‘Wicked’ Leads Broadway Box Office Again With $2.8M; ‘Death Becomes Her’ Scores Best-Yet $1.4M

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Broadway settled back down to some post-Thanksgiving normalcy last week, dropping about 9% to $42,021,721 from the holiday high of the previous week.

Attendance held strong at 309,802 for the week ending December 8. Wicked was, once again, the roster’s top earner, grossing $2,782,795 and besting both The Lion King ($2,489,493) and Hamilton ($2,030,772).

In its final week, Tammy Faye was up by more than $111,000 to $371,511, even though fewer than half the seats at the Palace were filled. Water For Elephants also ended its run, grossing $957,672 with attendance at 66% of capacity at the Imperial.

Three productions were in previews last week: Other productions hitting the $1 million mark were: & Juliet, Aladdin, Back to the Future, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Death Becomes Her (scoring its highest gross yet with $1,366,007), Elf, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Hell’s Kitchen, MJ, Oh, Mary!, Suffs, Sunset Blvd., The Book of Mormon, The Great Gatsby and The Outsiders.