Broadway Box Office: ‘Harry Potter’ Hits Highest Gross Yet With Tom Felton

Broadway Box Office: Harry Potter Hits Highest Gross Yet With Tom Felton

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is staying atop the industry box office charts, as Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the film, continues his run in the play. The play brought in $2.97 million last week, the highest gross the play has brought in since opening at the Lyric Theatre in 2018, as…

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is staying atop the industry box office charts, as Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the film, continues his run in the play.

The play brought in $2.97 million last week, the highest gross the play has brought in since opening at the Lyric Theatre in 2018, as the average ticket price increased $1 from last week to $229. The theater played to 100 percent capacity. This is a major turnaround for the play, which has seen flagging grosses in recent months.

The play was the second highest earner in the industry last week, behind Hamilton, which brought in $3.7 million, with original cast member Leslie Odom Jr. still continuing his run. Wicked was the third highest grossing, bringing in $2.5 million ahead of the release of the film adaptation Wicked: For Good.

Chess was the fourth highest grossing show with $2 million, amid a week of heavily comped press performances, followed by The Lion King with $1.97 million.

On the other side, The Queen of Versailles, starring Kristin Chenoweth, announced Monday that it would be ending its run in January, after opening to largely mixed to negative reviews, but with a positive review from The New York Times. The musical saw its grosses dip slightly last week, falling to just under $900,000, with capacity dipping to 86 percent.

Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across Manhattan, the only other new musical this fall, opened at the Longacre Theatre last week, to mixed to positive reviews. The two-person show brought in $546,961 across eight shows, in a week that included several comp tickets and an entirely comped opening night. But capacity also fell to 82 percent from 90 percent a week earlier.

The play Marjorie Prime, starring June Squibb and Cynthia Nixon, began preview performance at the Hayes Theater last week. The show, which was adapted into a 2017 film, played to 91 percent capacity and brought in just above $200,000 across its first four performances.