Broadway Ticket Sales Report
Week ending January 21, 2007
By Carol-Ann Rudy
TicketNews.com
Once again, Wicked is leading the pack this week with $1,365,614, a drop of $42,423 from last week, at almost 100% capacity. Jersey Boys ranks second in gross with $1,172,292, a drop of $25,609 from last week, at just over 100% capacity. Lastly, Mary Poppins comes in at $1,043,951, a whopping drop of $160,292 from last week, at only 85% capacity.
The only theatres showing any increase in grosses were The Coast of Utopia at $299,499, up $12,217 from last week at almost 100% capacity, and Translations at $182,632, up a modest $1,778 with about 87% capacity.
Other productions with respectable grosses and attendance, although still a loss over last week, were Spamalot with $790,600 with just over 90% capacity; A Chorus Line with $727,081 at more than 87% capacity; Avenue Q with $362,933 also over 87% capacity; Mamma Mia with $733,314 and The Lion King with $864,047, both at more than 82% capacity; and The Apple Tree with $290,275 and just over 80% capacity.
The Color Purple posted the week’s biggest drop in grosses: a $242,439 difference this past week over the previous week’s gross report at just over 51% capacity. Others following close behind were Rent, a $148,022 difference at less than 55% capacity; Hairspray, a $143,757 difference with just over 60% capacity; Tarzan, a difference of $140,830 at a little more than 70% capacity; Beauty and the Beast, a difference of $121,535 from the previous week and less than 68% capacity; and last, Les Misérables, a difference of $104,633 and over 76% capacity.
Total grosses for the week were $14,777,463.
OPENINGS & CLOSINGS:
Butley closed on Sunday, January 14 after 21 previews and 94 performances.
Broadway Gross Reports, January 21, 2007
All data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers
| Production (Theatre) |
Weekly Gross | Total Atten. | Prev. | Perf. | Total Capacity | Avg. Ticket Price | Atten. % |
| A Chorus Line (Schoenfeld) |
$727,081 | 7,479 | 0 | 8 | 1,069 | $97.22 | 87.5% |
| Avenue Q (Golden) |
$362,933 | 5,552 | 0 | 8 | 796 | $65.37 | 87.2% |
| Beauty and Beast (Lunt-Fontanne) |
$468,724 | 8,132 | 0 | 8 | 1,509 | $57.64 | 67.4% |
| Chicago (Ambassador) |
$404,781 | 5,834 | 0 | 8 | 1,080 | $69.38 | 67.5% |
| Company (Barrymore) |
$390,022 | 5,230 | 0 | 8 | 1,046 | $74.57 | 62.5% |
| Grey Gardens (Kerr) |
$427,032 | 5,474 | 0 | 8 | 922 | $78.01 | 74.2% |
| Hairspray (Neil Simon) |
$425,894 | 6,901 | 0 | 8 | 1,428 | $61.71 | 60.4% |
| Jersey Boys (August Wilson) |
$1,172,292 | 9,851 | 0 | 8 | 1,222 | $119.00 | 100.8% |
| Les Miserables (Broadhurst) |
$561,758 | 6,839 | 0 | 8 | 1,122 | $82.14 | 76.2% |
| Mamma Mia! (Cadillac Winter Garden) |
$733,314 | 9,881 | 0 | 8 | 1,498 | $74.21 | 82.5% |
| Mary Poppins (New Amsterdam) |
$1,043,951 | 12,191 | 0 | 8 | 1,791 | $85.63 | 85.1% |
| Rent (Nederlander) |
$297,156 | 5,155 | 0 | 8 | 1,181 | $57.64 | 54.6% |
| Spamalot (Shubert) |
$790,600 | 10,474 | 0 | 8 | 1,441 | $75.48 | 90.9% |
| Spring Awakening (O’Neill) |
$469,786 | 6,787 | 0 | 8 | 1,090 | $69.22 | 77.8% |
| Tarzan (Rodgers) |
$472,524 | 7,464 | 0 | 8 | 1,319 | $63.31 | 70.7% |
| The 25th…Bee (Circle in Square) |
$240,970 | 3,981 | 0 | 8 | 684 | $60.53 | 72.8% |
| The Apple Tree (Studio 54) |
$290,275 | 5,637 | 0 | 7 | 1,006 | $51.49 | 80.0% |
| The Coast of Utopia (Beaumont) |
$299,449 | 4,107 | 0 | 4 | 1,047 | $72.91 | 98.1% |
| The Color Purple (Broadway) |
$481,855 | 7,013 | 0 | 8 | 1,718 | $68.71 | 51.0% |
| The Drowsy Chaperone (Marquis) |
$669,889 | 8,826 | 0 | 8 | 1,611 | $75.90 | 68.5% |
| The Lion King (Minskoff) |
$864,047 | 10,492 | 0 | 8 | 1,598 | $82.35 | 82.1% |
| The Little Dog Laughed (Cort) |
$193,850 | 4,089 | 0 | 8 | 1,082 | $47.41 | 47.2% |
| The Phantom of the Opera (Majestic) |
$580,844 | 8,977 | 0 | 8 | 1,607 | $64.70 | 69.8% |
| The Producers (St. James) |
$478,148 | 7,642 | 0 | 8 | 1,706 | $62.57 | 56.0% |
| The Vertical Hour (Music Box) |
$382,042 | 5,041 | 0 | 8 | 993 | $75.79 | 63.5% |
| Translations (Biltmore) |
$182,632 | 4,549 | 8 | 0 | 650 | $40.15 | 87.5% |
| Wicked (Gershwin) |
$1,365,614 | 14,406 | 0 | 8 | 1,809 | $94.79 | 99.5% |
