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Last week Broadway grosses totaled $26,391,545 for 26 shows. Grosses for the prior week totaled $27,038,225 for 27 shows.
Lots of press and advertising about the final weeks for Rocky hasn’t lifted ticket sales in any meaningful way. The musical grossed $767,519 last week, while some $66K better than the prior week, remains on par with what it has been grossing all along: numbers that are below running costs. Bullets Over Broadway, which sunk to the $600K level this summer, remained there last week ($641,157) despite its ‘last weeks’ announcement.
However, Disney’s Newsies, which will close on August 24 after 1,004 performances, has increased grosses in recent weeks. Last week, they added up to a strong $919,050.
The Lion King grossed $2,559,076 for a nine-performance week and Wicked grossed $2,181,109, also for nine.
LAST WEEK (ended 08/03/2014)
— Total Grosses: $26,391,545
— Percent of potential gross: 80.70%
— Average Ticket: $106.95
— Seats Occupied (paid & comp): 241,795 or 92.54% of total
— Number of Shows: 26
— Opening: none
— Closing: none
— Starting Previews: none
PRIOR WEEK (ended 07/27/2014)
— Total Grosses: $27,038,225
— Percent of potential gross: 81.99%
— Average Ticket: $107.68
— Seats Occupied (paid & comp): 247,370 or 92.59% of total
— Number of Shows: 27
— Opening: none
— Closing: Of Mice and Men (July 27)
— Starting Previews: none
COMPARABLE WEEK A YEAR AGO (ended 08/04/2013)
— Total Grosses: $23,003,242
— Percent of potential gross: 74.48%
— Average Ticket: $101.32
— Seats Occupied (paid & comp): 217,266 or 88.22% of total
— Number of Shows: 24
TOP TEN BY GROSS 08/03/2014
1. The Lion King (9 performances), $2,559,076
2. Wicked (9 performances), $2,181,109
3. The Book of Mormon, $1,645,580
4. Aladdin, $1,570,266
5. Beautiful, $1,308,762
6. Kinky Boots, $1,245,947
7. Matilda, $1,201,174
8. The Phantom of the Opera, $1,149,037
9. Les Misérables, $1,081,040
10. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (7 performances), $1,061,754
TOP TEN BY AVERAGE PRICE PER TICKET 08/03/2014
1. The Book of Mormon, $188.02
2. The Lion King, $167.19
3. Beautiful, $160.76
4. Hedwig and the Angry Inch, $147.18
5. Wicked, $130.25
6. A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, $129.76
7. Cabaret, $122.26
8. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, $116.45
9. Aladdin, $113.92
10. Kinky Boots, $113.56
Click here for a table of Broadway grosses for the week ended August 3, 2014.
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