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Last week, ended Sunday, 30 Broadway shows grossed a total of $24,465,471, compared to $21,278,718 the previous week for 28 shows. Attendance was 249,436, compared to 223,002 the week before.
NEW SHOWS WITH STRONG SALES: A Raisin in the Sun, Aladdin, All the Way, If/Then, Les Misérables
NEW SHOWS WITH MIDDLING-TO-POOR SALES: Bullets Over Broadway, Mothers and Sons, Rocky, The Bridges of Madison County
SHOWS REPORTING 100% SEAT OCCUPANCY: A Raisin in the Sun, Aladdin, Matilda, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King
After Midnight dropped $-240,993 last week with k.d. lang no longer in the cast. Grosses were a low $381,020 which was 38% of potential. Average ticket price was $68 and 67% of the seats at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre were occupied.
John Patrick Shanley’s new play, “Outside Mullingar,” closed Sunday at the Friedman Theatre, a not-for-profit production by the Manhattan Theatre Club which played 22 previews and 61 performances. Total cumulative grosses were $3,351,777 with over 92% of the seats occupied on average throughout the run.
LAST WEEK (ended 03/16/2014)
-- Total Grosses: $24,465,471
-- Percent of potential gross: 70.41%
-- Average Ticket: $95.01
-- Seats Occupied (paid & comp): 249,436 or 87.10% of total
-- Number of Shows: 30
-- Opening: Rocky (March 13)
-- Closing: Outside Mullingar (March 16)
-- Starting Previews: Bullets Over Broadway (March 11) The Realistic Joneses (March 13)
PRIOR WEEK (ended 03/09/2014)
-- Total Grosses: $21,278,718
-- Percent of potential gross: 68.30%
-- Average Ticket: $94.46
-- Seats Occupied (paid & comp): 223,002 or 84.74% of total
-- Number of Shows: 28
-- Opening: All the Way (March 6)
-- Closing: none
-- Starting Previews: If/Then (March 4); A Raisin in the Sun (March 8)
COMPARABLE WEEK A YEAR AGO (ended 03/17/2013)
-- Total Grosses: $20,821,014
-- Percent of potential gross: 71.19%
-- Average Ticket: $93.79
-- Seats Occupied (paid & comp): 213,592 or 89.37% of total
-- Number of Shows: 23
TOP TEN BY GROSS 03/16/2014
1. Wicked, $1,861,649
2. The Lion King, $1,733,679
3. The Book of Mormon, $1,659,020
4. Kinky Boots, $1,330,377
5. Matilda, $1,105,243
6. Motown: The Musical, $1,084,613
7. Les Misérables, $1,043,262 (7 performances)
8. A Raisin in the Sun, $981,488 (7 performances)
9. The Phantom of the Opera, $929,682
10. If/Then, $929,267 (7 performances)
TOP TEN BY AVERAGE PRICE PER TICKET 03/16/2014
1. The Book of Mormon, $189.56
2. A Raisin in the Sun, $134.05
3. Kinky Boots, $129.58
4. The Lion King, $127.50
5. Wicked, $126.76
6. Beautiful, $116.46
7. Les Misérables, $111.02
8. If/Then, $105.65
9. Motown: The Musical, $100.94
10. Pippin, $98.75
Click here for a table of Broadway grosses for the week ended March 16, 2014.
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