Broadway Box Office: Week 11: 08.06 - 08.12.12

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Broadway Box Office

Week #11 of the 2012 - 2013 Season

August 6 - 12; 25 Productions

Despite a slight uptick in both attendance (up .84%) and gross (up 1.01%), the box office remains relatively stagnant.  For the most part, shows that are doing well continue to do so; those on the way out are dwindling.  The biggest drop came from the week's only departure, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, which dropped 18.7% in its last week attendance.  A Ricky Martin-less Evita posted the biggest loss at the box office (-$282,524), though it gained 4.8% in attendance.  (War Horse gained the most in attendance, up 11.3%; The Lion King gained the most in box office, up $205,793.)  But it was the soon to close Sister Act that gained the most on average, up 10 spots on this week's chart.  Upcoming closures include: Ghost: The Musical (8/18), End of the Rainbow (8/19), Sister Act (8/26), while Chaplin begins previews on August 21.

The Lion King played 9 performances this week; Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth played 6 performances this week.

To see how this chart is calculated, click the "Box Office" tab at the top of the page.

RANK THIS WEEK	SHOW TITLE	SHOW TYPE	THEATRE	RANK LAST WEEK	UP/ DOWN
1	The Book of Mormon	Musical	Eugene O'Neill	1	Same
2	Disney's The Lion King	Musical	Minskoff	2	Same
3	Wicked	Musical	Gershwin	2	Same
4	Once	Musical	Bernard B. Jacobs	3	-1
5	Disney's Newsies	Musical	Nederlander	5	Same
6	Rock of Ages	Musical	Helen Hayes	6	Same
7	Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark	Musical	Foxwoods	7	-1
8	Jersey Boys	Musical	August Wilson	9	+1
9	One Man, Two Guvnors	Play	Music Box	11	+2
10	Mary Poppins	Musical	New Amsterdam	12	+2
11	Chicago	Musical Revival	Ambassador	16	+5
12	Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth	Solo	Longacre	8	-4
13	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Musical	Imperial	19	+6
14	Mamma Mia!	Musical	Winter Garden	13	-1
15	The Phantom of the Opera	Musical	Majestic	14	-1
16 tie	War Horse	Play	Vivian Beaumont	22	+4
16 tie	Sister Act	Musical	Broadway	26	+10
18	Peter and the Starcatcher	Play	Brooks Atkinson	17	-1
19	Gore Vidal's The Best Man	Play Revival	Gerald Schoenfeld	17	-2
20	Evita	Musical Revival	Marquis	15	-5
21	Clybourne Park	Play	Walter Kerr	23	+2
22	The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess	Musical Revival	Richard Rodgers	24	+2
23	Ghost: The Musical	Musical	Lunt-Fontanne	27	+4
24	Bring It On: The Musical	Musical	St. James	24	Same
25	End of the Rainbow	Play	Belasco	28	+3

$2M Club: The Lion King, Wicked
$1M Club: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, The Book of Mormon, Once, Mary Poppins, Newsies
SRO: The Book of Mormon, Newsies, Once
$100+ Avg. Ticket: The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, Wicked, Once, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Rock of Ages, Newsies

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