{"id":534824,"date":"2023-01-04T04:58:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T01:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-lion-king-grosses-4-3m-as-broadway-sees-holiday-rebound\/"},"modified":"2023-01-04T04:58:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T01:58:21","slug":"the-lion-king-grosses-4-3m-as-broadway-sees-holiday-rebound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-lion-king-grosses-4-3m-as-broadway-sees-holiday-rebound\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018The Lion King\u2019 Grosses $4.3M as Broadway Sees Holiday Rebound"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d3fcd417c3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d3fcd417c3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-lion-king-grosses-4-3m-as-broadway-sees-holiday-rebound\/#%E2%80%98The_Lion_King_Grosses_43M_as_Broadway_Sees_Holiday_Rebound\" >\u2018The Lion King\u2019 Grosses $4.3M as Broadway Sees Holiday Rebound<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98The_Lion_King_Grosses_43M_as_Broadway_Sees_Holiday_Rebound\"><\/span>\u2018The Lion King\u2019 Grosses $4.3M as Broadway Sees Holiday Rebound<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Broadway rebounded during the week between Christmas and New Years, as multiple shows broke box office records and the industry saw one of its first relatively normal holiday weeks since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>The Lion King,<\/em> which has been running on Broadway since 1997, topped the charts by grossing more than $4.3 million across nine performances, in the highest gross ever for the show and a rare milestone to reach in the industry. <em>Hamilton<\/em> was the first Broadway show to crack $4 million, which it achieved across eight performances in the holiday week ended Dec. 30, 2018. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>The Lion King <\/em>played to a capacity of 99 percent, with an average paid admission of $284.89, the second highest among all shows for the week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Overall, in the week ended Jan. 1, 2023, all 33 running Broadway shows brought in $51.9 million collectively, the highest gross of the season so far, and played to a capacity of 92 percent. This is vast improvement over the comparable week last year, during which 31 Broadway shows brought in just $26.3 million, as the industry was marred by a surge in omicron cases and saw the cancellation of dozens of performances and the permanent closure of some shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    And it\u2019s above pre-pandemic totals. In the comparable week ended Jan. 5, 2020, the industry grossed $43.1 million across 36 shows. However, the industry did gross more that Christmas, bringing in $55.7 million in the week ended Dec. 29, 2019, compared to this season\u2019s $34.8 million. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The weeks surrounding Christmas and New Years are typically the highest grossing weeks on Broadway, thanks to increased attendance as well as higher ticket prices, and help many shows survive through the subsequent, lower-attended winter months or send the closing shows off on a high.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Many shows played less than eight performances during this year\u2019s Christmas week, which cut down on box office totals, and made up for it in the week between Christmas and New Years by playing nine performances, which also elevated the typical weekly totals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child <\/em>again set the record for the highest weekly gross for a play in Broadway history, according to the production, by bringing in $2.67 million across eight performances in the week ended Jan. 1 with an average ticket price of $205.86<strong>.<\/strong> It previously set the record with $2.52 million in the week ended Dec. 30, 2018 with an average ticket price of $194.66. At that time, the production was still a two-part play. It was condensed into one part when it returned to Broadway after the theatrical shutdown in November 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>Chicago rec<\/em>orded its highest gross in its 26-year history on Broadway, bringing in $1.3 million across nine performances with an average ticket price of $132, and besting its previous record set across nine performances during the holiday week in 2017, with an average ticket price of $128.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Indeed, while many shows break theater box office records each year due to the fact that the ticket prices are higher, the new musical <em>&amp; Juliet, <\/em>a pop reimagining of the Shakespearean tale in which Juliet survives, grossed $1.7 million for its nine-performance week ended Jan. 1 and beat the previous box office record at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre set by <em>Beautiful \u2013 The Carole King Musical,<\/em> while having similar ticket prices. <em>Beautiful <\/em>previously<em> <\/em>broke the record for its nine-performance week in 2014, by grossing $1.55 million for the week ended Dec. 28, 2014, with an average ticket price of $174.90, compared to <em>&amp; Juliet\u2019s <\/em>$177.29. <em>Beautiful<\/em> had a higher premium ticket price of $350 compared to <em>&amp; Juliet\u2019s<\/em> $325.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Other notable highs included <em>The Music Man,<\/em> which posted its highest gross yet at $3.97 million across nine shows, <em>Funny Girl<\/em>, which reached a record of $2.4 million across nine shows<em> <\/em>and<em> Six, <\/em>which beat its previous box office record by grossing $1.65 million across eight shows.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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