Broadway Box Office: Week 13: 08.20 - 08.26.12 PLUS 1st Quarter Report

Broadway Box Office

Week #13 of the 2012 - 2013 Season

August 20 - 26; 23 Productions

(SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE FIRST QUARTER RANKINGS)

Can you believe that we are already a whole quarter through the new season?  It's already been pretty busy so far, too.  There have been 5 openings: a play revival, a one-man show, a musical revival and 2 new musicals.  There have also been 17 closings, with several more in the coming few weeks.  This next quarter should see several new shows opening.

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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	3	Same
4 tie	Once	Musical	Bernard B. Jacobs	3	-1
4 tie	Disney's Newsies	Musical	Nederlander	3	-1
6	Rock of Ages	Musical	Helen Hayes	6	Same
7	One Man, Two Guvnors	Play	Music Box	9	+2
8	Jersey Boys	Musical	August Wilson	8	Same
9	Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark	Musical	Foxwoods	7	-2
10	Evita	Musical Revival	Marquis	10	Same
11	Chicago	Musical Revival	Ambassador	13	+2
12 tie	Gore Vidal's The Best Man	Play Revival	Gerald Schoenfeld	17	+5
12 tie	The Phantom of the Opera	Musical	Majestic	11	-1
14	Mamma Mia!	Musical	Winter Garden	12	-2
15	Mary Poppins	Musical	New Amsterdam	16	+1
16 tie	War Horse	Play	Vivian Beaumont	14	-2
16 tie	Sister Act	Musical	Broadway	18	+2
18	Clybourne Park	Play	Walter Kerr	21	+3
19	The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess	Musical Revival	Richard Rodgers	20	+1
20 tie	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Musical	Imperial	15	-5
20 tie	Peter and the Starcatcher	Play	Brooks Atkinson	21	+1
20 tie	Bring It On: The Musical	Musical	St. James	23	+3
23	Chaplin	Musical	Barrymore	n/a	n/a

SRO Shows: The Book of Mormon, Newsies,. The Lion King

$100+ Ticket Avg.: Evita, Newsies, Once, Rock of Ages, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Wicked

$1M Club: Wicked, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, The Lion King, The Book of Mormon, Once, Evita

Broadway Box Office

2012 - 2013 Season - 1st Quarter

May 28 - August 26, 2012; 40 Productions 

379 Playing Weeks

1st Q Rank	Show Title	Weeks
1	The Book of Mormon	13
2	Disney's The Lion King	13
3	Wicked	13
4	Once	13
5	Disney's Newsies	13
6	Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark	13
7	Rock of Ages	13
8	Jersey Boys	13
9	One Man, Two Guvnors	13
10	Evita	13
11	The Phantom of the Opera	13
12	Mamma Mia!	13
13	Gore Vidal's The Best Man	13
14	Disney's Mary Poppins	13
15 tie	Nice Work If You Can Get It	13
15 tie	Harvey	10
17	Chicago: The Musical	13
18	Peter and the Starcatcher	13
19	War Horse	13
20	Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth	2
21	Clybourne Park	13
22	Bring It On: The Musical	7
23	The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess	13
24	Sister Act	13
25	Ghost: The Musical	12
26	Anything Goes	6
27	Memphis	10
28	Venus in Fur	3
29	The Columnist	6

30	Other Desert Cities	5
31	Jesus Christ Superstar	5
32	End of the Rainbow	12
33	Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman	1
34	A Streetcar Named Desire	9
35	Priscilla Queen of the Desert	5
36	Fela!	4
37	Godspell	4
38	Don't Dress for Dinner	3
39	Chaplin	1
40	The Lyons	3

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