The 2012 - 2013 Broadway Box Office Final Analysis

Earlier this week, the Broadway League released the box office figures for the 2012 - 2013 season.  As you probably know, the total gross was a tidy $1.14B, and attendance at 11.6M.  The season's gross was statistically insignificant in differene to the 2011 - 2012, though attendance was down 6%.  So, if you think you are paying more for theatre tickets, you are right.  The dip in attendance, however, also corresponds to the dip in playing weeks, which was also down 6% from 2011 - 2012.

All season, I've been tracking the Broadway Box Office, and ranking the shows according to % of Gross Potential, Average Ticket Price, and Attendance.  Below, I have prepared a complete chart of all 80 shows that played Broadway between June 1, 2012 and May 31, 2012. (The official figures ran through May 26.  The first week of the 2013 - 2014 season ends June 2, 2013.)  

I have separated out the 5 "Special Engagements" because they represent a statistcal anomoly. The other 75 shows are ranked 1 - 75 in each of the 3 categories, then totalled.  The totals this season could range anywhere from 3 points through 225 points.  The show with the lowest total is top ranked, and so on.  The final totals and rankings are listed in the far right columns.  An "*" denotes a tie at that number.

THE TOP FIVE SHOWS (Note that there is only 2 are musicals!)

The Book of Mormon

Lucky Guy

Death of a Salesman

I'll Eat You Last

Glengarry Glen Ross*
The Lion King*

THE TOP FIVE NOT-FOR-PROFIT SHOWS (Because, until they go into extended runs (Harvey) or transfer (Other Desert Cities), their totals will always be skewed by lower ticket price averages.)

Harvey 

The Nance

The Assembled Parties

The Other Place

The Columnist

Note: This season, Anything Goes, War Horse, Other Desert Cities and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike were all commercial runs and/or transfers.

THE 2012 -2013 BROADWAY SEASON BOX OFFICE

SHOW	GROSS POTENTIAL	GP RANK	AVG. TICKET PRICE	ATP RANK	ATTEND	ATTN RANK	TOTAL RANK PTS.	FINAL RANK
*Frankie Valli	99.52%	B	$123.34	B	92.59%	B	B	B
*Lewis Black	110.00%	A	$90.14	E	100.29%	A	A	A
*Manilow on Broadway	71.76%	D	$120.98	D	80.46%	D	E	E
*Mike Tyson	70.44%	E	$133.18	A	70.88%	E	D	D
*The Rascals	89.56%	C	$121.58	C	91.77%	C	C	C
A Christmas Story	73.47%	16	$94.09	20	89.56%	17	53	17
A Streetcar Named Desire	38.02%	59	$66.49	55	61.49%	65	179	65
An Enemy of the People	32.75%	63	$47.28	72	76.52%	38	173	61
Ann	27.61%	71	$64.96	57	51.54%	72	200	72
Annie	67.29%	19	$87.81	29	77.44%	34	82	24
Anything Goes	32.43%	65	$69.16	52	83.12%	24	141	42
Breakfast at Tiffany's	40.07%	54	$66.40	56	63.82%	62	172	58*
Bring It On								55*
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof								28*
Chaplin								49
Chicago								25*
Cinderella								19
Clybourne Park								41
Cyrano de Bergerac								58*
Dead Accounts								57
Death of a Salesman								3
Don't Dress for Dinner								69
Elf								23
End of the Rainbow								67
Evita								20
Fela!								68
Ghost								53
Glengarry Glen Ross								5*
Godspell								73
Golden Boy								66
Grace								52
Hands on a Hardbody								70*
Harvey								22*
I'll Eat You Last								4
Jekyll and Hyde								70*
Jersey Boys								13*
Jesus Christ Superstar								54
Kinky Boots								16
Lucky Guy								2
Macbeth								31
Mamma Mia								30
Mary Poppins								33
Matilda								13*
Memphis								50*
Motown								8*
Newsies								12
Nice Work If You Can Get It								32
Once								8*
One Man, Two Guvnors								18
Orphans								37
Other Desert Cities								38
Peter and the Starcatcher								44*
Picnic								58*
Pippin								10
Porgy and Bess								43
Priscilla  Queen of the Desert								63*
Rock of Ages								11
Scandalous								76
Sister Act								45*
Spider-Man								15
The Anarchist								50*
The Assembled Parties								40
The Best Man								25*
The Big Knife								62
The Book of Mormon								1
The Columnist								48
The Heiress								25*
The Lion King								5*
The Lyons								74
The Mystery of Edwin Drood								55*
The Nance								36
The Other Place								45*
The Performers								75
The Phantom of the Opera								21
The Testament of Mary								63*
The Trip to Bountiful								39
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike								28*
Venus in Fur								35
War Horse								34
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?								47
Wicked								7

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