Broadway Box Office
Week #18 of the 2012 - 2013 Season
September 24 - 30; 22 Productions
This week was pretty much the opposite as the previous week - only two shows posted losses in attendance (
Rock of Ages and
Wicked), both less than 1 percent, and only 4 shows posted losses in grosses (
Chicago, Cyrano de Bergerac, An Enemy of the People and
Grace). It should be noted that three of those shows are in previews, and are comping tickets for press, which could be the reason all three posted gains in attendance, but not box office. (Of course, discounting probably plays into it as well.) The week's lone new starter,
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? started out decently enough, with just over 85% capacity, but only 39% of it gross potential met. In this case, I know that the first preview was heavily comped with tickets made available to bloggers and other social media writers. But the biggest news has to be
Bring It On, which posted a respectable gain of $113K, and a whopping 12.8% jump in attendance. Way to go, girls! And new musical
Chaplin also gained a nice 8.3% in attendance, and a tidy $54K in grosses. Up is better than down, right?
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 |
Once |
Musical |
Bernard B. Jacobs |
4 |
+1 |
| 4 |
Jersey Boys |
Musical |
August Wilson |
5 | +1 |
| 5 |
Wicked |
Musical |
Gershwin |
3 |
-2 |
| 6 |
Disney's Newsies |
Musical |
Nederlander |
7 | +1 |
| 7 |
Rock of Ages |
Musical |
Helen Hayes |
6 |
-1 |
| 8 |
Nice Work If You Can Get It |
Musical |
Imperial |
9 |
+1 |
| 9 |
Evita |
Musical Revival |
Marquis |
10 |
+1 |
| 10 tie |
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark |
Musical |
Foxwoods | 11 | +1 |
| 10 tie |
The Phantom of the Opera |
Musical |
Majestic |
13 |
+3 |
| 12 tie |
War Horse |
Play |
Vivian Beaumont |
14 |
+2 |
| 12 tie |
Mamma Mia! |
Musical |
Winter Garden |
15 |
+3 |
| 14 |
Chicago |
Musical Revival |
Ambassador |
12 |
-2 |
| 15 |
Grace |
PlayMusical |
Cort |
17 |
+2 |
| 16 |
Chaplin |
Musical |
Barrymore |
18 |
+2 |
| 17 tie |
Mary Poppins |
Musical |
New Amsterdam |
19 |
+2 |
| 17 tie |
Bring It On: The Musical |
Musical |
St. James |
22 |
+5 |
| 19 |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
Play Revival |
Booth |
New |
New |
| 20 |
An Enemy of the People |
Play Revival |
Friedman |
16 |
-4 |
| 21 |
Peter and the Starcatcher |
Play |
Brooks Atkinson |
20 |
-1 |
| 22 |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
Play Revival |
American Airlines |
21 |
-1 |
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