filling 89% of seats at the Hayes for a $331,511 gross. Average ticket price for