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Broadway Box Office Analysis: Hell's Kitchen First appearance in the top 5 highest earners
While the Alicia Keys musical didn't win the coveted Best Musical award at this year's Tony Awards, it's still likely to be one of the best-performing new musicals of the season.
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Alicia Keys Musical Hell's Kitchen had a great week at the box office, beating its previous week's gross by over $160,000 and debuting in the top five mainstream box office grosses. Hamilton, Eviland The Lion King Gross takings increased, and Shubert's musical remains the best-performing new musical this season, despite missing out on the coveted best musical award at this year's Tony Awards. cabaret It ranked 5th.
But the Tony Awards help, too. Best Musical winner Outsider It ranked seventh in the top 10 highest-grossing shows last week, breaking the Bernard B. Jacobs box office record for the fourth week in a row. Hell's Kitchen It's a financial competition, but only time will tell.
Cumulatively, box office grosses for the 26 currently playing shows fell nearly 7%, dropping from $31.9 million last week to $29.8 million last week. But as is often the case, that was to be expected: There was one less show last week, and it was a big one: a Tony Award-winning revival. Rolling happilyThe show was the top grossing musical throughout its run, but especially in its final weeks after winning the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. The end of the revival explains its decline and is a testament to how successful the show was.
and lovely Off the board, cabaret With an average ticket price of $197.23, it took the top spot on Broadway. 242,578 people attended all currently playing shows last week, paying an average of $123.04. Not bad! That means 93.4% of available seats were filled, meaning Broadway is in for a busy summer.
See the full report here.
Million Dollar Club (Shows grossing over $1 million):
(12 of the 26 plays currently being performed)
90's Club (Shows that were 90% or more full throughout the week):
(20 of the 26 plays currently being performed))
