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Broadway Posts Labor Day Week Uptick as Felton Boosts Harry Potter and The Lost Boys Enters Top Five

Broadway Week's two-for-one ticket promotion is due to alter next week's prices and attendance patterns.

Overview

  • For the week ending Sept. 6 Broadway's 25 running shows grossed $26,258,361 with 220,836 attendees and about 90% capacity, according to The Broadway League.
  • Harry Potter and The Cursed Child saw the biggest single-week gain of roughly $240,630 after Tom Felton returned, bringing that show's weekly gross to about $1.82 million.
  • Hamilton led all shows at about $2.19 million and had the highest average ticket price at $204.66 while the overall average paid admission across Broadway was about $118.90.
  • The Lost Boys reached Broadway's Top Five with approximately $1.28 million, and most productions posted week-over-week increases during the Labor Day holiday weekend.
  • Season-to-date grosses through week 15 stand at $489,296,981, down about 5% from last year with attendance down roughly 1%, and the start of Broadway Week on Sept. 8 plus recent closures are likely to change next week's box-office mix.