This past week saw a cooling off at the Broadway box office, with ticket sales at $17,589,760 for the week ending January 17, compared to $18,754,209 for the previous week. Comparing this point in the season with the 2008-09 period, however, ticket sales are still ahead at $677,962,676 to $675,668,483. Attendance figures for the year are running at 84 percent compared to 81 percent in 2009.
The week began with 25 productions, five of which were plays. However, “Wishful Drinking” at Studio 54, the last remaining special, closed its doors on the 17th along with the musical “Finian’s Rainbow” at the St. James. Finian’s went out with a bang, posting the highest gains over the previous week of any production, up $154,882 representing an increase of 20 percent in attendance.
West Side Story at the Palace posted the second-highest gains after “Finian’s,” followed closely by Memphis at the Shubert.
The million-dollar circle is once again dominated by the following productions:
–Wicked at the Gershwin
–The Lion King at the Minskoff
–Billy Elliott: The Musical at the Imperial
–Jersey Boys at the August Wilson
-West Side Story at the Palace
Another big name, Denzel Washington, will hit Broadway in August Wilson’s Fences at the Cort Theatre in a limited 13-week run. Previews begin April 14 with Opening Night scheduled for April 26. It looks like Horton Foote fans will see “The Orphans’ Home Cycle,” a three-part play cycle, open this fall at the Neil Simon Theatre.
Please note: Beginning with the week ending May 31, 2009, “Gross” represents Gross Gross and “Attendance” represents Total Attendance. For every week prior to May 31, these numbers represent Net Gross and Paid Attendance respectively. The Broadway League took this into account when comparing this season’s figures to the previous season’s and made adjustments accordingly.
Broadway Gross Ticket Sales Week ending January 17, 2010
All data provided by The Broadway League
Broadway Gross Ticket Sales
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| Production (Theatre) |
Weekly Gross | Total Atten. | Prev. | Perf. | Total Capacity | Avg. Ticket Price | Atten. % |
| A Little Night Music (Kerr) |
$960,539 | 7,485 | 0 | 8 | 931 | $128.33 | 100.5% |
| A View…Bridge (Cort) |
$589,004 | 7,603 | 8 | 0 | 1,079 | $77.47 | 88.1% |
| Billy Elliot (Imperial) |
$1,222,638 | 10,664 | 0 | 8 | 1,421 | $114.65 | 93.8% |
| Bye Bye Birdie (Henry Miller) |
$538,573 | 7,661 | 0 | 8 | 1,026 | $70.30 | 93.3% |
| Chicago (Ambassador) |
$494,751 | 6,573 | 0 | 8 | 1,080 | $75.27 | 76.1% |
| Fela! (O’Neill) |
$609,209 | 7,870 | 0 | 8 | 1,030 | $77.41 | 95.5% |
| Finian’s Rainbow (St. James) |
$756,014 | 12,021 | 0 | 8 | 1,701 | $62.89 | 88.3% |
| God of Carnage (Jacobs) |
$482,893 | 6,548 | 0 | 8 | 1,078 | $73.75 | 75.9% |
| Hair (Hirschfeld) |
$644,740 | 8,275 | 0 | 8 | 1,412 | $77.91 | 73.3% |
| In the Heights (Rodgers) |
$645,484 | 8,031 | 0 | 8 | 1,365 | $80.37 | 73.5% |
| Jersey Boys (August Wilson) |
$1,124,807 | 9,749 | 0 | 8 | 1,228 | $115.38 | 99.2% |
| Mamma Mia! (Winter Garden) |
$746,046 | 9,344 | 0 | 8 | 1,498 | $79.84 | 78.0% |
| Mary Poppins (New Amsterdam) |
$678,926 | 9,038 | 0 | 8 | 1,797 | $75.12 | 62.9% |
| Memphis (Shubert) |
$609,767 | 9,106 | 0 | 8 | 1,470 | $66.96 | 77.4% |
| Next to Normal (Booth) |
$394,536 | 5,735 | 0 | 8 | 772 | $68.79 | 92.9% |
| Present Laughter (American Airlines) |
$225,441 | 5,339 | 8 | 0 | 740 | $42.23 | 90.2% |
| Race (Barrymore) |
$537,352 | 6,146 | 0 | 8 | 1,058 | $87.43 | 72.6% |
| Rock of Ages (Atkinson) |
$583,807 | 6,589 | 0 | 8 | 997 | $88.60 | 82.6% |
| South Pacific (Beaumont) |
$645,498 | 6,901 | 0 | 8 | 1,041 | $93.54 | 82.9% |
| The Lion King (Minskoff) |
$1,287,715 | 12,327 | 0 | 8 | 1,654 | $104.46 | 93.2% |
| The Phantom of the Opera (Majestic) |
$692,199 | 9,105 | 0 | 8 | 1,615 | $76.02 | 70.5% |
| Time Stands Still (Friedman) |
$231,917 | 4,506 | 8 | 0 | 650 | $51.47 | 86.7% |
| West Side Story (Palace) |
$1,032,176 | 12,002 | 0 | 8 | 1,697 | $86.00 | 88.4% |
| Wicked (Gershwin) |
$1,460,131 | 13,914 | 0 | 8 | 1,809 | $104.94 | 96.1% |
| Wishful Drinking (Studio 54) |
$395,600 | 6,585 | 0 | 7 | 1,004 | $60.08 | 93.7% |
