Harry Potter and the Cursed Child continues to reign as the highest-grossing show of the week on Broadway, bringing in $2.7 million last week as Tom Felton from the Harry Potter film series continues his run.
Hamilton was the second highest-grossing show with $2.2 million, followed by Wicked with $2 million, The Lion King with $1.9 million and Chess with $1.6 million.
These shows all saw big jumps from the previous week, with The Lion King up $404,000, as did other big musicals such as The Great Gatsby (up $450,000), Aladdin (up $314,000) and MJ (up $350,000) as crowds came to New York for school breaks and ahead of Presidents Day weekend, and as the discounted Broadway Week program ended Feb. 12. Overall industry grosses were up 11 percent from the prior week, and capacity was up 3.7 percent. Chicago also continues to see boosted grosses as Whitney Leavitt, from…
