Broadway Box Office Drops Back To Earth After Holiday Week Highs; ‘Beetlejuice’ Goes Out With A Bang As Industry Crosses $1B Season Threshold
deadline.comBroadway box office took the expected drop last week, declining nearly 30% (to $37,394,931) from the previous week’s holiday-pumped $52M figure.
Attendance for the 32 shows was down about 12% (to 275,834), but remained at a solid 92% of total capacity. The reason for the decline, of course, is the previous week’s New Years week numbers, which included the annual bonus performances and premium ticket prices (average paid admission for the week ending Jan.
8 was $135.57, compared to $165.92 for the holiday week before). Also of note: Broadway’s season-to-date gross crossed the $1 billion threshold.
Thirty-three weeks into the 2022-23 season, Broadway box office tallied up to $1,003,018,654. Last season, Broadway, reeling from the Covid shutdown, grossed only $845,354,915 for the entire 52-week season.
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