Leading into the Tony Awards, a number of nominees saw big box office bumps, with Cats: The Jellicle Ball jumping up $120,000 to reach just over $1 million and new musicals The Lost Boys rising by $100,000 to reach close to $1.4 million and Schmigadoon! jumping close to $100,000 to reach just over $950,000.
But the biggest jump belonged to an older play, as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child skyrocketed $530,000 with the return of Tom Felton, who played Draco in the films, to the cast after a planned break. The play brought in $1.6 million and played to 94 percent capacity.
Hamilton jumped up $230,000 to reach $2.1 million as the top earner of the week, as the average ticket price increased to $197 from $175, followed by The Lion King with $1.95 million.
Death of a Salesman bested its own record from last week to reach $1.83 million in the week ahead of the Tony Awards. MJ was the fifth highest grossing in the industry last week with $1.5 million, coming in just behind Harry Potter.
While the grosses reflect last week’s numbers, and don’t yet account for the Tony wins Sunday, there have already been reports of awards bumps.
