The decline was not just due to on Broadway ending its limited run on Broadway the previous week. Many other shows saw a descent at the till. 鈥檚 take was down $178,877, 鈥檚 was down $161,063 and dipped by $87,355.
In fact, only a handful of shows climbed at the box office over the past week. They were , , and , and none of those increases were significant. Attendance, too, was down at all but a few shows.
The sold-out club saw just a few members in attendance: , , Mamma Mia!, The Lion King and . The best box office performance went to Hamilton, which collected 109.12% of its possible intake. That number bested both The Book of Mormon and The Lion King. The Book of Mormon had the highest average ticket price 鈥� $165.24 鈥� followed by The Lion King with $146.30 and Hamilton with $136.04.
The Lion King took in the greatest amount of money last week, with nearly $2 million. Next up was Wicked with $1,751,974 and then with $1,720,395.
The 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons seem to be evening out. Last season at this time, Broadway had taken in a collective $351,620,893. This season has now taken in nearly the same amount, $351,345,038. Attendance and number of playing weeks are similarly close.
