Chess brought in a strong $1.2 million across its first four preview performances.

The revival of the 1980s cold war musical, starring Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, began previews Oct. 15 and played to 100 percent capacity at the Imperial Theatre. The average ticket price for the musical was $208, the fourth highest in the industry last week. The show is scheduled to open Nov. 16.

Hamilton’ s gross fell close to $300,000 from the prior week (when the show hit its highest gross ever of more than $4 million) but the musical still brought in a massive $3.8 million with Leslie Odom Jr. in the cast, ranking as the highest grossing show on Broadway last week. The musical had the highest average ticket price at $350.

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