Can you believe that we are now in the second week of the second quarter of the 2014-2015 Broadway season??!! In that time, 37 shows played the Great White Way, including 2 shows that began in this new season (Holler If You Hear Me and This Is Our Youth) and 13 shows that are hold overs from prior to the 2013-2014 season.
It is getting harder to maintain the mindset that movie star vehicle plays, jukebox musicals and movies-to-musicals are a sure thing. For every A Raisin in the Sun, All the Way and Of Mice and Men, there's a The Cripple of Inishmaan and The Realistic Jonses. For every Beautiful there's an After Midnight. And for every Aladdin there's a Bullets Over Broadway and Rocky. For the most part, the things is true that is always true: high quality shows and crowd-pleasers last the longest and strongest. (The Book of Mormon remains king, while The Lion King, Wicked, Jersey Boys, The Phantom of the Opera and Mamma Mia! all stayed in the top 20 of shows.
Here's how the first quarter worked out by the numbers, after ranking each show by their average weekly attendance, average weekly paid admission (paid ticket price), and average weekly gross potential percentage. (For a more detailed explanation and the numbers from last season, click the BOX OFFICE tab at the top of the blog!)
#1 (Again)
The Book of Mormon
#4 and #8
Beautiful and Aladdin
THE BROADWAY BOX OFFICE RANKINGS
1ST QUARTER (05.26.14 - 08.24.14)
|
SHOW
|
ATTENDANCE
AVERAGE
|
RANK
|
ADMISSION
AVERAGE
|
RANK
|
GROSS POTENTIAL
AVERAGE
|
RANK
|
1ST QUARTER RANK
|
|
The
Book of Mormon
|
102.58%
|
1
|
$ 185.00
|
1
|
116.38%
|
2
|
1
|
|
Hedwig
and the Angry Inch
|
101.15%
|
2
|
$ 144.13
|
5
|
124.01%
|
1
|
2
|
|
A
Raisin in the Sun*
|
100.00%
|
5
|
$ 147.49
|
4
|
112.90%
|
4
|
3
|
|
Beautiful:
The Carole King Musical
|
100.29%
|
4
|
$ 150.71
|
3
|
97.85%
|
7
|
4
|
|
A
Gentleman's Guide…
|
100.32%
|
3
|
$ 120.56
|
8
|
98.36%
|
6
|
5
|
|
The
Lion King
|
99.65%
|
7
|
$ 156.16
|
2
|
97.57%
|
8
|
6
|
|
Wicked
|
98.37%
|
9
|
$ 129.54
|
6
|
115.92%
|
3
|
7
|
|
Aladdin
|
99.99%
|
6
|
$ 105.47
|
12
|
101.54%
|
5
|
8
|
|
Kinky
Boots
|
95.54%
|
12
|
$ 118.92
|
9
|
87.33%
|
11
|
9
|
|
Of
Mice and Men*
|
96.72%
|
10
|
$ 102.31
|
13
|
90.20%
|
9
|
10
|
Matilda had the 8th highest average attendance (98.97%).
Cabaret had the 10th highest average paid ticket
($115.20).
All the Way* had the 8th highest average paid
ticket ($126.73) and the 10th highest gross potential average (89.63%).
#18 and #19
The Phantom of the Opera and Mamma Mia!
#37
Holler If Ya Hear Me
|
SHOW TITLE
|
1ST
QUARTER
RANK
|
SHOW TITLE
|
1ST
QUARTER
RANK
|
|
Matilda
|
11
|
The
Realistic Joneses*
|
25
|
|
All
the Way*
|
12
|
The
Cripple of Inishmaan*
|
26
|
|
Cabaret
|
13
|
Chicago
|
27
|
|
Lady
Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
|
14
|
This
Is Our Youth#
|
28
|
|
Les
Miserables
|
15
|
Rocky:
The Musical*
|
29
|
|
Newsies*
|
16
|
Violet*
|
30
|
|
Jersey
Boys
|
17
|
Cinderella
|
31
|
|
The
Phantom of the Opera
|
18
|
Once
|
32
|
|
Mamma
Mia!
|
19
|
Bullets
Over Broadway*
|
33
|
|
Motown
|
20
|
Casa
Valentina*
|
34
|
|
If/Then
|
21
|
Act
One*
|
35
|
|
Pippin
|
22
|
Mothers
and Sons*
|
36
|
|
Rock
of Ages
|
23
|
Holler
If Ya Hear Me#*
|
37
|
|
After
Midnight*
|
24
|
*
- SHOW CLOSED DURING 1ST QUARTER
#
- SHOW OPENED DURING 1ST QUARTER
|
|
This Is Our Youth# began previews, but did not officially
open in the 1st Quarter.
(Artwork by Squigs)
Jeff
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