‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Inches Closer To Title’s Promise; ‘Death Becomes Her’ Grabs Lively $1.1M – Broadway Box Office
deadline.comSunset Blvd. had its best box office numbers yet last week, while Maybe Happy Ending showed some welcome improvement and both Elf and A Wonderful World opened to houses with 90% of seats filled.
The pre-holiday news wasn’t quite so cheery for all of Broadway though, as no fewer than 26 of the 37 productions saw downturns, some small, some not so small, for the week ending November 17.
In all, the 37 shows took in $35,104,796, a slip of just about 4% from the previous week, with attendance of 304,368 off by less than a full percentage point.
Among the notable numbers: Also worth noting, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child debuted its new, slimmed-down version (running time under three hours) and new cast during a planned 7-performance week, filling about 89% of seats at the Lyric and grossing $900,528.
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