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Weekly Broadway Ticket Sales Report By Carol-Ann Rudy TicketNews.com A good week! The five highest grossing productions on Broadway were:…
Weekly Broadway Ticket Sales Report
By Carol-Ann Rudy
TicketNews.com
A good week! The five highest grossing productions on Broadway were: Wicked $1,468,400 at 100% capacity; The Lion King $1,291,898 at 100%; Jersey Boys $1,211,053 at 100%; Mary Poppins $1,191,101 at 98%; and Beauty and the Beast at almost 100% capacity.
Overall, ticket sales achieved $18,420,632 this past week, a slight drop from the previous week’s report of $18,547,128. That’s still an 8.6% increase in ticket sales over the same time last season and a 10% increase in attendance.
Other productions reporting full or almost full houses were: Hairspray, Mamma Mia!, and Spring Awakening.
Only Deuce, playing at the Music Box Theatre, dropped below the 50% capacity, reporting revenue of $193,561 with attendance just over 43%.
Xanadu opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre to good reviews and $230,521 in ticket sales. Attendance was reported to be 75%, down about 10% from the last reporting period when still in previews. However, the day after opening day, Xanadu had the honor of breaking the one-day ticket sales box-office record at the Hayes, at $150,000. Small potatoes compared to other theatres, but then the Hayes only seats 596.
Les Miserables saw a drop in attendance this past week of 11.4%; Rent saw a drop of about 10%.
Broadway Gross Reports, July 15, 2007
All data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers
|
Production |
Weekly Gross |
Total Atten. |
Prev. |
Perf. |
Total Capacity |
Avg. Ticket Price |
Atten. % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
110 in the Shade |
$410,515 |
7,400 |
0 |
8 |
996 |
$55.47 |
92.9% |
|
A Chorus Line |
$562,586 |
7,631 |
0 |
8 |
1,069 |
$73.72 |
89.2% |
|
Avenue Q |
$380,003 |
5,585 |
0 |
8 |
796 |
$68.04 |
87.7% |
|
Beauty and Beast |
$1,095,124 |
12,059 |
0 |
8 |
1,509 |
$90.81 |
99.9% |
|
Chicago |
$552,860 |
7,920 |
0 |
8 |
1,080 |
$69.81 |
91.7% |
|
Curtains |
$821,457 |
10,595 |
0 |
8 |
1,422 |
$77.53 |
93.1% |
|
Deuce |
$193,561 |
3,494 |
0 |
8 |
1,009 |
$55.40 |
43.3% |
|
Frost/Nixon |
$534,389 |
7,725 |
0 |
8 |
1,070 |
$69.18 |
90.2% |
|
Grey Gardens |
$485,807 |
6,575 |
0 |
8 |
922 |
$73.89 |
89.1% |
|
Hairspray |
$809,462 |
11,499 |
0 |
8 |
1,428 |
$70.39 |
100.7% |
|
Jersey Boys |
$1,211,053 |
9,853 |
0 |
8 |
1,222 |
$122.91 |
100.8% |
|
Legally Blonde |
$939,285 |
11,351 |
0 |
8 |
1,691 |
$82.75 |
83.9% |
|
Les Miserables |
$527,806 |
7,807 |
0 |
8 |
1,122 |
$67.61 |
87.0% |
|
Mamma Mia! |
$940,187 |
12,005 |
0 |
8 |
1,498 |
$78.32 |
100.2% |
|
Mary Poppins |
$1,191,101 |
14,098 |
0 |
8 |
1,791 |
$84.49 |
98.4% |
|
Old Acquaintance |
$176,162 |
4,023 |
0 |
8 |
740 |
$43.79 |
68.0% |
|
Rent |
$307,926 |
5,772 |
0 |
8 |
1,181 |
$53.35 |
61.1% |
|
Spamalot |
$788,409 |
10,576 |
0 |
8 |
1,441 |
$74.55 |
91.7% |
|
Spring Awakening |
$769,264 |
8,516 |
0 |
8 |
1,090 |
$90.33 |
97.7% |
|
The 25th…Bee |
$226,323 |
3,992 |
0 |
8 |
684 |
$56.69 |
73.0% |
|
The Color Purple |
$974,904 |
12,280 |
0 |
8 |
1,718 |
$79.39 |
89.3% |
|
The Drowsy Chaperone |
$523,516 |
7,988 |
0 |
8 |
1,611 |
$65.54 |
62.0% |
|
The Lion King |
$1,291,898 |
13,233 |
0 |
8 |
1,654 |
$97.63 |
100.0% |
|
The Phantom of the Opera |
$790,363 |
11,931 |
0 |
8 |
1,607 |
$66.24 |
92.8% |
|
The Year…Thinking |
$217,751 |
4,178 |
0 |
7 |
782 |
$52.12 |
76.3% |
|
Wicked |
$1,468,400 |
14,472 |
0 |
8 |
1,809 |
$101.46 |
100.0% |
|
Xanadu |
$230,521 |
3,560 |
0 |
8 |
594 |
$64.75 |
74.9% |
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