2.Return to Westeros in ‘House of the Dragon’ HBO’s long-awaited “Game of Thrones” prequel series is here. Six productions were in previews last week, including “1776,” “Cost of Living,” “Death of a Salesman,” “The Piano Lesson,” “Topdog/Underdog” and “Leopoldstadt,” the latter of which played seven preview performances and opened on Oct. The Andrew Lloyd Webber-scored musical earned $1,331,023, up 10%, and played to 98%, down 2%. “The Phantom of the Opera,” meanwhile, saw another strong week following the announcement that it, too, will close. The musical grossed $797,880, down 25%, and played to 61% capacity, down 34%. On the heels of a strong week after its closing notice was posted, “Beetlejuice” plummeted at the box office. The musical gave its final performance on Oct. In its final week on Broadway, “Come From Away” earned $1,046,553, up 11%, and played to nearly 102% capacity, up 1%. Notably, only two shows performed to 100% capacity last week, including “Come From Away” and “MJ.” There were eight productions that played to 80% capacity or less, including “A Strange Loop,” “Beetlejuice,” “Chicago,” “Death of a Salesman,” “Into the Woods,” “The Kite Runner,” “The Piano Lesson” and “Topdog/Underdog.”Ī handful of productions experienced double-digit decreases in gross last week, including “Chicago” (down 15%), “Hadestown” (down 14%), “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” (down 14%), “Into the Woods” (down 12%) and “Wicked” (down 11%). The three top-grossing productions were “The Music Man,” “Hamilton” and “MJ.” These figures are down 4% and 5%, respectively. 2, Broadway grossed $25,208,583 and played to 87% capacity.
As more productions get underway with the start of the fall season, Broadway’s box office continues to experience an increasing disparity between the most well-attended and least-attended shows.įor the week ending Oct.