Chess broke the eight-performance house record at the Imperial Theatre, bringing in just above $2 million last week.
The musical revival, starring Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, played to 96 percent capacity at the Imperial Theatre, and was also the third-highest grossing show in the industry. The show is set to open Nov. 16.
Hamilton again led the industry grosses at $3.9 million, followed by Wicked at $2.3 million. The Lion King was the fourth highest grossing show at $1.9 million, followed by Waiting For Godot, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, which brought in $1.7 million. Just in Time, starring Jonathan Groff as singer Bobby Darin, had its highest grossing week last week, bringing in $1.39 million across eight performances at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Capacity moved up to more than 100 percent and the average ticket price also moved up to $243, the shows highest rate yet, but just two dollars above the average price at the end of October.
The Queen of Versailles, a new musical starring Kristin Chenoweth as documentary star Jackie Siegel, opened last week to mostly mixed to negative reviews (save a rave from The New York Times). With the fully comped opening night, and comped press tickets in the lead up, the musical brought in just above $1 million and played to 95 percent capacity.
Overall, industry grosses are up 20 percent from the prior week as Broadway shakes off the Halloween-week downturn and heads into the holiday season, its most lucrative time of year.
Upcoming openings include Oedipus, starring Mark Strong and Lesley Mann, which brought in an impressive haul of more than $750,000 across six performances and played to 100 percent capacity at Studio 54.










