Broadway Box Office: 01.02 - 01.08.12

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The Broadway Box Office Top Ten 

for the 32nd week of the 2011 - 2012 season 

(January 2 - 8; 31 productions):

1. The Book of Mormon (Musical) Eugene O'Neill Theatre (2)

2. War Horse (Play) Vivian Beaumont Theatre (9)

3. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Musical Revival) Al Hirschfeld Theatre (7)

3. tie Disney's The Lion King (Musical) Minskoff Theatre (5)

5. Wicked (Musical) Gershwin Theatre (4)

6. Billy Elliot (Musical) Imperial Theatre (-)

7. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (Musical) Foxwoods Theatre (3) 

8. Jersey Boys (Musical) August Wilson Theatre (6)

9. Rock of Ages (Musical) Helen Hayes Theatre (-)

10. Other Desert Cities (Play) Booth Theatre (-)


(To find out how this is calculated, please click HERE.)

(-) - Last week's position in the Broadway Top Ten

• Biggest Increase in Attendance: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (+18.2%)
• Biggest Decrease in Attendance: Chinglish (-22.3%)
• Biggest Increase in Gross Receipts:  An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin (+$78.606)
• Biggest Decrease in Gross Receipts: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark   (-$1,220,061)
• Highest Average Paid Admission: The Book of Mormon ($163.24)
• Lowest Average Paid Admission: The Road to Mecca ($47.92)

• SRO Shows: The Book of Mormon, War Horse, Billy Elliot
• $1M Club:   How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Book of Mormon, Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot, Jersey Boys, The Lion King, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Wicked

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