Broadway Box Office: Week 43: 03.19 - 03.25.12

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The Broadway Box Office Top Ten 

for the 43rd week of the 2011 - 2012 season 

(March 19 - 25; 30 productions):

1. The Book of Mormon (Musical) Eugene O'Neill Theatre (1) 

2. Disney's The Lion King (Musical) Minskoff Theatre (3) 

3. Wicked (Musical) Gershwin Theatre (1)

4. Death of a Salesman (Play Revival) (8)*

5. Disney's Newsies (Musical) Nederlander Theatre (5)*

6. Evita (Musical Revival) Marquis Theatre (4) 

6. tie Jersey Boys (Musical) August Wilson Theatre (9) 

8. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (Musical) Foxwoods Theatre (6) 

9.  War Horse (Play) Vivian Beaumont Theatre (7) 

10. Rock of Ages (Musical) Helen Hayes Theatre (10)

(To find out how this is calculated, please click HERE.)

(-) - Last week's position in the Broadway Top Ten

• Biggest Increase in Attendance: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (+11.7%)
• Biggest Decrease in Attendance:  Anything Goes (-9.3%)
• Biggest Increase in Gross Receipts: Evita (+$242,950)
• Biggest Decrease in Gross Receipts:  Wicked  (-$133,515)
• Highest Average Paid Admission: The Book of Mormon ($169.90)
• Lowest Average Paid Admission:   Magic/Bird ($35.10)
• SRO Shows: The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, Newsies
• $1M Club: The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Wicked, Evita

THE TOP FIVE NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 

1. Death of a Salesman (Play Revival) (4)
2. Disney's Newsies (Musical) (2) 
3. Evita (Musical Revival) (1)
4. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (Musical) (3)
5. Gore Vidal's The Best Man (Play Revival) (5)



(-) - Last week's position in the Broadway Box Office

THE BOTTOM FIVE SHOWS THIS WEEK

26.  Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Musical) Palace Theatre (30) 

27.  Godspell (Musical Revival) Circle in the Square Theatre (27)

28.  Sister Act (Musical) Broadway Theatre (28)

29.  End of the Rainbow (Play) Belasco Theatre (-)

30.  Magic/Bird (Play) Longacre Theatre (-) 

(-) - Last week's position in the Broadway Box Office

Jeff

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