Broadway Ticket Sales Report
Week ending February 11, 2007
By Carol-Ann Rudy
No surprises this week as Wicked kicks it up with the highest ticket sales: $1,307,183 and 98% capacity, beating out close runner-up Jersey Boys at $1,171,042 and 100% capacity. In spite of its continuing lead, Wicked posted a slight drop, $7,208, in its sales over the previous week.
The revival of the play Journey’s End opened for previews at the Belasco on February 8 with the opening set for February 22 and closing scheduled for July 1. It opened with sales of $80,140 at just 35% capacity. It was first produced in 1929, but has not been seen on Broadway since 1939. It enjoyed a successful run on London’s West End in 2004 directed by David Grindley who is also directing this production. Written by R.C. Sheriff and produced by Boyett/Ostar Productions, this drama is set in World War I and stars Hugh Dancy, Boyd Gaines, Jefferson Mays, and Stark Sands.
Escaping their mid-winter pallor, nineteen productions posted modest gains over the previous week’s ticket sales. A notable exception was The Coast of Utopia, Part Three, Salvage, posting a whopping gain of $114,453 over the previous week’s sales, at $369,977.
Les Miserables posted the largest drop in sales over the previous reporting period: ticket sales were $499,265 this period, a $52,023 change at 70% capacity. Six other productions, as well as Wicked, posted a drop in ticket sales as well: Hairspray $407,952, a drop of $46,283 at 60% capacity; The Drowsy Chaperone $630,429, a drop of $39,681 at 65% capacity; The Phantom of the Opera $516,404, a drop of $21,538 at 62% capacity; A Chorus Line $643,064, a drop of $13,326 at 81% capacity; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee $209,117, a drop of $4,840 at 67% capacity; and The Little Dog Laughed $186,523, $3,033 at just under 44% capacity.
Total grosses for the week were $14,495,659, up from $13,892,844 the previous reporting period.
Broadway Gross Reports, February 11, 2007
All data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers
Comparison with Previous Week
| Production (Theatre) |
Weekly Gross | Last Week’s Gross | $ Change | Atten. % | Last Week’s Atten. % | Atten. % Change |
| A Chorus Line (Schoenfeld) |
$643,064 | $656,390 | -$13,326 | 81.1% | 81.0% | 0.0% |
| Avenue Q (Golden) |
$332,656 | $296,720 | $35,936 | 77.2% | 73.6% | 3.6% |
| Beauty and Beast (Lunt-Fontanne) |
$515,332 | $475,223 | $40,109 | 74.6% | 73.3% | 1.3% |
| Chicago (Ambassador) |
$368,642 | $341,062 | $27,580 | 62.8% | 60.3% | 2.6% |
| Company (Barrymore) |
$359,535 | $313,819 | $45,716 | 58.0% | 53.3% | 4.7% |
| Grey Gardens (Kerr) |
$421,526 | $398,960 | $22,566 | 76.1% | 74.3% | 1.8% |
| Hairspray (Neil Simon) |
$407,952 | $454,235 | -$46,283 | 60.0% | 66.4% | -6.4% |
| Jersey Boys (August Wilson) |
$1,171,042 | $1,164,277 | $6,765 | 100.7% | 100.4% | 0.3% |
| Journey’s End (Belasco) |
$80,140 | n/a | n/a | 35.1% | n/a | n/a |
| Les Miserables (Broadhurst) |
$499,265 | $551,288 | -$52,023 | 70.4% | 84.0% | -13.6% |
| Mamma Mia! (Cadillac Winter Garden) |
$716,971 | $675,734 | $41,237 | 81.8% | 79.7% | 2.1% |
| Mary Poppins (New Amsterdam) |
$981,932 | $933,745 | $48,187 | 82.3% | 79.8% | 2.5% |
| Rent (Nederlander) |
$272,138 | $265,983 | $6,155 | 51.5% | 53.2% | -1.8% |
| Spamalot (Shubert) |
$778,899 | $754,713 | $24,187 | 88.5% | 92.6% | -4.1% |
| Spring Awakening (O’Neill) |
$514,372 | $447,500 | $66,872 | 80.6% | 71.6% | 9.0% |
| Tarzan (Rodgers) |
$465,111 | $451,322 | $13,789 | 70.9% | 71.9% | -1.0% |
| The 25th…Bee (Circle in Square) |
$209,117 | $213,957 | -$4,840 | 67.8% | 74.3% | -6.4% |
| The Apple Tree (Studio 54) |
$292,803 | $282,360 | $10,443 | 73.0% | 69.5% | 3.5% |
| The Coast of Utopia (Beaumont) |
$369,977 | $255,524 | $114,453 | 91.8% | 94.0% | -2.3% |
| The Color Purple (Broadway) |
$579,215 | $484,341 | $94,875 | 68.4% | 57.8% | 10.6% |
| The Drowsy Chaperone (Marquis) |
$630,429 | $670,110 | -$39,681 | 65.8% | 76.8% | -11.0% |
| The Lion King (Minskoff) |
$900,309 | $815,332 | $84,977 | 83.2% | 80.3% | 3.0% |
| The Little Dog Laughed (Cort) |
$186,523 | $189,556 | -$3,033 | 41.9% | 43.5% | -1.6% |
| The Phantom of the Opera (Majestic) |
$516,404 | $537,941 | -$21,538 | 62.3% | 69.2% | -6.9% |
| The Producers (St. James) |
$437,751 | $421,709 | $16,042 | 51.3% | 52.1% | -0.8% |
| The Vertical Hour (Music Box) |
$299,374 | $292,010 | $7,364 | 60.7% | 54.7% | 6.0% |
| Translations (Biltmore) |
$237,997 | $234,642 | $3,355 | 83.1% | 84.5% | -1.5% |
| Wicked (Gershwin) |
$1,307,183 | $1,314,391 | -$7,208 | 98.0% | 96.4% | 1.6% |
