Broadway Ticket Sales Report
Week ending September 9, 2007
By Carol-Ann Rudy
TicketNews.com
There are still just twenty-one productions, all musicals, on Broadway although a crop of new productions is waiting in the wings to open this month:
• Mauritius, Biltmore Theatre, previews begin Sept. 13
• The Ritz, Studio 54, previews begin Sept. 14
• Pygmalion, American Airlines Theatre, Sept. 21
This past week saw a dip in attendance for every production from 201,235 for the previous reporting period to 158,183, but this reflects a seasonal trend, and football season saw its first week, too. Of course, the lower attendance was reflected in the gross ticket sales from $16,323,214 for the previous reporting period to $12,482,904 this past week.
Hardest hit was Spamalot, one of the longest-running musicals with 1,037 performances to date (as of Sept. 9), with a 35.9% drop in attendance and a difference of $296,569 from the previous week . . .
Overall, ticket sales for the season are $274,329,601 compared to $250,518,055 the same time last year, an increase of 9.5%.
Only two productions are in the million-dollar plus category this past week:
• Wicked $1,383,807 at 98% capacity
• and Jersey Boys $1,219,366 at 100%.
The three highest-ranking productions trailing them were:
• The Lion King $943,947 at 80% capacity
• Grease $788,021 at 89%
• Mamma Mia! at close to 84%.
Broadway Gross Reports, September 2, 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. % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A Chorus Line |
$382,717 |
6,974 |
0 |
8 |
1,069 |
$54.88 |
81.5% |
|
Avenue Q |
$233,515 |
3,569 |
0 |
8 |
796 |
$65.43 |
56.0% |
|
Chicago |
$337,550 |
4,908 |
0 |
8 |
1,080 |
$68.78 |
56.8% |
|
Curtains |
$635,135 |
8,301 |
0 |
8 |
1,422 |
$76.51 |
73.0% |
|
Grease |
$788,021 |
7,647 |
0 |
8 |
1,072 |
$103.05 |
89.2% |
|
Hairspray |
$563,037 |
7,988 |
0 |
8 |
1,428 |
$70.49 |
69.9% |
|
Jersey Boys |
$1,219,366 |
9,844 |
0 |
8 |
1,222 |
$123.87 |
100.7% |
|
Legally Blonde |
$576,675 |
7,961 |
0 |
8 |
1,691 |
$72.44 |
58.8% |
|
Les Miserables |
$314,827 |
4,957 |
0 |
8 |
1,122 |
$63.51 |
55.2% |
|
Mamma Mia! |
$765,506 |
10,050 |
0 |
8 |
1,498 |
$76.17 |
83.9% |
|
Mary Poppins |
$750,678 |
9,820 |
0 |
8 |
1,791 |
$76.44 |
68.5% |
|
Rent |
$380,983 |
5,947 |
0 |
8 |
1,181 |
$64.06 |
62.9% |
|
Spamalot |
$495,470 |
6,799 |
0 |
8 |
1,441 |
$72.87 |
59.0% |
|
Spring Awakening |
$657,079 |
7,771 |
0 |
8 |
1,090 |
$84.56 |
89.1% |
|
The 25th…Bee |
$175,327 |
3,323 |
0 |
8 |
684 |
$52.76 |
60.7% |
|
The Color Purple |
$684,612 |
9,283 |
0 |
8 |
1,718 |
$73.75 |
67.5% |
|
The Drowsy Chaperone |
$430,666 |
7,237 |
0 |
8 |
1,611 |
$59.51 |
56.2% |
|
The Lion King |
$943,947 |
10,637 |
0 |
8 |
1,654 |
$88.74 |
80.4% |
|
The Phantom of the Opera |
$517,439 |
7,797 |
0 |
8 |
1,607 |
$66.36 |
60.6% |
|
Wicked |
$1,383,807 |
14,177 |
0 |
8 |
1,809 |
$97.61 |
98.0% |
|
Xanadu |
$246,547 |
3,193 |
0 |
8 |
596 |
$77.21 |
67.0% |
